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Should I upgrade to Windows 8?

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No. If Windows 7 works for you and you already have it, keep it.

8 is only worth getting for new builders and people who absolutely need it for development purposes. 

I have been using Windows 8 for over 8 months and it's fine. I just installed Classic Start and it's pretty much Windows 7.5. I wouldn't upgrade to it from 7 if I didn't want to pay the money, but I was building a new computer at the time anyway.

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So I have been running Windows 7 now on my PC and haven't really felt the need to upgrade to Windows 8, as 7 has served me well and continues to do so. All the various issues such as metro that people have with Windows 8 has also been an off putting factor. With rumors that Windows 9 is in the pipelines at Microsoft I am more and more reluctant to pay the expensive upgrade costs for Windows 8. I would love to know the community's thoughts on this and to put the question simply. Should I upgrade to Windows 8?

 

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I was actually in the same situation but I just decided to wait for 9. 8 doesn't seem worth while enough to warrant an upgrade so if I were you I'd just wait it out and buy 9.

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No. If Windows 7 works for you and you already have it, keep it.

8 is only worth getting for new builders and people who absolutely need it for development purposes. 

I have been using Windows 8 for over 8 months and it's fine. I just installed Classic Start and it's pretty much Windows 7.5. I wouldn't upgrade to it from 7 if I didn't want to pay the money, but I was building a new computer at the time anyway.

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If you are content with windows 7 then there is no reason to upgrade. However there is nothing wrong with 8.1, once you get used to the interface you can get to things a little faster. If you don't like the interface there are options to make 8.1 look like 7. I use windows 7 at work and am happy with it and 8.1 at home and have no issue with it.

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Just wait. Windows 9 is on the way.

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You mean 8.1?

i would get it if i were you. The most possible thing is that the win9 will be just an update of the win8.1 so it should be free to upgrade when the time comes.

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