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Help with Win 8 feedback buy or not to buy?

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Ixarku:
Personally, I'm doing the same thing I've done with every other major Windows release after Win 98 -- skipping Win 8.  As a desktop user, I just don't see any incentive for me to upgrade from Win 7 at this time.

occasional:

--- Quote from: Ixarku on December 12, 2012, 10:48:43 PM ---Personally, I'm doing the same thing I've done with every other major Windows release after Win 98 -- skipping Win 8.  As a desktop user, I just don't see any incentive for me to upgrade from Win 7 at this time.

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Better performance?

kitamesume:

--- Quote from: occasional on December 13, 2012, 11:03:08 AM ---
--- Quote from: Ixarku on December 12, 2012, 10:48:43 PM ---Personally, I'm doing the same thing I've done with every other major Windows release after Win 98 -- skipping Win 8.  As a desktop user, I just don't see any incentive for me to upgrade from Win 7 at this time.

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Better performance?

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the only noticeable performance increase i know of windows8 is it's boot-up time is around 2times faster than of windows7.
edit: most noticeable from a slow harddrive, not much noticeable from an SSD.
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/10/gentlemen-start-your-benches-measuring-windows-8s-performance/

Mirgond:
The System itself uses less resources, since components are only loaded when needed and unloaded again when no longer needed.

Made a difference on my notebook of 0.5GB RAM usage. (Win7 1.5GB vs Win8 1GB Ram system usage, 64bit edition)

kitamesume:
^i dunno if thats relevant on systems with over 8GB of ram, people these days with gaming rigs usually has 4x4GB or 2x8GB in them as well.

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