Who's switching to Windows 8 when its released?

MaxPayne said:

pparks1 said:

Generally speaking, I don't upgrade current machines to new operating systems as I don't want to pay for a new license. 8 is going to have to come out with some great features, must have security, or otherwise I plan to stay with Windows 7 which has been by far my best experience with Windows in a long time. Why fix something that isn't broken?

+1 on that..

Exactly never fix something that isn't broken Win7-FTW +1

pparks1 said:

Generally speaking, I don't upgrade current machines to new operating systems as I don't want to pay for a new license. 8 is going to have to come out with some great features, must have security, or otherwise I plan to stay with Windows 7 which has been by far my best experience with Windows in a long time. Why fix something that isn't broken?

Same here. I'm thinking that if someone comes out with a decently specced tablet that runs W8, I'll probably get one. The tiled interface I've seen so far seems leaps and bounds over anything else out right now. In my opinion, W8 on a touch device is going to overshadow all other touch interfaces. I have a gen 1 iPaid and really hate doing anything web related. Lack of Flash is a true hinderance.

However, unless I have need to actually replace my desktop/laptop and it already has W8 on it, I don't see any reason to update.

I am still enjoying Win 7 (still learning). If Win 8 is directed toward the cloud, I wouldn't be interested at all.

Does anyone have a link that describes the new features that are supposed to be in windows 8?

I wouldn't mind being one of the pre release testers.

I'd have a reason to get another SSD to install it on.

Considering the pricing on Win7 I'm not sure anyone will be able to afford a retail copy of Win 8.

Win7 Pro actual retail is $265. Suggested retail is $299.99
Newegg.com - Microsoft Windows 7 Professional

That will put W8 at $350-400 if they go as they did before with XP to Vista and Vista to W7.

Looks like W7 for me.