Windows 8 - Your Thoughts and Opinion

**Pablo 54** · 11-01-2012, 08:26 PM

I take it MC is a bit unstable in W8?

**PP Mguire** · 11-01-2012, 08:55 PM

Haven't heard anything about being unstable, but a friend of mine boasts about it being good. I believe it's free until January.

**peti1212** · 11-01-2012, 10:37 PM

Not sure about Media Center, but I know if you own Windows 8 Pro now, you can get a free copy of Media Center at Microsoft's website for a limited time.

**FreeJet** · 11-02-2012, 03:32 AM

Oh, I'm gonna leave Windows 8 alone for a awhile. Heck, "the paint is still drying" on my copy of Windows 7 Pro. Being a die-hard Windows XP Pro fan for a good long time, I'm just getting the hang of the Windows 7 interface. Now they have tiles in 8? Good grief, let me catch my breath already before you throw something else at me. Now I'm starting to sound like my father.

**peti1212** · 11-02-2012, 04:43 AM

Totally understandable FreeJet, and while you've been with us for a while, welcome back to the forums. My father is actually still using XP and he doesn't even want to go over to Windows 7.

**PP Mguire** · 11-02-2012, 06:24 AM

Originally Posted by FreeJet

Oh, I'm gonna leave Windows 8 alone for a awhile. Heck, "the paint is still drying" on my copy of Windows 7 Pro. Being a die-hard Windows XP Pro fan for a good long time, I'm just getting the hang of the Windows 7 interface. Now they have tiles in 8? Good grief, let me catch my breath already before you throw something else at me. Now I'm starting to sound like my father.

I'm not trying to sound harsh or anything of the sort, but XP and 7 are almost identical where navigating the OS is concerned. Only a few things are different and are actually made a bit more simple. You would probably want to toss the screen across the room if you tried 8 right now lol.

On that note, I will be installing 8 pro next week. *mumbles profanity while walking away*
I was going to install it today but I have a big LAN this weekend and don't want to run into any possible problems.

**peti1212** · 11-02-2012, 07:02 AM

Lol, I didn't think you would install Windows 8 PP. :P Just use that little app I linked above and it will solve your biggest fears of Windows 8 for at least a while. It's not too bad really. Shannon has it was well and he had a rough time with it at the beginning, seems to be fine with it now. Same with Aditya.

**PP Mguire** · 11-02-2012, 03:09 PM

I was going to run some tests to "shut a few people up" on a spare SATA drive. I decided that any mechanical drive not used for storage is shyte and so therefore will be left to collect dust long as I have an SSD to use.
Yes, I have too much time on my hands right now.

**Pablo 54** · 11-02-2012, 10:13 PM

Not sure about jumping to 8 either. I am going to put a second tuner card in my WMC machine and slowly move out from under Time Warner's fist and go straight to HD ant...

**werty316** · 11-02-2012, 10:53 PM

I gave the preview release a try and I hated it and it doesn't give me a reason to use it over Windows 7.

**PP Mguire** · 11-03-2012, 01:20 AM

Originally Posted by Pablo 54

Not sure about jumping to 8 either. I am going to put a second tuner card in my WMC machine and slowly move out from under Time Warner's fist and go straight to HD ant...

Another TW person huh? I was going to get their cable to pair with my net but figured there is no point.

**Joshua_Mahr** · 11-05-2012, 04:38 PM

I have been playing with widows 8 in a vm for a couple days now. Seems ok. Tiles are something to get used to. Not sure my thoughts on it yet. The task manager is much more fancy. Anyone gaming on it yet?

**tates11** · 11-05-2012, 05:39 PM

I haven't tried using win8 and looking at the new interface I don't think I would be switching to it 'till win7 would totally be old enough. For me the interface is designed for touchscreens but I'll give it a try soon :/

**sh4un** · 11-05-2012, 05:57 PM

Thank you peti1212for the wonderful tips, and the keyboard short cuts.
I am still trying to acclimatize to this foreign interface(I don't have a touch screen).
I installed Win8 because I needed a new operating system, and it ended up being less expensive than Win7.
I downloaded and installed the consumer preview, then upgraded to Win8 pro for $40.

**peti1212** · 11-05-2012, 06:08 PM

I get my microsoft software/OSs through MSDNAA for free through my school, so I had Windows 7 and now Windows 8 OEM. As far as I know the $40 ones are the upgrades. Does that mean you have to have a legal version of Windows 7, or can you instal Windows 7 without a key and then install Windows 8 on top of that which you bought only for $40? Or would it still nag that you need a legal serial number for Windows 7? Just curious.