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Posts: 2434/14042 EXP: 114186671 Next: 942718 Since: 01-03-12 From: Boston, MA Last post: 471 days Last view: 470 days |
♥2434 ✿4709 ★52 Do you think it would be a good idea to upgrade a 5-year old laptop running Windows Vista to Windows 8? I know there are supposed to be performance improvements... the machine has 2GB of RAM at the moment and a dual-core processor.
Though the price is giving me pause anyway- I suppose if I was going to do this I should have done it when it was cheaper :/ |
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Posts: 28/106 EXP: 73365 Next: 4760 Since: 07-11-12 Last post: 3423 days Last view: 3045 days |
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/
If your actually considering a new os for your desktop or laptop go ahead and get it. For 14.99 until end of feburary you would be doing yourself more of a favor rather then pay 199.00 retail price for it. If MS refuses to take your vista key for the discount I might be able to help you out. Also 2 gigs of ram and dual core w8 will run perfecly fine on it. Coming from a guy using a asus netbook atom 1.7ghz and 1gb. I will admit, it will choke up if it does not have enough memory resources to munch on while having normal ptograms loaded up. |
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♥2444 ✿4709 ★52 I think the $14.99 upgrade is only for people who have purchased a Windows 7 computer in the past year; the machine in question was purchased quite awhile ago. |
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Posted by Nicole Lucky you that I have a spare w7 key, if you still want it contact me by email before the end of the month and we'll work out something. |
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Posts: 1664/2020 EXP: 6099011 Next: 43096 Since: 07-18-12 From: USA Last post: 986 days Last view: 968 days |
I think one thing just lead to another. Probably one reason I dislike it is for lack of choice in certain regards and then I take out other issues my computers has out on it. Yeah, it is sad but I am done with it finally. After this weekend, I won't touch it until they improve the ability to choose better themes and no Metro or see if Windows 9 learns from their mistakes from 8.
I think I just need a computer without memory issues and I'll go back to being happy and cheerful with my computer. 
The funny thing is now my key is up for grabs. I ain't going to use it - for now. But it is a student one so I am not really sure how that would work. *shrugs* I get any 2000 - current OS I want for free as part of my college programming perk. |
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Alright, so after getting my key in feburary and begin using it last week.
Windows 8 on a desktop is not that bad at all. Review wise from users who have bitched about it being slow and glitchy or whatever its not that much of an issue. If your not willing to sit down with 8 and learn it and expect yesteryears apps or games to work with 8 some of you will be in for a shock. How microsoft setup the os and the navigation is a problem thats 1 of 3 cons I hate about it dearly. Start up and shut down, its fast to bootup but abit slow to shut down on a desktop base machine I dont feel like waiting for 8 to shut down in 2 minutes. Compatibilty wise most programs I had on my windows 7 drive it picked up right away while installing and integrating into my w7 partition. Programs like corel paint shop pro x3 or lower fails. Steam wise, orgin, and any other game install everything plays about as fast as windows 7 install. Microsoft has learned its lesson from past pirating issues. :/ It has a few surprises for you if you attempt to bypass duration days of 30 to use illegally, crack it, hack it or modify anything it doesnt recognize or like to changes. From my experience on windows os for the past 16 years and leaving 7 recently... Its pretty good for what it does, if you dont like big icons or the navigation menu its simple to work on how the way you want it. Most of you may want to look at stardock central in may for customization. I miss my start button but in the end its not that bad if you don't mind hitting the windows key to get your program menus. trouble shooting windows 8 when it errors out can be easy at times or a problem depening on user skill levels. If your not use to dealing with 7's bsod's or errors it may get from user end "you" or hardware based "computer" you may have issues coping with it. Security wise offered by ms, I'm not really thrilled with windows defender. :/ I haven't heard the thing go off about any updates or any alerts since installing 8. I recommend eset antivirus and avast if you do'tnt want windows defender. My rating on windows is a 8 out of 10. Its good for what it does for now and exceeds my expectations I have been reading about from other reviews for the past 9 months. |
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