Upgrading To Windows 8 - Is It Worth It?

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Upgrading to Windows 8 - Is it worth it?
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By Jetackuu 2013-02-02 17:13:33
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never before have I read a post so full of fanboyism, makes me want to gag.
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By Sylph.Kawar 2013-02-03 15:45:01
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Kimble2013 said: »
So I got an upgrade to Windows 8 for 14.99 and was wondering is it worth it to go from 7 to 8?

I don't have one of those touch pcs or whatever the hell it is.
Really the only time to upgrade to 8 is for safety.I my self would ether loud 8 then have 7 on the computer as well and just boot in to what i need when i need it.
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By Xenshi 2013-02-03 16:25:30
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Sylph.Kawar said: »
Kimble2013 said: »
So I got an upgrade to Windows 8 for 14.99 and was wondering is it worth it to go from 7 to 8?

I don't have one of those touch pcs or whatever the hell it is.
Really the only time to upgrade to 8 is for safety.I my self would ether loud 8 then have 7 on the computer as well and just boot in to what i need when i need it.
I'm sorry, but what? That just isn't english.
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By Sylph.Kawar 2013-02-03 22:19:08
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Yes it is i was telling him he will not need to lose windows 7 install both os then just boot in to the one you need or want to use
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By Cerberus.Eugene 2013-02-03 22:20:24
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By Siren.Kalilla 2013-02-03 22:20:31
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I think he meant load instead of loud?
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By Jetackuu 2013-02-03 22:22:30
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I'm still trying to figure out the "for safety" bit, the rest is a garbled attempt at the English language, and can easily be ignored as it's a rather silly proposition in the first place.
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By Balias 2013-02-03 22:54:45
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At first I hated it, but I found a little app called "Classic Shell" that gives you the start menu and makes Windows 8 a lot better. You can avoid the dreadful "Metro" interface or whatever MS renamed it.
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By Valefor.Azmodan 2013-02-03 23:43:44
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By Sylph.Kawar 2013-02-05 12:20:31
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Jetackuu said: »
I'm still trying to figure out the "for safety" bit, the rest is a garbled attempt at the English language, and can easily be ignored as it's a rather silly proposition in the first place.
Bug fixs is what i am talking about and fixing holes that people can use to do harm to a computer.
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By Jetackuu 2013-02-05 12:48:58
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Sylph.Kawar said: »
Jetackuu said: »
I'm still trying to figure out the "for safety" bit, the rest is a garbled attempt at the English language, and can easily be ignored as it's a rather silly proposition in the first place.
Bug fixs is what i am talking about and fixing holes that people can use to do harm to a computer.

yeah, and once again you don't know what you're talking about.


Or you're saying it in a way that makes you look like you don't.

While there are some security features of Windows 8, they're rather useless for educated users. There's a few bits that are better though, I'll hand it that.
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By Ramuh.Scizor 2013-02-05 13:07:00
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Sylph.Kawar said: »
Jetackuu said: »
I'm still trying to figure out the "for safety" bit, the rest is a garbled attempt at the English language, and can easily be ignored as it's a rather silly proposition in the first place.
Bug fixs is what i am talking about and fixing holes that people can use to do harm to a computer.
Every post by kawar produces the same result
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By Sylph.Kawar 2013-02-05 18:28:39
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Jetackuu said: »
Sylph.Kawar said: »
Jetackuu said: »
I'm still trying to figure out the "for safety" bit, the rest is a garbled attempt at the English language, and can easily be ignored as it's a rather silly proposition in the first place.
Bug fixs is what i am talking about and fixing holes that people can use to do harm to a computer.

yeah, and once again you don't know what you're talking about.


Or you're saying it in a way that makes you look like you don't.

While there are some security features of Windows 8, they're rather useless for educated users. There's a few bits that are better though, I'll hand it that.
Yes i do understand what i am talking about and that is all i am saying.
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By Jetackuu 2013-02-05 18:33:36
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Sylph.Kawar said: »
Jetackuu said: »
Sylph.Kawar said: »
Jetackuu said: »
I'm still trying to figure out the "for safety" bit, the rest is a garbled attempt at the English language, and can easily be ignored as it's a rather silly proposition in the first place.
Bug fixs is what i am talking about and fixing holes that people can use to do harm to a computer.

yeah, and once again you don't know what you're talking about.


Or you're saying it in a way that makes you look like you don't.

While there are some security features of Windows 8, they're rather useless for educated users. There's a few bits that are better though, I'll hand it that.
Yes i do understand what i am talking about and that is all i am saying.

You obviously don't, as what you said is straight out not true and shows you have a severe lack of understanding.

Then again I don't feel like continue arguing with a guy who doesn't know how to operate google.
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By Cerberus.Eugene 2013-02-05 18:34:22
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Kawar, essential security patches for windows 7 will still be provided for a long time. XP (which was released in 2001) is still receiving extended support for SP3, which will terminate next year.

If Microsoft supports 7 for the same period of time, it will come off extended support in 2022.
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By Cerberus.Conagh 2013-02-05 18:35:02
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Windows 8 is more idiot proof.

But its an awful system to use, especially in the event something does go wrong its new, still buggy and has an awful interface.

I do not advise using this unless you are PC savvy!
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By Jetackuu 2013-02-05 18:35:59
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Cerberus.Eugene said: »
Kawar, essential security patches for windows 7 will still be provided for a long time. XP is still receiving extended support, which will terminate next year.
Which is a damn shame as a lot of ***still doesn't work properly...

I need to go hunt down a x64 floppy drive emulator now /grumble

(I use it for some legacy software that requires a activator that's saved on the floppy, unfortunately if you transfer it to the hdd it removes it from the floppy, which won't work unless you make a backup of that system, and only needed it on one system, which isn't the case, so I found that emulating the floppy and copying the file works, I haven't tried to see if I can copy it from 1 hdd to another without issue, I'll have to try that.)
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By Xenshi 2013-02-05 18:37:16
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Cerberus.Conagh said: »
Windows 8 is more idiot proof.

But its an awful system to use, especially in the event something does go wrong its new, still buggy and has an awful interface.

I do not advise using this even if you are PC savvy!