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Is windows 8.1 (64 bit)any good?

Uppset_dave
By Uppset_dave
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  1. 1. Do you like windows 8-8.1

    • Yes
      9
    • No
      7

  2. 2. Which version of Windows do you prefer

    • Windows 10
      8
    • Windows 8 - 8.1
      3
    • Windows 7
      5

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Hello this is me a person wearing a banana suit who is on his phone, and welcome to my first topic on the LTT forum! And today I'm gonna ask the community on what they think about windows 8.1.

If you've never heard of windows 8.1 it's basically the version of Windows that sits between 7 and 10. With a few notable features that come from Windows 7 and some that later on continue to 10. Such as the taskbar that has a windows 7 feel to excluding the new windows logo

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and the popup that ask you which application it should us as default also makes it into Windows 10.

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Personaly its my favourite but sometimes wish some features that are in Windows 10 where in Windows 8. What do you think?

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2 minutes ago, Uppset_dave said:

Hello this is me a person wearing a banana suit who is on his phone, and welcome to my first topic on the LTT forum! And today I'm gonna ask the community on what they think about windows 8.1.

If you've never heard of windows 8.1 it's basically the version of Windows that sits between 7 and 10. With a few notable features that come from Windows 7 and some that later on continue to 10. Such as the taskbar that has a windows 7 feel to excluding the new windows logo

Insert image I, imgur

and the popup that ask you which application it should us as default also makes it into Windows 10.

Insert images II&I, Imgur

Personaly its my favourite but sometimes wish some features that are in Windows 10 where in Windows 8. What do you think?

8 Doesn't have the "Phone Home" feature windows 10 does, but it lacks a lot of features in W10 I like.

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Hello this is me a reader of your first topic on the LTT forum! - 8.1 is alright I guess, but as a whole you're better off with Windows 10 

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Win 8.1 is great and all, but it is slowly being discontinued as its marketshare is small and it had a lackluster adoptiomrate.

 

Also, honestly win 10 is more of a merge between win 7 and 8.1. 

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i like windows 8 cuz it's the os that i wanted in my daily drivers

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12 minutes ago, Uppset_dave said:

What do you think?

Windows 8.1, with the windows 7 skin on top, plus a few other tweaks to make it look more like 7, works great.

So rise up, all ye lost ones, as one, we'll claw the clouds

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3 hours ago, Aprilfooldude said:

8 Doesn't have the "Phone Home" feature windows 10 does, but it lacks a lot of features in W10 I like.

Actually it does.

People where just stuck at the Start Screen so much, no one noticed that a lot of Windows 10 things where in Windows 8.

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Windows 8.x was fine OS, if you are willing to go through the learning curve of the new Start Screen, and is great if you are on a convertible device (laptop/tablet)

That said, the Store and built-in OS app are lackluster (mostly because Metro app framework was a mess, and the Store infrastructure was a poorly designed). While security update support is coming to an end in 2023, the low market share makes it that you can expect poor support from third party programs and drivers.

 

If you are going to get a new version of Windows, might as well start with the latest one.

 

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23 hours ago, GoodBytes said:

If you are going to get a new version of Windows, might as well start with the latest one.

 

Yes I'm going to do that when I get a ssd to replace my old hdd, it will come without windows so I'm gonna get a windows 10 installer flash drive.

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