Windows 8

[Beldaran]

or is it merely more superfluous application integration?

Boom!

[Ventus]

Can you expound on what makes it better than Windows 7? I reluctantly upgraded from '98 to XP several years back because..., well because a decade old OS was getting hard to justify. I switched to Win' 7 as soon as it was available because XP did not do it for me and I have been quite content with it. Are there any significant improvements or is it merely more superfluous application integration?

-m.

Well... Its hard to say what has really improved. I just now it runs faster then it did. and use's less resource's to operate. And with that new booting technology the added into windows 8 It only takes about 10 seconds to boot up.
And while I'm at it. I've never had a freaking working intstall of windows 7 to justifie that it was any count. Every time I ever tried it. It would stop booting correctly after 2 days of use.
7 was the first Windows OS I've ever had trouble with. So i'm going to say its better then 7.
That's all there is to it.

[Gleeok]

I'm still using XP. Enough said.

I'm sure that once support for XP by programs starts being dropped I'll just start using a Linux distro.

[Xyvol]

I've only used 7 at work not home, so I have limited experience with it. It seems to me there is not a lot in the desktop mode that is different from 7. There are a few things added, like the "go up a level" button that should have been there in the first place. I suggest sticking with 7 if you are comfortable with it. I've been using the release preview of 8 and decided it was tolerable. I'll be getting a new lop top soon and everything comes with 8 pre-installed now. I've been able to minimize the "metro" side of the OS and run mostly off the desktop. I will have to say that I really like the fast boot up though. I never shut my current laptop off because I don't want to wait ten minutes for it to boot or shut down. Same system boot up in ten seconds on Win 8. That's nice.

The "metro" or tablet side is nice... on a tablet. I don't like the move to apps that can only be obtained through the store. I like to get independent programs (like Zelda Classic) and install them on my computer.

[ctrl-alt-delete]

Are there any significant improvements or is it merely more superfluous application integration?

-m.

Appears to be so. I had already decided on a fresh Windows install, so I decided to give it a try.

After looking around, it's not very different than 7. The Metro is rather foreign right now, but I can see it being useful after getting used to it and further development.

I decided to go ahead and make the "permanent" switch (barring any major issues that appear) due to a few features that I think will be pretty handy.

I'll post again before I head back to work Thursday morning with an update.

[Chris Miller]

Windows 8 looks like a bloody automatic teller machine to me. I'd take either 7 or XP over it in a second. I'd really much prefer to run Arch Linux on everything, but they went and jacked up the installation process, so I'm on Windows for now.

[SUCCESSOR]

I'm still using XP. Enough said.

Right there with you. Except I hate XP and have since it was released. The only reason I used it over #! is because I couldn't get #! to extend my desktop to a second monitor.

[Beldaran]

[Ventus]

huh... That looks almost the same? What the hell!? Oh my god AOL Ripped of microsoft *Knows Microsoft ripped AOL off*

[Gleeok]

THAT is windows 8?!? I've seen SNES games with better user interfaces.