Val
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Anyone using it? If so what's the opinions in comparison to previous versions.
Windows 8
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I look after 100+ PCs in our group, our suppliers are all switching sales to windows 8 on new kit but will offer W7 for the foreseeable future. I wont be touching it on my live computers until at least the first service pack comes out as we use a fair amount of bespoke software. For a home user though, no reason not to try it. But then there is a great case to try ubuntu etc free operating systems these days too as they are so much more user friendly than years gone by.
Val
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Brendy from what I see to get the most out of it you need a touch screen pc/laptop (unsure if that's the case for 100%). I'm in the market for a new laptop for the house but quite like the look of the slim all in one desktops now.
rosecott
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Would a HP desktop with:
Intel(R)Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6550 @ 2.33GHz
3Gb RAM
32-bit Vista Home Premium
benefit from the cheap Windows 8 upgrade?
To be honest, windows 7 will run like a dream on that spec. I am not a fan of vista and believe Microsoft do have a habit of making a bad system after a good one. If that is the case (even though W8 is built on W7 tech), W8 will be very average.
Valentino, W8 was designed to work well with touch screen devices but they are a real pain after 10 mins of having to hold your arm up in the air. On a tablet it may well be better at home than a 24 inch screen or similar. you will end up using a regular keyboard and mouse.
Valentino, W8 was designed to work well with touch screen devices but they are a real pain after 10 mins of having to hold your arm up in the air. On a tablet it may well be better at home than a 24 inch screen or similar. you will end up using a regular keyboard and mouse.
PhilTheFragger
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It looks like Dell have increased the RAM on lots of their W8 offerings
so whereas before a win & system was offered with 4Gb, a Win 8 system is now offered with 6GB for a very similar price.
This leads me to suspect that W8 is more RAM hungry
Rosecott, your system will run fine with 7, but I wouldnt put 8 on it
Ill write tomorrow about the new W8 setup
Fragger
so whereas before a win & system was offered with 4Gb, a Win 8 system is now offered with 6GB for a very similar price.
This leads me to suspect that W8 is more RAM hungry
Rosecott, your system will run fine with 7, but I wouldnt put 8 on it
Ill write tomorrow about the new W8 setup
Fragger
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vkurup
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A friend upgraded to W8 on his 'regular' laptop.. his one word of description was...
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'****'
I will try and upgrade before xmas, as it is only £25 right now.. am running a dual core with 4GB ram... the upgrade wizard recommended W8 Pro.
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I will try and upgrade before xmas, as it is only £25 right now.. am running a dual core with 4GB ram... the upgrade wizard recommended W8 Pro.
Doon frae Troon
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Nana Doon upgraded to W8 this week on her new pooter.
She seems quite impressed with it.
She seems quite impressed with it.
Andy808
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I'm using Vista on mine and haven't found it to be that bad. I have been thinking about upgrading to W7 but can't justify the cost so will stick with Vista until a time comes that I have to buy a new computer.
ScienceBoy
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With a decent sized hard drive and a decent CPU Vista was not that bad. the problem was they tried to squeeze it into cheap laptops that were under powered and undersized. I think the industry has learnt from that but Microsoft just keeps the mistakes coming with windows 8
ScienceBoy
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Windows 7 or XP would be best on that
Andy808
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2.6Ghz Duo core processor, 3GB ram and 1T HDD. IS it worth upgrading to W7 SB?
Id leave it 6 months. go ahead and buy the cheap upgrade license but dont install it yet.
if that is a pc, id also buy a 120gb or larger ssd drive to compliment any os that is installed on it. you wouldnt believe how much faster and more reactive the pc becomes. better than a ram upgrade.
if that is a pc, id also buy a 120gb or larger ssd drive to compliment any os that is installed on it. you wouldnt believe how much faster and more reactive the pc becomes. better than a ram upgrade.
Andy808
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SSDs have got to come down in price a lot before I consider buying one. It won't take long at the rate the tech is going on those things so I will wait until I upgrade my pc. I'll just keep my eyes open for a spares or repair pc for the W7 code and download the disc for this pc.
Dorian
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Don't SSD's have a significantly reduced lifespan? That being said, a normal HDD will sound like a food blender after a year or two. And the boot-time offered by having an SSD as a primary is a huge advantage.
If you're looking for upgrades I know places like Misco used to sell OEM copies on the cheap. Haven't looked in a few years though.
If you're looking for upgrades I know places like Misco used to sell OEM copies on the cheap. Haven't looked in a few years though.
ScienceBoy
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Not in my experience, I have only had one go and that was due to a manufacturing fault and was replaced with a superior model!
I have abused one to the extreme and it still keeps going and it lightening speed! All mine are rated to last beyond 2020 at current usage.
IMO SSDs are value for money if you need speed from your PC. If you play large world games ie flight sims or you need fast load times for big games they are fantastic.
For browsing the internet and playing solitare they are useless. The only two real non gaming advantages are reduced startup times and/or increased battery life for laptops.
My current setup is one small fast SSD for my OS, one large SSD for my big games and one large HDD for storing everything else as well as more games.
Most people just need a small SSD for the OS and put everything else on the HDD, with a bit of tweaking of some settings it will last more than long enough.
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G1BB0
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ssd's have almost halved in price of late
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-048-OC&groupid=701&catid=2104&subcat=1427
trouble with ssd's is steam for me SB, I know you can tweak it to have install on ssd and games on hard drive but a bit of a pain by all accounts.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-048-OC&groupid=701&catid=2104&subcat=1427
trouble with ssd's is steam for me SB, I know you can tweak it to have install on ssd and games on hard drive but a bit of a pain by all accounts.
ScienceBoy
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I have a program called steam mover or something, I have a big SSD for the games that need it and using junctions it links the rest of the games from the other drive to the SSD. This means I have the space of the HDD for most games and the speed of the SSD for the games that need it. You don't have to move a game if you wish to play it, it launches as normal. I have used it for years, it has never been a pain nor a hassle, just fantastic!
EDIT: I cannot remember the name of it right now, I will post up when I find it, there are two good ones and a handful of rubbish programs that allow you to share steam over two drives.
Doon frae Troon
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Oh dear
I'm keeping my head down in the house today.
Mrs Doon has just spent 3 days sorting out her new computer.
She discovered last night that when she switched the mains electric on, the computer switched on automatically.
She spent an hour with the tech support guys who could not fathom it out and told her to bring it in for replacement.
She has just taken everything off and was getting ready to box it up when she discovered that when her speakers were switched off the computer worked normally.
I'm keeping my head down in the house today.
Mrs Doon has just spent 3 days sorting out her new computer.
She discovered last night that when she switched the mains electric on, the computer switched on automatically.
She spent an hour with the tech support guys who could not fathom it out and told her to bring it in for replacement.
She has just taken everything off and was getting ready to box it up when she discovered that when her speakers were switched off the computer worked normally.
Fader
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Tried Windows 8 out this week at work on a standard desktop and again round a friends on his new fangled windows tablet thingy wotsit.
Was not overly impressed on the desktop version if i'm honest seemed a bit gimmicky and glitchy. But having used my friends Windows 8 laptop/tablet have to say was very good. So that puts me very much in the works well with touch screen but won't bother with my own laptop at home camp.
Was not overly impressed on the desktop version if i'm honest seemed a bit gimmicky and glitchy. But having used my friends Windows 8 laptop/tablet have to say was very good. So that puts me very much in the works well with touch screen but won't bother with my own laptop at home camp.
