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Originally Posted by pilotbob
Windows 8.1 is pretty much the same as Windows 7 on the desktop. Just set it to boot into desktop and use traditional (classic) windows apps. There are several things about it that are better than Windows 7. Boot time, task manager, search, etc. Oh, and it supports touch very well. It may not seem like alot, but it's pretty natural to scroll with touch, swipe through pictures, zoom stuff, etc.
BUt, keep the Fud going... remember how much EVERYONE hatted XP when it came out, and everyone said they were sticking with Windows 95?
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Even with Windows 8.1, you still don't get to use the start menu. You are stuck with viewing an unintuitive start screen that puts another step in the way of running EVERY &*@#$ PROGRAM YOU WILL EVER USE ON A WINDOWS COMPUTER!!!!
Or you could buy Start8, StartIsBack, or similar.
Or just don't upgrade.
The boot time is as far as I am aware merely the effect of saving the RAM to disk -- if you do Windows Update or otherwise restart Windows completely, you don't boot up any faster than on Windows 7.
The Task Manager okay, I'll give you that, no idea about the search since I rarely use it, but Windows 8 is not worth getting just for a revamped task manager and whatever they did for search.
And it doesn't matter how well it supports touch, that's only useful on a tablet and the rare touch-enabled laptop which PEOPLE DON'T BUY. And I would find it pretty clumsy, personally, to be using the keyboard and mouse then have to reach over and touch my screen to scroll, rather than doing something stupid like use the scroll wheel, or zoom with CTRL+scroll which as a shortcut I know about (I'm not necessarily speaking for everyone here) is also just as fast. Why do I need a third input device when the first two are already doing a BETTER job for me and many other people?