> I think more people should stop believing the hype and actually try Win8 for themselves. I was using Win7 for 5 years, and I loved it. I feel I’m going to love Win8 just as much.
Win 7 is great, I love it. Best version of windows ever.
Win 8 is fine for tablets. It’s just not appropriate for regular PCs. Maybe in time MS will revert enough of the new Metro crap to make it useful again on the desktops of the world.
But the real issue is the huge number of XP users who CANNOT use a later version because either: their software won’t run on later versions, or XP is embedded in their manufacturing or test gear, or their hardware is limited and they don’t have a budget to replace everything.
To what of the “Metro crap” are you referring? The “Start Screen” vs. a “Start Menu?” Did you know you can already turn that off in 8.1? It’s a taskbar property change that takes fewer than 5 clicks to change.
I’m running 8.1 for a gaming PC, and it’s an exceptional OS. I don’t have a touchscreen either. MAK works fine for 8.1, and I would say 8.1 makes it QUICKER to do things from 7.