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Widows 7 Or 8 ?

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Getting ready to buy a new pc desktop or laptop and was wondering if I should have it with 7 or go with 8. I'm using Vista now. I'm hearing 8 is not very user friendly. But 7 installed costs $100 more. Any opinions? Don't do much gaming. Mostly surfing and e-mail etc.

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I use both. 7 is much better IMO. I'm not sure if 8 is truly not user friendly or if it just seems that way because its a bit different from the way windows has looked and worked since 95. It is annoying when you have to figure out to do things on 8 that are second nature to experienced windows users. It also has some new features but its mostly cosmetic. I never use them and try to keep it on the older style desktop as possible. I think those features work better on touchscreens.

I'm pretty sure 7 is regarded as more "stable". I personally haven't really had problems with either version.

I would pay $100 for 7

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You can make some tweaks to 8 to make it more laptop/desktop friendly. Not seen windows 10, but that promise to be more laptop/desktop friendly. Seems to me 8 was designed to compete more in the tablet market. I have not seen anyone in the business world deploy it enterprise wide yet.

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I wouldn't spend the extra $100 on Windows 7, as Upnorth said, you can tweak Windows 8 if you really need the Windows 7 interface but once you understand how Windows 8 works, you get use to it very quickly and the OS itself has been very solid for me.

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If you're just surfing and using it for e-mail, get a Chromebook. Virus proof and extremely user friendly. Very fast too, it's only about 10 seconds or so from the time you press the power button to the time you're on the internet.

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I have been using windows 8 now on my laptop for about a year. I had windows XP before this, I don't think that it is not user friendly. I do have a touch screen but very rarely do I use it. I use windows 7 alot at work and I dont find windows 8 to be much different other than the looks of it and additional bells and whistles. I would recommend Windows 8.

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I just picked up a new HP desktop last week..XP is no longer supported and I wanted the newest thing. I'm not he biggest geek around and I had no idea 8.1 is a flop. I've been told however that an upgrade to windows 10 will be free.

Now I just need to figure out if I can play the older Unreal Tournament 2004 again laugh

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Getting ready to buy a new pc desktop or laptop and was wondering if I should have it with 7 or go with 8. I'm using Vista now. I'm hearing 8 is not very user friendly. But 7 installed costs $100 more. Any opinions? Don't do much gaming. Mostly surfing and e-mail etc.

If the older version is $100 less than the newer I e that should tell you all you need to know. I have 7 on my laptop and my wife has 8 on her desktop. I would keep mine forever before switching to 8

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