Anyone with Windows 8, with laptop that you can use Wireless mouse. Is Windows 8 a good Windows? I like the Windows 7 but not sure of Windows 8.

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My dad recently purchased a laptop running Windows 8 and, while I've heard quite a few complaints from people that have upgraded from Windows 7... I think it still makes sense to have the latest operating system on your machine.

Over time, Windows 8 will provide several benefits:

  1. It'll be less buggy & provide better security and support.
  2. From now on, apps and add-ons will be designed for the newer operating system.
  3. If you have a Windows phone, then Windows 8 is deigned to better integrate with your device.

The only reasons I could think of for holding back from upgrading to Windows 8 are:

  1. If a program or app you use on a daily basis (especially for work) isn't supported by Windows 8.
  2. If the pain of making the transition and re-familiarizing yourself with Windows is too daunting.

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Coque Givah
Coque Givah commented
Those aren't benefits, mate, they're "less hassle than if you're stuck when MS abandon Windows 7". If they were inherent benefits to the use and enjoyment of your own property (your computer), then they'd exist INDEPENDENT of the MS life-cycle. Since they don't, then rather than being real benefits, they're just relatively-beneficial FACTORS that happen to Windows 8 at this particular point in time. Windows XP was supposed to be a good release, then Windows Vista was derided. Then Windows 7 was a good release. Windows thus tends to be good every two releases (or roughly every 7 years). Windows 8 isn't one of the good ones. The TOUCH interface is useless if one doesn't have a touch-screen. No touch-screen device is equal in power and serious work capability to, say, a 24" 1920x1200 monitor with a fast, accurate keyboard and mouse. Just nowhere near as fast for typing and navigating the OS. I guess Microsoft want people to do what they dictate to them, rather than simply providing good tools for an established and clearly-identified NEED. Quite separate from what the advantages of actual touch-screen devices are (convenience for simple tasks, as opposed to serious work).
Coque Givah
Coque Givah commented
Oh, and then there's the trend that, in only ONE of the above screenshots, is there an advert. How dare Microsoft charge you for an operating system (one that's only good half of the time, every two releases, no less) then make you pay TWICE by watching ads that they get paid to push in your face. Guess which operating system it is that has the ads? Also note which one above has the possibility to arrange more things on screen at once? The possibility is power. You can arrange exactly the same small and colourful things on screen at once in Windows 7 as like the Metro interface in Windows 8 but you cannot do the reverse. That's not powerful, that's the opposite - and dumbing-down technology to disenfranchise the user. Tell me I'm wrong in 5-10 years when it's even worse.
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Anonymous commented
I personally have a windows 8 laptop and have for a while but it took me a while to get used to. Even till this very day I prefer Windows 7

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