I went for it because I currently have vista.
VISTA IS SHIT.
VISTA IS SHIT.
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StixxUK 6,917 posts
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TarickStonefire 668 posts
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Registered 2 years agosuperdelphinus wrote:
Where is this supposed to fit in? Is it an endorsement or a criticism? Is it belittling the OP for asking advice about whether to install a new operating system? And if so, why? Asking if he should update his OS seems to me like a perfectly reasonable question to ask if there's a chance the update will not be to his liking.
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jagg3r 853 posts
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Registered 5 years agoIm just updating now, only 15 euro, you cant go wrong.gif)
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Armoured_Bear 4,102 posts
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efebayor 1,753 posts
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Registered 3 years agoI've had lots of issues with win 8 and games so I've gone back to windows 7. -
Armoured_Bear 4,102 posts
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Registered 1 year agoefebayor wrote:
Such as?
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nickthegun 44,590 posts
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Registered 7 years agoTheres a good article on toms hardware that found in a test of the main benchmark culprits there was barely more than a frames difference.---------------------------------------------------------
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Armoured_Bear 4,102 posts
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Registered 1 year agocaptainrentboy wrote:
I put in my W7 Home Premium key and it was rejected
Why pay 25 pound when you can pay 15? http://www.windowsupgradeoffer.com/en-GB
I went through that site in November, picked a random Dell PC as the one I had just 'bought' and they sent me the download link no problems.
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monkman76 1,835 posts
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Registered 5 years agoYeah me too. Must be identifiable as being more than 2 years old rather than 7 months or less. -
Shikasama 4,620 posts
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Registered 4 years agoThanks for all the opinions on this, it's interesting to see that theres a few people using it already.
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Shikasama 4,620 posts
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Registered 4 years agoIf theres better support for dual monitor set ups that might be a clincher -
Trowel 15,038 posts
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Registered 10 years agoShikasama wrote:
I'd be interested in knowing what that's like too - CCC has a mind of its own.
If theres better support for dual monitor set ups that might be a clincher -
Chopsen 13,728 posts
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Registered 8 years agoDual monitor support is largely a video card driver issue, no?Thanks for expressing interest in my signature!
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meme 15,519 posts
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Registered 5 years agoArmoured_Bear wrote:
Just put in that you bought a Dell from a few months ago. It doesn't ask for a key to validate then. Certainly didn't for me.captainrentboy wrote:
I put in my W7 Home Premium key and it was rejected
Why pay 25 pound when you can pay 15? http://www.windowsupgradeoffer.com/en-GB
I went through that site in November, picked a random Dell PC as the one I had just 'bought' and they sent me the download link no problems.GHOSTBUSTERS
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AccidentProne 942 posts
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Registered 6 years agoI miss my start button / menu
Then again, as I upgraded from Vista, everything seems nice and quick in comparison.
Is there an easy way to bypass the tiley metro side of it and just have a standard desktop? Admittedly I've only spent about 10 minutes messing around with it so far. I'm sure I'll get used to it. -
Dirtbox 73,740 posts
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Registered 11 years agoInstall pokki or start8 or any of the other things that do exactly that.+1 / Like / Tweet this post
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AccidentProne 942 posts
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Registered 6 years agoCheers, I'll do just that. -
bitch_tits_zero_nine 4,930 posts
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Registered 2 years agoI quite like the new interface but it's pretty much pointless in terms of functionality.
The mail client is pretty cool.
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Sharzam 1,329 posts
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Registered 4 years agoSo i thought give the £14.99 deal a go (i may or may not of lied to microsoft) as figured never know when might want to change in future.
Anyway thoughts, on first glance yes i totally agree with all the moaning about tablet interface and how doesnt work with tradional pcs. However after some fiddling i am actually navigating it faster than i ever did with 7, i have not installed any tricks/shells etc just a few simple changes like i have assigned my macro keys on my keyboard. Iam using a Logitech G110 keyboard.
Now when i press G12 it brings up the search, or pressing G4 closes the current app/program as otherwise you just end up with tons suspended programs and G6 opens the charms bar. Yes these are simple in 7 but i just didn't utilize them, one might say 8 is a failure if have to find 'ways' to get around it but i rather think of it as just relearning. Regards general speed, well i was running on SSD anyway so isnt much faster but parts of it feel snappier also helps i have dual monitors.
The reason for the upgrade was because i fancy trying out Windows Phone 8 and so want to see how they integrate, otherwise i probably wouldn't of bothered. It is not a massive upgrade or anything as was perfectly happy with 7 but for £14.99 its worth a go and i advise others the same its worth a shot. After all can always go back to 7 later down the road. But so far all happy, and either way got to put up with XP at work.
edit: To get the £14.99 you need an OEM key, which most of self builders probably have anyway. If you have retail key it wont work but doesnt seam age of the license matters.
Edited by Sharzam at 18:01:55 03-02-2013Known as 'Sharzam' in 98.5% of games
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I like the way the mail client takes the entire screen real estate
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