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Do you think it's worth it to buy windows 7 thrn downgrade?
Just get it with Windows 7.............I can almost guarantee you won't want Windows 8 on that kind of laptop. I think it's worth it to get it with Win7 and wait to see if Win8 flops and they try to give it away later on lol
I would say that Win7 is for real computer (desktop or notebook) while Win8 is more suited to phones and tablets.
But a better option would be to try it yourself. Download the trial version on Win8 and see if you like it.
100% agree!
I guess Win8 will have a similar fate to Vista and ME.
You are probably right as far as PCs are concerned. But hopefully they will make up on the mobile devices. I would hate to see MS to go down. A Linux or Apple future is not so bright either.I guess Win8 will have a similar fate to Vista and ME
All those companies are putting their/there money on this new toy computer market but Microsoft has a advantage. They know us P/C users will just set back and wait until Microsoft makes another real operating system again (Windows 9) and then we will buy.
What makes anyone think that MS will ever make "another real operating system", Windows 9, 10 or otherwise?
What would cause that to happen, unless Win 8 is widely regarded as a flop beyond Windows ME? Who knows, it may be less of a flop than us whiners think.
I'd like to believe mouse and keyboard types will not be treated like second-class citizens, but I'm wondering if the trend toward touch screen devices is so strong that we are doomed and that Win 7 is the high point for all time for traditional desktops.
How much would you wager that Win 9 will not be more of the same?
I don't think it would take very much to make "us whiners" happy. Win8 is a decent operating system - I think. It is mostely the UI that alienates us. That could be fixed by making the start menu more mouse friendly. Those tiles are not optimal for the mouse operation.