In reply to a post by DavidFinbarr:

Snap about the ribbon.

For me there is no point in upgrading, I would be going to a OS that I like less then my current one.
The time will come when I do update but it's a few years away.

When i tried the beat, it did run slightly faster than windows 7 and i never denied that, I still don't think it starts up any quicker mind you.

But is that enough to fork out money?

i like windows 7 which is what I use now and yes maybe I could get used to windows 8, but i feel like it is a rushed job and Ms just wants to get into the tablet market as quick as they can. I really don't think MS will make it in the tablet or phone market.

Just by going by the people I know, they either want a Ipad or Iphone or they want a Android based phone or Tablet. Not one of them seems to be interested in a windows based Tablet or phone.

No doubt MS products will sell, but will they sell enough?

Can you pay the £25, download the file and not upgrade straight away? Burning it to a DVD for use later?

TIA.

Yes, I believe you can. In fact, that's the sensible way to do it IMO.

I just installed the preview version on my laptop (just wanted to make sure it works OK before spending out) and I am amazed at how fast it boots. Much faster off a normal hard disk than Vista was on an SSD. Providing everything works, that's me sold on it.

In reply to a post by AEP:

Yes, I believe you can. In fact, that's the sensible way to do it IMO.

I just installed the preview version on my laptop (just wanted to make sure it works OK before spending out) and I am amazed at how fast it boots. Much faster off a normal hard disk than Vista was on an SSD. Providing everything works, that's me sold on it.

My Amiga can boot up faster than Vista . I got a vista update for my laptop a few years back and it booted up slower than XP, so putting Windows 8 against vista is not a fair comparison. I have no idea how people can still use computers with vista.

Windows 8 on my underpowered laptop boots 3-4 times as fast as Windows 7 on my quad-core desktop with an SSD. I don't know how they have done it but the boot time is just unbelievably fast.

This is a no-brainer; I've just tested the software that I need to run and it all runs fine on 8 so this is a definite yes.

The more I use it the more I like it; especially the Start Screen with the live tiles. This makes iOS or Android look like something out of the ark with their grids of dead icons. I would just love a Windows 8 tablet - Surface if I can afford one with that cool keyboard. This is the future of mobile computing. I wonder if Microsoft have patents on that interface?

In reply to a post by AEP:

Windows 8 on my underpowered laptop boots 3-4 times as fast as Windows 7 on my quad-core desktop with an SSD. I don't know how they have done it but the boot time is just unbelievably fast.

Depends on what you mean by underpowered. i got a Acer aspire 5630 laptop, which got a 1.66 intel dual core CPU in and 2GB of ram. I stuck windows 8 beta on that and while it ran sort of ok, it did not seem to run as well as windows 7 did when I tried that on there.

The machine is now back to running Linux.
Maybe you think the boot time is fast because the machine is sleeping and not booting from a cold start. also do you count to when you get to the metro or when you get to the desktop?

i know someone who done that, windows 8 boot really fast, but you still got to get to the desktop to do something, ah yes, I forgot about that he said.

This is a no-brainer; I've just tested the software that I need to run and it all runs fine on 8 so this is a definite yes.

The more I use it the more I like it; especially the Start Screen with the live tiles

Good, i am sure some people will like it. I hate the idea of live tiles to be honest, someone booting up my computer and every thing is displayed to them in tiles.

Not that it happens since I live alone and how many people password their computers? just imagine if there is a facebook app and it displays a private message you did not want anyone to see on the live tile.

This makes iOS or Android look like something out of the ark with their grids of dead icons.

But they do the job at the end of the day, what more do you want from Icons? It is a picture that tells me what is what, a envelope tells me I can get my email if I press on it, A large F in what I think is a blue background is for Facebook, what is that strange icon that looks like a phone handset, oh yes, I can get my contacts and use the phone as a phone. How quaint.

I don't want them to be moving around.

I would just love a Windows 8 tablet - Surface if I can afford one with that cool keyboard.

What is the point? you may as well get a normal laptop or netbook. As for tablets, I still don't see what reason I would have to buy one. i got a E-ink E-book, which is about the closest I am going to get to some sort of tablet type device and even that is not touch screen, horrid idea, greasy finger prints over the screen I am trying to read.

This is the future of mobile computing. I wonder if Microsoft have patents on that interface?

If that is the future of mobile computing, then I am glad I am not bothering with it and if it is the future for mobile phones, then I will go back to my old Nokia 3310.

Depends on what you mean by underpowered. i got a Acer aspire 5630 laptop, which got a 1.66 intel dual core CPU in and 2GB of ram. I stuck windows 8 beta on that and while it ran sort of ok, it did not seem to run as well as windows 7 did when I tried that on there.

A very similar machine, but with a low-powerd single-core AMD processor. I had previously tried the Beta on it and it was nothing special, but the release version is something else. It boots in about 10 seconds and everything runs much more smoothly than on Vista.

No, it's not sleeping. It's a cold boot from fully powered off in about 10 sec.

Edited by deleted (Tue 30-Oct-12 10:52:53)

What is the size of the £24.99 upgrade download, please.

I'm afraid that I don't know the answer to that one as I have only downloaded the free developer's trial so far. But if it's the same as that it's about 3GB - a little less for the 32-bit version, a little more for the 64-bit one. As the offer holds until the new year I'm going to stick with the trial version for a while; the servers won't be so busy later.

I downloaded the disk image version and it's 2,831,089,664 bytes

Ian