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[MATEO FALCONE]

At least wait until they release service pack 1 for windows 8 service pack 1. lol Hopefully they will have it working as good as vista by then.

Edited by MATEO FALCONE, 24 May 2012 - 08:49 AM.

[Canzara]

MATEO FALCONE, on 24 May 2012 - 08:48 AM, said:

At least wait until they release service pack 1 for windows 8 service pack 1. lol Hopefully they will have it working as good as vista by then.

Can taste the sarcasm! LMAO

[Violation]

Win 7 x64.

[Ranibito]

I diddnt even know that an 8 was planned for existance, on that note, windows 7 x64 i have it and its great

[Vexgrave Lars]

7 until 8 is 9

[Alcatraz968]

Windows 7 is the best right now. Windows 8 is nothing but a phone OS on a PC.

[MEGAWEAPON]

think about this:
win 3.0 crap
win 3.1 good
win 95 crap
win 98 good
win me crap
win xp good
win vista crap
win 7 good
win 8???

[cipher]

Windows 8 is just a hobbled-together MetroUI that's haphazardly bolted onto Windows 7. Worse, it's ability to run on ARM processors is segregated from rest of its versions, meaning if you buy one version of Windows 8, it won't work on both ARM and x86 at the same time.

There are a couple cool things about Windows 8, but they're overshadowed but the horrible stuff. It's like Windows Vista all over again.

I'm happy on Windows 7 64-bit. I have two copies of Windows 7 Ultimate (needed Pro for networking, so only $30 more each over Pro) for my two PCs at home, gaming and work. I wouldn't touch Windows 8. I'll keep 7 until the next version of Windows comes out and then re-evaluate.

[cipher]

MEGAWEAPON, on 24 May 2012 - 12:01 PM, said:

think about this:
win 3.0 crap
win 3.1 good
win 95 crap
win 98 good
win me crap
win xp good
win vista crap
win 7 good
win 8???

My list...

Windows 3.0: crap
Windows 3.11 & 3.11 FW: good
Windows 95 a, b: crap
Windows 95 c: good
Windows 98: crap
Windows 98 SE: good
Windows Me: crap
Windows XP: good
Windows Vista: crap
Windows 7: good
Windows 8: crap

[Stahlseele]

Win2K and WinNT were good too.
But yeah, I'll get me some more Win7 Keys and wait out Win8 as long as possible . .

[Evgeny Bear]

There is already windows 8? I only have XP and vista systems xD

[Mota Prefect]

Definitely go with Windows 7 ( 64bit with all new cpus ) if you plan on using your pc for gaming. Windows 8 has been geared toward tablets and smart phones. Although those features can be disabled, all it does it make for a clunky OS imho. Additonally, win8 has a so called "kill switch" built into it. Basically giving microsoft the power to remotely delete software and edit code without your permission.

Now as scary as that is, the real danger comes in the form of backdoors in the OS ( which windows will always have ) which if found can lead to hackers writing malicious code. This in turn can lead from identify theft all the way to bricking your computer. This is the single biggest turn off to me when considering win8. Besides, win7 works pretty good for a microsoft product.

EDIT : For those of you using XP be advised that starting Jan 1, 2013 microsoft is discontinuing ALL support for windows XP.

Edited by Mota Prefect, 24 May 2012 - 01:30 PM.

[cipher]

Stahlseele, on 24 May 2012 - 01:02 PM, said:

Win2K and WinNT were good too.
But yeah, I'll get me some more Win7 Keys and wait out Win8 as long as possible . .

Windows NT 3.5, 3.51, 4.0, amd Windows 2000 were all workstation operating systems that were separate from the consumer line of Windows 9x and Me. Every single version of Windows NT and 2k were superb, rock solid. I used Windows 2000 for a couple years until XP came along. At the time I was so happy to see that XP merged the stable NT kernel with the consumer support for games including DirectX.

Edited by cipher, 24 May 2012 - 03:20 PM.

[Gremlich Johns]

OS7 64-bit

[MATEO FALCONE]

MEGAWEAPON, on 24 May 2012 - 12:01 PM, said:

think about this:
win 3.0 crap
win 3.1 good
win 95 crap
win 98 good
win me crap
win xp good
win vista crap
win 7 good
win 8???

I agree with this appraisal of operating systems. As for how win 8 will be.....we will just have to crash a few computers to see. LOL

[Konrad]

Win 8 was made with touch in mind. tablets/slates etc. But under the hood they are the same.

[cipher]

Konrad, on 25 May 2012 - 08:19 AM, said:

Win 8 was made with touch in mind. tablets/slates etc. But under the hood they are the same.

QFT.

What's annoying about Windows 8 is that if you wanted to toggle back and forth between MetroUI and the AeroUI on the fly, you can't. You have to disable MetroUI in a clunky way to get it back to a regular mouse & keyboard AeroUI. That's sort of pointless for desktop users who would use the mosue & keyboard UI then toggle back to MatroUI when browsing media or doing simple things.

Windows 8 FTL

Edited by cipher, 25 May 2012 - 08:30 AM.

[HilaryPL]

cipher, on 24 May 2012 - 12:59 PM, said:

My list...

Windows 3.0: crap
Windows 3.11 & 3.11 FW: good
Windows 95 a, b: crap
Windows 95 c: good
Windows 98: crap
Windows 98 SE: good
Windows Me: crap
Windows XP: good
Windows Vista: crap
Windows 7: good
Windows 8: crap

For me:

Windows 3.0: good begin
Windows 3.11 & 3.11 FW: good
Windows 95 a, b: not good
Windows 95 c: good
Windows 98: better
Windows 98 SE: good
Windows Me: not bad, but 98 better
W. Millenium: The same, what Me
Windows XP: good, but for monkeys (stupid automatic deciding)
Windows Vista: ekhm... hit this b. o.0
Windows 7: Not good, this is good Vista
Windows 8: crap

[Stahlseele]

cipher, on 24 May 2012 - 03:18 PM, said:

Windows NT 3.5, 3.51, 4.0, amd Windows 2000 were all workstation operating systems that were separate from the consumer line of Windows 9x and Me. Every single version of Windows NT and 2k were superb, rock solid. I used Windows 2000 for a couple years until XP came along. At the time I was so happy to see that XP merged the stable NT kernel with the consumer support for games including DirectX.

people laughed at me for still using WinME on my computer, when they had all upgraded to Windows XP . .
And i laughed at them, when they all got infected with Win32Blaster and had the 20 seconds to shutdown every 5 minutes or so . .
And i did not get it ^^

[Orimura Ichika]

who votes for MAC lol...