Windows 7 vs Windows 8

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dmaarc123

Can anyone tell me which Microsoft version is best in both of them
Windows 7 or Windows 8 ??
Please reply me soon..
I'am waiting...

Steve_R_Jones

Guessing you know that Win 8 isn't out yet

You can Google Win 8 and read about it to help decide if you should make the move when it comes out.

dmaarc123

The beta version is out so that is why I asked and many people are using it.
So may be anyone one knows how much powerful it is ??

Adamdavid

Windows 8 is out.But i have not tried it. Am using windows 7 and its good.

dmaarc123

I want to use it(win8) but first want to know howz it? Because I don't want to waste the time for installing wasted thing. That is why I put this Question.

Steve_R_Jones

Educate yourself via GOOGLE-> windows 8 reviews

You should read as much as possible so that You can decide if Win 8 is good for You.

dmaarc123

If I have the time so I will read it. But I don't have the time, that is why I'm asking the user who is using it. I want the experience people of win-8 dear.

Steve_R_Jones

OMG sweetheart...If 15 people chime in and say they love XP and hate Windows 7 and will never even try Win 8 - does that mean you won't try Win 8 either:rolleyes:

dmaarc123

hmmm you are right but I'm using Win7 and want to use win-8 but need to ensure that it is perfect as win-7. So, thats why.

josefaryan

Windows 8 is still in the preview stage and it is not yet released in the market. So, this is not the right time for the comparison/competition between these 2 operating systems. In my view, according to now windows 7 is too good than other earlier OS (windows vista).

dmaarc123

Yeah I also prefer Windows7 but the problem is now for me that I still not use win-8 and I will install its release version. thanks for all your reply.

wh666-666

Steve R Jones;1210316 wrote:
OMG sweetheart...If 15 people chime in and say they love XP and hate Windows 7 and will never even try Win 8 - does that mean you won't try Win 8 either:rolleyes:

Hahahahaha I share your frustration with the plague of bobs on here at times!

dmaarc123;1210303 wrote:
I want to use it(win8) but first want to know howz it? Because I don't want to waste the time for installing wasted thing. That is why I put this Question.

If you have win7, stick with it as win8 is nothing extra at all.

If you have xp and you're worried about the lack of support with the possible discontinuation soon, then upgrade to win7 when win8 comes out and pick win7 up cheap.

Win8 is nothing, it is a pile of junk that is worse than win7. The only reason it offers a slight advantage on is tablets, but of course on a tablet, you'd use osx or android.

Oh by the way, you should trust my opinion more than some others because:
- It's factual, based on a knowledge of working too much in the industry.
- I'm not a bob member, I'm not on here to spam unlike some others.

dmaarc123

Cool, thanks for this great reply. You are the best and your reply is amazing dear. Thanks for your words.

wh666-666;1210822 wrote:
Hahahahaha I share your frustration with the plague of bobs on here at times!

If you have win7, stick with it as win8 is nothing extra at all.

If you have xp and you're worried about the lack of support with the possible discontinuation soon, then upgrade to win7 when win8 comes out and pick win7 up cheap.

Win8 is nothing, it is a pile of junk that is worse than win7. The only reason it offers a slight advantage on is tablets, but of course on a tablet, you'd use osx or android.

Oh by the way, you should trust my opinion more than some others because:
- It's factual, based on a knowledge of working too much in the industry.
- I'm not a bob member, I'm not on here to spam unlike some others.

vincewicks

In my point of view, I'd rather choose windows Xp rather than to any other OS. I've tried using windows 7 but actually it is good but not as user friendly as Xp. However, each of us have different choice. It depends on our preferences.

StephenHawking9

I think till now windows 7 is best.. but can't say anything about windows 8 as its not out yet.

wh666-666

StephenHawking9;1211623 wrote:
I think till now windows 7 is best.. but can't say anything about windows 8 as its not out yet.

win8 is exactly like win7, except they have tried to streamline it for surface/tablet touch use and make multi-desktops and try to hide the start menu, by making the desktop more apple/android "appy".

vincewicks;1211570 wrote:
In my point of view, I'd rather choose windows Xp rather than to any other OS. I've tried using windows 7 but actually it is good but not as user friendly as Xp. However, each of us have different choice. It depends on our preferences.

Indeed vince.

Win2k/xp was around for so long, many users got so used to it. MS have the wrong idea about OS development. You can make an OS prettier, but as with office 2003 vs office 2010, moving everything around just confuses people.

With support dwindling for XP, I have actually switched quite a few clients to YLMF linux, a distro which is an exact clone, to the point some professionals cant tell the difference of XP.

For many it's a no brainer, why on earth would they start learning all over again and take 10 clicks to do something on win7 than 5 clicks on XP, have to upgrade their hardware and pay a large sum for the privilege with no benefit offered to the average end user?

MS, as a company, really are a load of brain dead turnips. Actually, in the recent discovery that plants may indeed have feelings, I feel that's offensive to turnips.

CaptainSessa

Stick to 7, as I have the feeling that 8 will be like Vista and 7 will play the XP part

mocean

Well i have used Windows 8 and windows 7 both but only problem in windows 8 is because its design is tablet used, it doesn't look nice using desktop or laptop.

LegDar

I have not tried it, I must tinker, to see, really))

EricG1793

Anyone's opinions change now that it's out?

I'll be sticking with 7.... Actually, Ubuntu's my primary OS, but I'm virtualizing Windows 7 for the sole purpose of Word. And using my USB OBD-II interface for my car.

I work in IT, and I have the Windows 8 Pro version as a VM. I'm appalled that they expect business users to live with the stupid Metro interface / start screen, the absolutely butt-ugly graphics (especially the login screen that looks like some cartoon drawn by a drunk kindergartner), and, the ultimate finishing touch, the ads within the apps it comes with!

When it comes to the appearance within the Desktop environment.... Well, OK. I can deal with different font rendering, the oversized buttons designed for touch screen users, etc. Maybe even the lack of a start menu, IF, somehow, they made everything that WAS in the start menu easier to access. The closest thing to the start button is to put the pointer in the lower right corner and right-click.... Then you get some options like Run, Control Panel, etc. If this action came up with what looked like a normal start menu, I could live with hiding the button. But that isn't so, and I have yet to find Windows Update without doing a search.

Hopefully Windows 9 (or whatever they'll call it) will offer some sort of choice when you install it whether you want to use Metro, whether or not you're using a touchscreen so the graphics can be adjusted accordingly, etc. Even the tiles on the start screen are enormous, and if I install programs/apps, I have to scroll to the right of the start screen to see them; only the first one is visible. I can't arrange them to stack vertically, either.

I think I'd appreciate Windows 8 more if I were a home user and had a tablet. And I do like how snappy it is. However, on a desktop (or particularly non-touch laptop), Windows 8 just does NOT feel intuitive. The most awkward thing I find is whatever they call the bar on the right side that, on a tablet, you would drag out to reveal (it includes Settings, which you go through to shut down, etc.). With a mouse, you have to push the mouse over there to make it come out, but it never works the first time, so you have to push the mouse to the right, run it up and down a few times, and it finally comes out. Also, there are some system tools that are in the Metro interface, and some you can get by right-clicking the start link in the desktop. It should all be in one place. They really need a touch and non-touch version, the non-touch version bringing back the start menu and having smaller tiles on the start screen, making the close/minimize/restore buttons smaller again, etc.

Seems like MS is in a trend of mediocrity every other release. XP was good, Vista not so good, 7 was my favorite, 8 is terrible (for non-tablets). Not bashing Windows 2000, however; I liked that. But there was Windows ME before that.... Windows 98 SE before that, and Windows 98 before that.... And so on.