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I'm building my new pc, only I don't know which os to put on..

 

W7 is good, but W8 is also not too bad.

 

Which do you guys reccomend ?

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Do what ever you like more, or wait for win 8.1 

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Do what ever you like more, or wait for win 8.1 

When does 8.1 come out ?

Because I need an OS now :$

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Is this build for gaming or what? If gaming I would say 7 or 8.1 when that comes out. Its really up to you and what you find best/comfortable.

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windows 8 runs much faster than any OS

 

with blue you will have alot of fixes 

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Windows 8. Just moved from Windows 7 loving windows 8 no problems so far, games work perfectly!

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Windows 8. Just moved from Windows 7 loving windows 8 no problems so far, games work perfectly!

I got 8 right now, only problem I have is that I need to start my pc twice... It keeps freezing at the loading screen..

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I can't see myself going to Windows 8 anytime soon. Is is not horrible with a keyboard and mouse? Linus is bang on the money. People want small movements. They don't want to move the mouse half way across the screen to select one app. I completely see Win 8 as OS for touch screen. i hope they split the product line and do a touchscreen OS and mouse & key OS. Either that or give out service pack for win 7 for a long long time.  

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I got 8 right now, only problem I have is that I need to start my pc twice... It keeps freezing at the loading screen..

Wow? I have never had that problem. All i did was install -> install my programs -> update windows 8. I currently have a few updates pending to download/install but i dont know yet :P

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I can't see myself going to Windows 8 anytime soon. Is is not horrible with a keyboard and mouse? Linus is bang on the money. People want small movements. They don't want to move the mouse half way across the screen to select one app. I completely see Win 8 as OS for touch screen. i hope they split the product line and do a touchscreen OS and mouse & key OS. Either that or give out service pack for win 7 for a long long time.  

You still can use it as windows 7 ?

You don't need to use the Start Screen

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Wow? I have never had that problem. All i did was install -> install my programs -> update windows 8. I currently have a few updates pending to download/install but i dont know yet :P

I don't know..

Everytime I start it up, it freezes at load screen.

If I turn it off and back on everything is fine ?:P

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I choose Windows 8 Pro for my next build. Here in Norway the price is the same for Windows 7 and 8. I figured why not try it out and get 8.1 for free than spend the exact same amount on Windows 7. I've also not heard so many complaints from my friends who run Windows 8 so I don't think I'll be bothered. 

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I like 8 on a touch screen laptop :), have yet to 'upgrade' my desktop to windows 8, don't see the appeal to spend that extra money without a touch screen, other than like slightly quicker boot times i suppose :D I would go for 8 now though, if I had the choice as a starting OS :)

You can always use things like classic shell or start is back to make it seem like windows 7 anyways...

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What do people even put in these things?

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Windows 8.1 is free upgrade to Windows 8 users.

So get Windows 8. Windows 8 is great without any additional software or tweaks, but only if you know how to use it.

What I am trying to say, is that it has a steeper than usual learning curve. After discovering and reading on it, you'll see how to use it efficiently, and like most, you'll prefer it over previous version of Windows.

Is Windows 8 perfect in every way? No. It changes things that was greatly polished since many years. That is why 8.1 is suggested, as Microsoft got more time to polish things, collect new telemetry data, and constructive feedback and improve things on that. Windows 8.2 (if that comes out), I am sure will continue improving things and so on. Microsoft seams to follow a yearly OS updates to compete with Android and iOS, to not be behind on the mobile devices world.

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I like 8 on a touch screen laptop :), have yet to 'upgrade' my desktop to windows 8, don't see the appeal to spend that extra money without a touch screen, other than like slightly quicker boot times i suppose :D I would go for 8 now though, if I had the choice as a starting OS :)

You can always use things like classic shell or start is back to make it seem like windows 7 anyways...

 

have you checked out leap motion? that thing looks fun to play with on windows 8.

i never tried it tho , it's just my first impression.

 

@op get whatever version you want , they're both the same at the end of the day just with different user interfaces.

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have you checked out leap motion? that thing looks fun to play with on windows 8.

i never tried it tho , it's just my first impression.

Leap motion looks AWESOME HA! :) will be looking into that!

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I can't see myself going to Windows 8 anytime soon. Is is not horrible with a keyboard and mouse? Linus is bang on the money. People want small movements. They don't want to move the mouse half way across the screen to select one app. I completely see Win 8 as OS for touch screen. i hope they split the product line and do a touchscreen OS and mouse & key OS. Either that or give out service pack for win 7 for a long long time.  

 

Exactly how I feel too! touch is still fairly new to the market most PC users don't have, need or want touch for their home computer. Mouse and keyboard ftw so why such a heavy touch GUI.

 

If your unsure, there's no need to rush to windows 8 so stick with 7 for a little while longer. (I stuck with windows XP untill windows 7 =D )

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I don't know..

Everytime I start it up, it freezes at load screen.

If I turn it off and back on everything is fine ? :P

Update your BIOS.

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| GPU: GIGABYTE GTX980Ti G1 GAMING | SSD: SAMSUNG 840 EVO 250GB  | Storage: WD 1TB GREEN | OS: Windows 10 Pro 64bit | PSU: FSP 650W AURUM S |

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