Would you do this and switch to Win 8?

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strollin said:

After all, it is a touchscreen optimized interface.

By default, yes, but after installing Start8, I've found that I can use the normal desktop to be productive, and the newer, Modern/Metro whatever UI as a nice addition...but not where I want to be most of the time.

A well respected Tech writer in our local paper reviewed Win 8. Here are some excerpts...remember I did not say this, he did.

Windows 7 catered to an aging audience who valued the comfort of the familiar over the opportunities of modernization. Windows 8 shows Microsoft’s determination to remain a relevant and important OS in 2015.

These gesture-based controls shine brightly on a multitouch tablet (like the Samsung tablet provided to me for testing). There are keyboard shortcuts as well, and it’s possible to engage them from external input devices. Even if you aren’t using a tablet, the benefits are immediate. Microsoft has taken heroic measures to reduce visual clutter. The result is a UI that’s not entirely unlike staring out at a Zen contemplation garden.

Besides simple usability, The Land Of Tiles And Magic offers a second serious benefit: consistency across multiple classes of devices. When you move from your 27-inch office desktop to your 13-inch notebook and then to your iPad-like Surface tablet, it’s all the same app with the same UI — and Windows keeps your docs and settings synced between the three on its own.

I can give Windows 8 an enthusiastic and unreserved recommendation. I don’t think I’m even going too far to call it the most exciting step forward in desktop operating systems since Mac OS X 10.0.

It’s a fresh look that shows an eagerness to progress beyond the familiar interface concepts that were considered hot stuff way back when Reagan was president. Windows 8 is gorgeous, but not at the expense of power.

Several things in this hit home including the fact that I eventually want a tablet and would prefer it be Windows based so why not have my laptop be Windows 8 too.

But will a Win 8 lappy network well with a Win 7 desktop? I basically use the laptop for surfing so would going to Win 8 be a waste of its technology?

A dual partition sounds like a good idea but I don't think I am comfortable enough to do it.

I guess I'll spend some time on the Win 8 forum and see what I can glean.

Ahh technology...

The only way I would buy a Win 8 machine is if I could upgrade back to Win 7.

Lady Fitzgerald said:

The only way I would buy a Win 8 machine is if I could upgrade back to Win 7.

Actually I heard you can. A machine with Win 8 preinstalled can go to Win 7 but if you upgraded your Win 7 to Win 8 there is no going back.

bru said:

But will a Win 8 lappy network well with a Win 7 desktop? I basically use the laptop for surfing so would going to Win 8 be a waste of its technology?

If you network properly, without the use of "wizards" and such, networking between multiple versions of Windows has never been an issue. The principles behind Windows networking haven't changed since Windows 2000 was released.