Camy Posted September 28, 2012 Report Share Posted September 28, 2012 I've spent the last couple of days installing, and playing with, windows 8 on two computers. My netbook (32bit), which came with windows 7 basic, is now flying. As is another laptop (64bit dual core) that had the truly awful vista. The windows 8 release preview is free to try out and lasts until 16th January 2013 when you either buy it - apparently it's going to be inexpensive (whatever that means) - or revert to your original system. Apart from always starting up with the new 'metro' interface - on the final version you'll be able to choose where it boots to - the desktop on 8 is very similar to windows 7. It's not a steep learning curve, and it's fast! I also haven't had any problems with software: everything I installed that ran on 7, runs happily on 8, too. My view, after the short time I've used it, is that it is well worth trying out*. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/download *Remember to download the correct version for your computer (32bit or 64bit). Link to comment
The Pecman Posted October 2, 2012 Report Share Posted October 2, 2012 It's the most Mac-like Windows ever! Link to comment
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