Windows 8

[stepster23]

i have not had the pleasure of using windows8 but it is definitely on my to do list in near future i have not heard good or bad things about windows 8 until i read these comments but i am sure i will still get it on my computer just to know for myself i figure if i learned 7 i can def learn 8 

[ladycasshmere]

I love my windows 7 and I am in no hurry to switch to windows 8.

[plennis]

I  the Windows 8.  In answer to the earlier question you do not have to use the touchscreen, you can use your keyboard and a mouse.  The Start page, you can use the  new touchscreen version with you mouse if you want or with one click you have it look like the Windows 7 start page.  You can have more than one window open on your screen at the same time.  I am having a lot of fun with it.
 

[jwallbank]

I bet-cha I'm Old School...  I'm still running Windows XP / Professional;
If it ain't broke.......  lol 

I still have a desktop with Windows XP, My laptop has Windows 7. I have only had my Laptop for two years. I don't have the tendency to quickly update or buy new products. I have been in IT (since IT was a field) and in Communications before that working with main frames! I like to see the reviews and test the product before buying. Working for the Government. I guess this is a plus because they buy in bulk and are very leary to buy a new Operating System. The government never even bought into Windows Vista and that was a good thing because it was a piece of garbage Operating System.

[alice44]

I updated to Windows 8 on my laptop.  It is a whole new learning experience.  I'm not sure I see how it is better than windows 7 except the finger screen benefit.  On my laptop I don't have that capability - so I'm still typing  :-

[thtrngng]

I have not had a chance to experience Windows 8, however I am in the process  upgrading my computer now and I just hope that Windows 8 is user friendly.

[Liquidfire_43]

Ugh, I hate Windows 8 with extreme prejudice on desktop/laptop. I don't understand why Microsoft would put a tablet based OS on there . I can understand if I have a touch screen desktop/laptop and a tablet, but other than that it's horrendous  . The biggest thing I can't stand is that it doesn't have the start button in desktop mode, I have to use a third party software to automatically skip the metro menu and start on desktop mode with a start button (I heard there was some tweaks you can do that skips metro menu with a start button with organized menu, w/o third party program but apparently Microsoft keeps stomping out the tweaks in Windows . There also an annoyance of having the accursed metro menu pop up when you scroll over to the right hand side of the screen. All in all I was trying to make my Windows 8 look and feel like Windows 7, since I feel that the UI of Windows 7 was superior than Windows 8 in terms of regular desktop/laptop

[Liquidfire_43]

Ugh, I hate Windows 8 with extreme prejudice on desktop/laptop. I don't understand why Microsoft would put a tablet based OS on there . I can understand if I have a touch screen desktop/laptop and a tablet, but other than that it's horrendous   . The biggest thing I can't stand is that it doesn't have the start button in desktop mode, I have to use a third party software to automatically skip the metro menu and start on desktop mode with a start button (I heard there was some tweaks you can do that skips metro menu with a start button with organized menu, w/o third party program but apparently Microsoft keeps stomping out the tweaks in Windows 8 ). There also an annoyance of having the accursed metro menu pop up when you scroll over to the right hand side of the screen. All in all I was trying to make my Windows 8 look and feel like Windows 7, since I feel that the UI of Windows 7 was superior than Windows 8 in terms of regular desktop/laptop

[BlackSheepNY]

Well, I've got some bad news for Windows XP users (because there are many more of us out there than you think).  Come April 8, 2014, Win XP will be obsolete - no more updates, security or otherwise.

I'm looking forward to a completely new computer, anyway, and of course, I'm looking towards Windows 8.