Anyone gone back to w7?

Draeger said:
I have to say that compared to my Windows 7 install, 8.1 feels a lot more 'zippier' in performance. Folders seem snappier to open, tasks and programs seem to execute quicker although it may all be a placebo.
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Does anyone know of any benchmarks that compare W7 to W8 on the same hardware and a fresh install? I mean proper measured tests not just user impressions which are too likely to be affected by placebo.

Windows installs slow down over time so it would have to be a fresh install.
 
llamadal said:
I find it funny how put out people are by windows 8.1/8 - like every os it had its issues at launch but its so simple to use I just dont understand how many of you struggle with it.

It will only get better with updates, everything runs faster and smoother than it did on 7 and once you spend a few minutes setting it up then even metro has a nice feel.

Reminds me of all the people praising vista and how it was better than 7.... that didnt last long.
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Indeed, it happens every new Windows. Everyone always praises the old one, then eventually upgrade and when a new one comes out, the cycle begins anew.
 
OspreyO said:
Didn't happen with Millennium or Vista.
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Don't knock Vista it was a good OS IMHO, it got a lot of bad FUD due to poor driver support at start by lazy companies not making drivers,not to mention OEMs shipping their hardware below Vista's minimum recommended specs.

FUD spread like wildfire especially those that never used it for any length.


I had no real issues with Vista and used it from day one until Win7 arrived then again moved on to 8 when that was released.

I agree on WinME however.
 
Blackjack Davy said:
Does anyone know of any benchmarks that compare W7 to W8 on the same hardware and a fresh install? I mean proper measured tests not just user impressions which are too likely to be affected by placebo.

Windows installs slow down over time so it would have to be a fresh install.
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I ran Cinebench 15 on both and W7 was faster. Then W8.1 decided to **** itself and I lost those screenshots.
 
Elevon said:
Don't knock Vista it was a good OS IMHO, it got a lot of bad FUD due to poor driver support at start by lazy companies not making drivers,not to mention OEMs shipping their hardware below Vista's minimum recommended specs.

FUD spread like wildfire especially those that never used it for any length.


I had no real issues with Vista and used it from day one until Win7 arrived then again moved on to 8 when that was released.

I agree on WinME however.
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Some of the bugs Vista shipped with were inexcusable. It's almost like nobody bothered testing the thing and just shipped it.

I mean, remember Remote Differential Compression and the effect it had on large files?

To give it it's credit, SP1 did sort out all these problems but they should never have got through the net in the first place.
 
I'm one of those weirdo's who moved to OS X after being a long time win 7, xp, 98, 95, 3.1 user... I've been using OS X for years now. I just went back to Win 8.1 and love it. I'd never go to 7 from here.

It just works - in the way that OS X does.
 
Tute said:
Some of the bugs Vista shipped with were inexcusable. It's almost like nobody bothered testing the thing and just shipped it.

I mean, remember Remote Differential Compression and the effect it had on large files?

To give it it's credit, SP1 did sort out all these problems but they should never have got through the net in the first place.
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All relative every new Windows OS has bugs,look at XP before SP1 let alone SP2 etc ,even Win7 needed a service pack and that was based on service pack based Vista,end of the day no such thing has bug free Windows OS,even Linux is not bug free.
 
Elevon said:
All relative every new Windows OS has bugs,look at XP before SP1 let alone SP2 etc ,even Win7 needed a service pack and that was based on service pack based Vista,end of the day no such thing has bug free Windows OS,even Linux is not bug free.
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And XP was badly received at the start, but by the end of it's reign it wasn't. In fact now it's seen through rose-tinted spectacles, however Vista isn't, that's the difference.

The way Vista (and up) works is fundamentally different from XP, mainly due to improved security (UAC is a major part of this). This caused a lot of applications to break. This and the perceived slowness of the OS (due to higher minimum specs) and the driver issues were what hit Vista with a bad reputation.

Also I don't remember Windows 7 having negative reactions upon release (and it fundamentally changed the taskbar, a change that I don't remember hearing a lot of bad press for, unlike the Start Screen...
 
I get a weird thing in Win 8 where a while after i booted into Desktop and started work everything will suddenly minimize into the task bar, even games, i can be playing away full screen and sudenly i loose all control and *plop* my game window is now in the task bar.

It does it every single time without Fail, reinstalling the OS 'fresh' does not fix it.

Another thing it does, if i'm writing something i can be typing away and then out of the blue my computer goes crazy, windows opening and closing, there's a voice talking at me....

What its done is randomly turn the KeyBoard into a System menu, so every Key I press A, B, K,I... any Key activates a Windows App.
 
linktoinsanity said:
And XP was badly received at the start, but by the end of it's reign it wasn't. In fact now it's seen through rose-tinted spectacles, however Vista isn't, that's the difference.

The way Vista (and up) works is fundamentally different from XP, mainly due to improved security (UAC is a major part of this). This caused a lot of applications to break. This and the perceived slowness of the OS (due to higher minimum specs) and the driver issues were what hit Vista with a bad reputation.

Also I don't remember Windows 7 having negative reactions upon release (and it fundamentally changed the taskbar, a change that I don't remember hearing a lot of bad press for, unlike the Start Screen...
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Again its all relative is Vista or Win8 a bad OS? ..No ,FUD is always around and what users perceive means nothing,half of them don't have a clue and follow the masses,some have never used the OS in question,a lot can't even install a simple driver.

Compatibility is always an issue even on Win7,some still use XP because their software won't work on Win7,but that does not mean its a bad OS.

Last point just remember Win7 is based on Vista with improvements,its easy to improve on any OS given time with drivers available(7 had this advantage over Vista since it could also use Vista drivers,Vista had to rely on companies to get drivers out the door) and Win7 also had newer faster hardware available.
 
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humbug said:
I get a weird thing in Win 8 where a while after i booted into Desktop and started work everything will suddenly minimize into the task bar, even games, i can be playing away full screen and sudenly i loose all control and *plop* my game window is now in the task bar.

It does it every single time without Fail, reinstalling the OS 'fresh' does not fix it.

Another thing it does, if i'm writing something i can be typing away and then out of the blue my computer goes crazy, windows opening and closing, there's a voice talking at me....

What its done is randomly turn the KeyBoard into a System menu, so every Key I press A, B, K,I... any Key activates a Windows App.
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What do you mean by "fresh" have you done a decent virus scan. This isn't caused by win8
 
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