[dayglored]

> Actually, it takes 1 click to choose to boot direct to the “Win7 desktop” screen. FWIW, my desktop screen appears almost instantly on Win8.1

That's fine.

Now for the real question:

What about Windows 8 is so much better that I should abandon my perfectly suitable Windows 7, -AND- pay a bunch of money for a Win8 license, -and- spend a bunch of my time screwing with it to beat it into something vaguely akin to what I already have?

Answer: Nothing, as far as I can tell. Waste of time and money.

[newfreep]

I never used Win8.

That said, freepers like you post such vitriolic hate and lies re: Win 8.1 while posting adorations of apple. Not unlike the swooners that praise comrade obamatollah.

My post simply stated that Win8.1 boots direct to the desktop and the speed is MUCH faster than Win7 as well as being faaar more stable than 7.

Again, 1-click gets Win8.1 to boot to the desktop and you never need to see the Start “tile” menu screen.

If you choose not to upgrade to a better OS in Win8.1 that’s fine....but stop the trashing of a superior product.

Chill out, dude!