Windows 8 Upgrade Prices

I'm currently running windows XP and have been thinking about upgrading to windows 7. I know windows 8 will be released soon but I just don't care for it. There's nothing wrong with it from a technical standpoint, it's just designed for tablets and I own a desktop. I also don't care at all for whatever they're calling metro these days. My question is: will there will be any great deals on windows 7 when windows 8 is released? Should I just bite the bullet and upgrade to windows 8? I know upgrades will be like $40 till January, but like I said, I would really prefer windows 7. This will be part of a much larger upgrade (mobo, processor, and memory) Anyone heard anything about upcoming windows 7 prices? Thoughts? Thanks in advance!

Actually I wanted to ask about windows 7 prices as well. I too have XP at the moment and since I' m gonna build a new rig I' d like to upgrade to windows 7. I know it' s not cheap though so any ideas as the TC said?

just go for win8

i will mkae a mini review for anyone who cares, and it should give you an idea

i put it on my desktop
it's fine

i got used to the UI in 1 second
people who can't get used to it
r slow


feels fast, especially on my oldest laptop. Mechanical hd feels like a seagate momentus xt, they did a good job.

I've found a few bugs in the UI. Upgrading went smooth on my desktop, I couldn't upgrade my np8130 laptop. "Upgrade failed." best error ever.
With windows8 they are literally hiding every error, and it's anoyying, that's my biggest complain. (For example when I BSOD'D from putting on 10 versions of intel rst, it just said something like "something is wrong with your computer ; ( "

my other major issue, is that you can't have a password longer than 16 characters. I mean what the fawk

but yeah, just go for windows 8 rather than 7, it works fine.

the new task manager is amazing though

I expect that windows 7 SP2 will bring nearly all windows 8 features to windows 7 without the sh!tastic metro fail tiles.

Windows 8 boots up a few seconds faster on my computer than Windows 7 did. And the new Task Manager is awesome.

I expect that windows 7 SP2 will bring nearly all windows 8 features to windows 7 without the sh!tastic metro fail tiles.

GummiRaccoon

a few problems, you can't set an application's properties from the tiles interface... pretty lame

but another nice thing about windows 8, the sounds like when you start mistyping a folder name to quickly get to it, are way less anoyying. It's all pleasant.

Microsoft is copying xbox360 sounds, which are rip off of Wii sounds.

oh and the only reason i upgraded on my desktop was because my msiexec was broken

thankfully windows8 upgrade fixed it

[QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]

I expect that windows 7 SP2 will bring nearly all windows 8 features to windows 7 without the sh!tastic metro fail tiles.

JigglyWiggly_

a few problems, you can't set an application's properties from the tiles interface... pretty lame

but another nice thing about windows 8, the sounds like when you start mistyping a folder name to quickly get to it, are way less anoyying. It's all pleasant.

Microsoft is copying xbox360 sounds, which are rip off of Wii sounds.

oh and the only reason i upgraded on my desktop was because my msiexec was broken

thankfully windows8 upgrade fixed it

Why would I change a relatively chill windows 7 experience to a relatively annoying windows 8 experience?

[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"]

[QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]

I expect that windows 7 SP2 will bring nearly all windows 8 features to windows 7 without the sh!tastic metro fail tiles.

GummiRaccoon

a few problems, you can't set an application's properties from the tiles interface... pretty lame

but another nice thing about windows 8, the sounds like when you start mistyping a folder name to quickly get to it, are way less anoyying. It's all pleasant.

Microsoft is copying xbox360 sounds, which are rip off of Wii sounds.

oh and the only reason i upgraded on my desktop was because my msiexec was broken

thankfully windows8 upgrade fixed it

Why would I change a relatively chill windows 7 experience to a relatively annoying windows 8 experience?

also it's nice having your settings synched across windows 8 pcs (like profile picture, and random stuff, mail settings)

also it feels faster, could be my imagination or mostly because of the smooth transitions.

I'm probably going to get 8. A big part of me wants to use Leap motion(an excuse to spend about 70 or so extra dollars :3) with it and pretend to be Norman Jayden or something on occassion with metro for the lulz :D

Other than that, Since I'm hearing it is less resource hungry....Have their been any gaming performance updates on 8 since the last time?

just go for win8

i will mkae a mini review for anyone who cares, and it should give you an idea

i put it on my desktop
it's fine

i got used to the UI in 1 second
people who can't get used to it
r slow


feels fast, especially on my oldest laptop. Mechanical hd feels like a seagate momentus xt, they did a good job.

I've found a few bugs in the UI. Upgrading went smooth on my desktop, I couldn't upgrade my np8130 laptop. "Upgrade failed." best error ever.
With windows8 they are literally hiding every error, and it's anoyying, that's my biggest complain. (For example when I BSOD'D from putting on 10 versions of intel rst, it just said something like "something is wrong with your computer ; ( "

my other major issue, is that you can't have a password longer than 16 characters. I mean what the fawk

but yeah, just go for windows 8 rather than 7, it works fine.

the new task manager is amazing though

JigglyWiggly_

just go for win8

i will mkae a mini review for anyone who cares, and it should give you an idea

i put it on my desktop
it's fine

i got used to the UI in 1 second
people who can't get used to it
r slow


feels fast, especially on my oldest laptop. Mechanical hd feels like a seagate momentus xt, they did a good job.

I've found a few bugs in the UI. Upgrading went smooth on my desktop, I couldn't upgrade my np8130 laptop. "Upgrade failed." best error ever.
With windows8 they are literally hiding every error, and it's anoyying, that's my biggest complain. (For example when I BSOD'D from putting on 10 versions of intel rst, it just said something like "something is wrong with your computer ; ( "

my other major issue, is that you can't have a password longer than 16 characters. I mean what the fawk

but yeah, just go for windows 8 rather than 7, it works fine.

the new task manager is amazing though

JigglyWiggly_

i fixed the upgrade issue on my np8130 http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/251839-cant-upgrade-windows-8-a.html#post2087215

how silly

my laptop has never been in a domain btw

Lol for ANYONE actually still on XP I would highly recommend you do not upgrade to Windows 8. It will probably drive you crazy due to the retarded way it was design where Win7 would feel like you never left XP but rather improved it.

Also the windows 8 task manager is a joke, so useless.

Lol for ANYONE actually still on XP I would highly recommend you do not upgrade to Windows 8. It will probably drive you crazy due to the retarded way it was design where Win7 would feel like you never left XP but rather improved it.

Also the windows 8 task manager is a joke, so useless, it actually has LESS information on it than Windows XP.

zaku101

how useful it is, well it's not useful at all

you can't do xp 32 bit to win8 64

and using a32bit os for a modern desktop is pointless, keep xp32 if you have legacy hardware.

What are you talking about? There are a lot of tabs, the task manager is much better.

[QUOTE="zaku101"]

Lol for ANYONE actually still on XP I would highly recommend you do not upgrade to Windows 8. It will probably drive you crazy due to the retarded way it was design where Win7 would feel like you never left XP but rather improved it.

Also the windows 8 task manager is a joke, so useless, it actually has LESS information on it than Windows XP.

JigglyWiggly_

That's the problem its just a big coloring book and for some reason they thought it'd be a good idea to place the applications and services in the same tab, the only time I use the task manager is to kill a task and I don't know why I'd need to look through a list of stuff running that I don't care about. The task manager doesn't even list the cpu n memory usage +processes count in the lower right.

I can actually do more from the windows 7 Task manager and get more information from it then you could from the windows 8 one without actually flipping througth the sections. Can't even start a new task from the damn thing.

That looks like a lot of crap on your screen that you really don't need. Doesn't this look just a little more simplier? Hey look I can still see my cpu usage, ram processes and even start new tasks all from one page. Windows 8 is like do you want to kill a task? Welcome to the dictionary B****!

Yeah I am just still not digging Win8, other than the startup time it's worse than vista, takes longer to basically do everything basic such as accessing shortcuts like cmd, msconfig, mycomputer ect, everything basically has an extra step to it, unless it's pinned to your bar it's going to take longer to get to. When an OS needs two desktops to do one task you know there's something wrong.

Yeah I am just still not digging Win8, other than the startup time it's worse than vista, takes longer to basically do everything basic such as accessing shortcuts like cmd, msconfig, mycomputer ect, everything basically has an extra step to it. When an OS needs two desktops to do one task you know there's something wrong.

zaku101

Hidden apps It can be hard to find programs meant for the old-style Windows desktop if you dont know where to go.From the desktop screen, you cannot launch desktop apps that arent already pinned to the Taskbar. Thats because the Start button is gone. Lets say you use theCalculator appoften. To access it, you have to go to the Start screen, right-click the screen, go to the bottom right-hand corner and select All Apps, then select Calculator. Once Calculator is open on the Desktop, you need to pin it to the Taskbar or you have to go through all of those steps again the next time you want it.

Basically If we both had to open the cal app I could open it faster than you and still have time to pin it to my task bar. I could also open Control panel faster. It's just annoying having to travel between two desktops to do one simple thing.

First you'd have to hit the windows key, go to the second desktop, find the app then pin it or else due all that all over again.

Win7 hit windows key type cal press enter done.

You'd basically have to waste your time going through two desktops for each damn app you want to pin or open.

Win7+winkeyt is basically metro just without the useless desktop.

Don't do it man, just get Win7 it's a damn good OS. The gains you get from Win8 are offset by a metric sh*t-ton of bad design decisions. You're far better off with Win7, that much is almost guaranteed.

running XP? stupid question but what are your system specs.

Hidden apps It can be hard to find programs meant for the old-style Windows desktop if you dont know where to go.From the desktop screen, you cannot launch desktop apps that arent already pinned to the Taskbar. Thats because the Start button is gone. Lets say you use theCalculator appoften. To access it, you have to go to the Start screen, right-click the screen, go to the bottom right-hand corner and select All Apps, then select Calculator. Once Calculator is open on the Desktop, you need to pin it to the Taskbar or you have to go through all of those steps again the next time you want it.

Basically If we both had to open the cal app I could open it faster than you and still have time to pin it to my task bar. I could also open Control panel faster. It's just annoying having to travel between two desktops to do one simple thing.

First you'd have to hit the windows key, go to the second desktop, find the app then pin it or else due all that all over again.

Win7 hit windows key type cal press enter done.

You'd basically have to waste your time going through two desktops for each damn app you want to pin or open.

Win7+winkeyt is basically metro just without the useless desktop.

zaku101

uhm
to open calculator
hit start(or the windows key)
type calc
hit enter

which is the exact same steps required for win7

i realy dont think you guys even know how windows 8 works tbh

they did a decent job for desktop

but gs is full o dem haters

but then again i've used gnome, kde, and xfce, unity, and they all blow compared to win8. Just to give you a comparison.

[QUOTE="zaku101"]

Hidden apps It can be hard to find programs meant for the old-style Windows desktop if you dont know where to go.From the desktop screen, you cannot launch desktop apps that arent already pinned to the Taskbar. Thats because the Start button is gone. Lets say you use theCalculator appoften. To access it, you have to go to the Start screen, right-click the screen, go to the bottom right-hand corner and select All Apps, then select Calculator. Once Calculator is open on the Desktop, you need to pin it to the Taskbar or you have to go through all of those steps again the next time you want it.

Basically If we both had to open the cal app I could open it faster than you and still have time to pin it to my task bar. I could also open Control panel faster. It's just annoying having to travel between two desktops to do one simple thing.

First you'd have to hit the windows key, go to the second desktop, find the app then pin it or else due all that all over again.

Win7 hit windows key type cal press enter done.

You'd basically have to waste your time going through two desktops for each damn app you want to pin or open.

Win7+winkeyt is basically metro just without the useless desktop.

JigglyWiggly_

uhm
to open calculator
hit start(or the windows key)
type calc
hit enter

which is the exact same steps required for win7

i realy dont think you guys even know how windows 8 works tbh

they did a decent job for desktop

but gs is full o dem haters

but then again i've used gnome, kde, and xfce, unity, and they all blow compared to win8. Just to give you a comparison.

It's still a slower process, you have to travel between two desktops, click windows key, *wait for second desktop, type cal, select it then wait again to get back to your other desktop to use it. It just isn't gs users that just hate it a lot of people do, all the tech i work with hate it, also kind of silly comparing those OS to a main stream one.

engadget users are seeming to love win8
so

not that I love it

it's okay.

[QUOTE="zaku101"]

Hidden apps It can be hard to find programs meant for the old-style Windows desktop if you dont know where to go.From the desktop screen, you cannot launch desktop apps that arent already pinned to the Taskbar. Thats because the Start button is gone. Lets say you use theCalculator appoften. To access it, you have to go to the Start screen, right-click the screen, go to the bottom right-hand corner and select All Apps, then select Calculator. Once Calculator is open on the Desktop, you need to pin it to the Taskbar or you have to go through all of those steps again the next time you want it.

Basically If we both had to open the cal app I could open it faster than you and still have time to pin it to my task bar. I could also open Control panel faster. It's just annoying having to travel between two desktops to do one simple thing.

First you'd have to hit the windows key, go to the second desktop, find the app then pin it or else due all that all over again.

Win7 hit windows key type cal press enter done.

You'd basically have to waste your time going through two desktops for each damn app you want to pin or open.

Win7+winkeyt is basically metro just without the useless desktop.

JigglyWiggly_

uhm
to open calculator
hit start(or the windows key)
type calc
hit enter

which is the exact same steps required for win7

i realy dont think you guys even know how windows 8 works tbh

they did a decent job for desktop

but gs is full o dem haters

but then again i've used gnome, kde, and xfce, unity, and they all blow compared to win8. Just to give you a comparison.

Only unity and osx is worse than win8

i still wonder what the point of windows 8 actually is.......except to unify the tabler and desktop experience (android tab priced windows tabs with start to appear soon, except with ONLY the metro interface, no classic mode)

i still wonder what the point of windows 8 actually is.......except to unify the tabler and desktop experience (android tab priced windows tabs with start to appear soon, except with ONLY the metro interface, no classic mode)

kungfool69

[QUOTE="zaku101"]

Hidden apps It can be hard to find programs meant for the old-style Windows desktop if you dont know where to go.From the desktop screen, you cannot launch desktop apps that arent already pinned to the Taskbar. Thats because the Start button is gone. Lets say you use theCalculator appoften. To access it, you have to go to the Start screen, right-click the screen, go to the bottom right-hand corner and select All Apps, then select Calculator. Once Calculator is open on the Desktop, you need to pin it to the Taskbar or you have to go through all of those steps again the next time you want it.

Basically If we both had to open the cal app I could open it faster than you and still have time to pin it to my task bar. I could also open Control panel faster. It's just annoying having to travel between two desktops to do one simple thing.

First you'd have to hit the windows key, go to the second desktop, find the app then pin it or else due all that all over again.

Win7 hit windows key type cal press enter done.

You'd basically have to waste your time going through two desktops for each damn app you want to pin or open.

Win7+winkeyt is basically metro just without the useless desktop.

JigglyWiggly_

uhm
to open calculator
hit start(or the windows key)
type calc
hit enter

which is the exact same steps required for win7

i realy dont think you guys even know how windows 8 works tbh

they did a decent job for desktop

but gs is full o dem haters

but then again i've used gnome, kde, and xfce, unity, and they all blow compared to win8. Just to give you a comparison.

When an OS needs two desktops to do one task you know there's something wrong.

zaku101

A lot of interesting points are being made. @msfan1289: Not stupid at all. I'm currently running xp on a system that would probably choke on windows 7 or 8. But like I said this is part of a larger upgrade. When I'm finished, I'll be using an intel i5 3570k processor on a Gigabyte GA-z77X-UD5H mobo with a 500 Gb hdd and Corsair Vengeance 8 Gb RAM. The video card is a GeForce 9800 GT (to be upgraded later) and my ps will be a Kingwin Lazer Platinum Series 550w. Also, I was wondering if anyone remembered when Windows 7 came out, whether retail stores offered slashed prices on Windows Vista? Thanks!

[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"]

[QUOTE="zaku101"]

Hidden apps It can be hard to find programs meant for the old-style Windows desktop if you dont know where to go.From the desktop screen, you cannot launch desktop apps that arent already pinned to the Taskbar. Thats because the Start button is gone. Lets say you use theCalculator appoften. To access it, you have to go to the Start screen, right-click the screen, go to the bottom right-hand corner and select All Apps, then select Calculator. Once Calculator is open on the Desktop, you need to pin it to the Taskbar or you have to go through all of those steps again the next time you want it.

Basically If we both had to open the cal app I could open it faster than you and still have time to pin it to my task bar. I could also open Control panel faster. It's just annoying having to travel between two desktops to do one simple thing.

First you'd have to hit the windows key, go to the second desktop, find the app then pin it or else due all that all over again.

Win7 hit windows key type cal press enter done.

You'd basically have to waste your time going through two desktops for each damn app you want to pin or open.

Win7+winkeyt is basically metro just without the useless desktop.

AlexKidd5000

uhm
to open calculator
hit start(or the windows key)
type calc
hit enter

which is the exact same steps required for win7

i realy dont think you guys even know how windows 8 works tbh

they did a decent job for desktop

but gs is full o dem haters

but then again i've used gnome, kde, and xfce, unity, and they all blow compared to win8. Just to give you a comparison.

[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"]

[QUOTE="zaku101"]

Hidden apps It can be hard to find programs meant for the old-style Windows desktop if you dont know where to go.From the desktop screen, you cannot launch desktop apps that arent already pinned to the Taskbar. Thats because the Start button is gone. Lets say you use theCalculator appoften. To access it, you have to go to the Start screen, right-click the screen, go to the bottom right-hand corner and select All Apps, then select Calculator. Once Calculator is open on the Desktop, you need to pin it to the Taskbar or you have to go through all of those steps again the next time you want it.

Basically If we both had to open the cal app I could open it faster than you and still have time to pin it to my task bar. I could also open Control panel faster. It's just annoying having to travel between two desktops to do one simple thing.

First you'd have to hit the windows key, go to the second desktop, find the app then pin it or else due all that all over again.

Win7 hit windows key type cal press enter done.

You'd basically have to waste your time going through two desktops for each damn app you want to pin or open.

Win7+winkeyt is basically metro just without the useless desktop.

AlexKidd5000

uhm
to open calculator
hit start(or the windows key)
type calc
hit enter

which is the exact same steps required for win7

i realy dont think you guys even know how windows 8 works tbh

they did a decent job for desktop

but gs is full o dem haters

but then again i've used gnome, kde, and xfce, unity, and they all blow compared to win8. Just to give you a comparison.

Windows 7 is superior to Windows 8 in every single way.

The only people who will upgrade are casuals who play with tablet apps all day.

ok so there is no safe mode anymore
you have to boot from the installation media to go to safe mode
: |
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-system/not-able-to-perform-a-startup-how-can-i-boot-in/897acf86-7809-409f-ad1c-68568e9eede9?msgId=74c497a1-6cea-4470-856d-a760f8e9eb46

i tapped shift + f8 as well like i was spamming dem rockets
nop

oh and my sager np8130 bsod'd just now for no reason with windows 8

but the problems i am having are with my desktkop

dat

my dell vostro 1310 is like 100% stable though, maybe it's because this was a clean install.

EDIT: i think my sager crashed because of my usb hub

i think 20 usb devices overloaded it