Any reason to upgrade to windows 8?

[Energize]

Going to be reformatting my computer and wondering, does 8 offer anything over 7 for desktop users?

 

[marc2003]

it seems a bit marmite-y. i suggest you download the trial and give it a go yourself.

 

[theheyes]

Quite a lot, but you'd be better off checking a wiki or something.

 

[Admiral Huddy]

Unless you have an active touch screen then i don't see any real benefit. I'd certainly wait for 8.1 to be released later in the year. That's just my opinion.

 

[Antar Bolaeisk]

I'd agree with Admiral Huddy, there's no immediate benefit to upgrading to Windows 8. There's a couple of nice things such as the file transfer interface and the better boot times but there's no must have feature over Windows 7.

 

[KIA]

Nothing worthwhile for desktop users.

 

[theheyes]

Nothing worthwhile for desktop users.

Depends on the user.

Like I said, the OP should just check the feature list and decide for themselves. There is loads of good stuff in there.

 

[Macro]

If you have Win 8 there's also very little reason not to put it on. If it works on 7 it'll work on 8.

 

[Nymins]

Unless you have an active touch screen then i don't see any real benefit.

 

[joey1211]

I've just spent the weekend tinkering with Windows 8 for a client. Drove me up the wall!

Though you probably get used to the new interface, I found it to be inconsistent. Sometimes throwing me into Metro, sometimes the desktop interface.

 

[Tute]

Unless you have an active touch screen then i don't see any real benefit.

This.

 

[5960xNvidiaGamer]

If your just a gamer like me then no, nothing at all.

 

[kitch9]

I've just spent the weekend tinkering with Windows 8 for a client. Drove me up the wall!

Though you probably get used to the new interface, I found it to be inconsistent. Sometimes throwing me into Metro, sometimes the desktop interface.

What was throwing you to Metro?

 

[Glaucus]

depends what you do.
if you do media consumption, books, Netflix, magazines, news or anything along those lines, then metro apps are night and day above the desktop experience.
other than that there's lots of little stuff like. MS account which saves most of your settings, refresh/restart which is great, fast boot and many many other things.

if you have it stick win8 on, if you don't, nothing wrong with w7.

Though you probably get used to the new interface, I found it to be inconsistent. Sometimes throwing me into Metro, sometimes the desktop interface.

comments like this are not helpful. its obvious which is desktop stuff and which is metro stuff, its also an instant switch, so it doesn't matter if you go between the two , I do.
Gaming, web browsing, office - desktop
all other media consumption - metro

its is not purely touch based either. even with K+M for media consumption is absolutely miles ahead in metro. neither of my devices are touch screen and there's no way in hell I would move back.
desktop works like win7, metro experience for certain tasks is so far ahead.

 

[badcompany]

its nice with dual screens and classic shell installed.

 

[Vimes]

I've just spent the weekend tinkering with Windows 8 for a client. Drove me up the wall!

Though you probably get used to the new interface, I found it to be inconsistent. Sometimes throwing me into Metro, sometimes the desktop interface.

Completely agree, although it much improved after installing the Classic Start Menu.

 

[joey1211]

What was throwing you to Metro?

User accounts, family protection or whot-not.

 

[gareth170]

User accounts, family protection or whot-not.

Control Panel\User Accounts and Family Safety\User Accounts

Control Panel\User Accounts and Family Safety\Family Safety

it doesn't to metro that way.

 

[Phil2008]

Nope, I always upgrade when a new version of windows come out, but not this time. Microsoft has only thought about the dollar sign with win8.

 

[lurkio]

its got an 8 in it