11-21-2012, 02:36 PM
(11-21-2012, 04:31 AM)DeeBye Wrote:(11-03-2012, 03:23 AM)DeeBye Wrote: Welp I decided to buy and download the 32-bit version of Win 8 because it is cheap. I'll let you know how that goes.
So I finally blocked out enough time to backup personal files to an external hard drive and installed Win 8. It went incredibly smoothly -- much more smoothly than any other Windows install I have ever done. I was prepared with backups of all my device and motherboard drivers, but I never had to use them. Windows 8 had all important drivers (up to date ones) working right away without any interaction by me.
Windows 8 seems a bit zippier on my machine than my old XP install. The new replacement for the Start Menu is a bit awkward at first, but I can tell that it will be easy to get used to.
I really have no major complaints about Windows 8 so far.
When you say Replacement for the Start Menu, are you talking the boxy tiled display? In some of the commercials, I saw that you can minimize or close that, and it leads to a standard desktop style look, that has me sort of interested, I think my kids would engage with that better than they do the windows 7 start menu
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