komyali Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 What do you think what OS is better ? I have win7 and it is working ok, I saw win 8 is little bit faster and use about less RAM, what do you think is it big difference in 3D world (3ds max, auto cad, vray). My question is am I going to stay on 7 or do I need to upgrade to 8 ( am I going to feel difference) ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris MacDonald Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Honestly, stick with windows 7. My sister and girlfriend have recently purchased it, and it's clear from the beginning that it's deisgned with touch screens in mind; there is no start menu at all - not even when you switch back to "desktop mode". It looks nice, but that is about as far as my praise can go. It honestly isn't for people that "do" work. Check out my blog post/rant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Schroeder Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Windows 8 is barely so-so and the Xbox Marketplace like main screen is indeed annoying, as well as the missing start menu, and you can't turn it off right now without a 3rd party app. Hopefully they patch this into the normal settings. Honestly, it feels like the AOL interface from the mid 1990's. I had a dual boot at work as an evaluation and I haven't selected it in months. If you think that windows 7 is slow, just disable Aero and you'll see a small boost for your real time apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francisco Penaloza Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 I am always open to new designs, new software and apps, I bough windows 8 just because... big mistake, I had several programs that could not run under this new OS, since I consider my self a pro user I try to disable auto sleep hard drive hibernation and all that Fancy Nancy stuff, it was a real pain, they just didn't move the items to different places but they also did a great job hiding them, a few hours spend googleing how the heck to turn off my PC, you have to open like 4 windows!!, that are nowhere in view, moving the mouse to empty places of the screen so something pop up, specially nice when you are inside an app, and try to reach a icon, bam! some giant windows show up. It was indeed designed for a touch screen interface a tablet like, big fat fingers, something that you barely turn off, or do anything at the core, I just un-installed and went back to windows 7 big waste of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andstef Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 (edited) I upgraded to windows 8, and from my point of view this was better than continuing with win 7. All my programs work as they should, no crushes, the interface is the same, except for the start menu, to which I got used to in a few days, and it does not bother me that it's different, because I only go there about two times a day, the programs that i frequently use are pinned to the task bar, have shortcuts on the desktop, or are on the main page of the start menu (i have to press the windows key to enter bthe start menu). also windows 8 starts faster I can't understand why people are so reluctant to changes. Edited March 29, 2013 by andstef Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jameswelch Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 I have to echo Andrei's comments. Win 8 is clearly designed for touch screens but I've had no problems with software not working, I have my frequently used software pinned to the task bar and any other software is only a short 'search and click' away so don't miss the start menu. I wouldn't say Win 8 is far better than 7 but I certainly wouldn't say it's far worse. The one thing I am impressed with is the much improved boot up time - easily within 10 seconds on my SSD which is a major plus for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evhill Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Also have mixed feelings about win8 and metro UI but at least was able to switch to win7 desktop using some software on the web. Now it doesn't suck that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
komyali Posted March 30, 2013 Author Share Posted March 30, 2013 so i will stick to this picture from 9 gag and wait for win9 or something else xD http://i.imgur.com/2cA9d.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johannestiner Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 so i will stick to this picture from 9 gag and wait for win9 or something else xD http://i.imgur.com/2cA9d.jpg Oh please. 98 good? What about 2000? Never had any problems with win xp and up, if program you use is working then imo you should upgrade. There will always be people complaining about new things, stop following the bandwagon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
komyali Posted March 31, 2013 Author Share Posted March 31, 2013 Oh please. 98 good? What about 2000? Never had any problems with win xp and up, if program you use is working then imo you should upgrade. There will always be people complaining about new things, stop following the bandwagon. heheh dont take it too serious it is from 9gag everything is funny but I must admit Win milenium is bad copy of 98 vista is bad, took too much memory, and I will wait for nex new windows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johannestiner Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 heheh dont take it too serious it is from 9gag everything is funny but I must admit Win milenium is bad copy of 98 vista is bad, took too much memory, and I will wait for nex new windows Vista didn't take to much memory, that was when windows started handle the memory different, a lot of beginners didn't get that And btw, i do take it seriously because to many people take the whole tick tock thing seriously without having any hands on experience. Shame on you kidding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
komyali Posted March 31, 2013 Author Share Posted March 31, 2013 :oheheheh that is the reason I started this thread, to see other people opinion, like I see it is better to stick with win 7 till something drastically better came out to try , what do you think about win 8, did you try it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BVI Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Its very similar to Windows 7 but the new metro start screen is very annoying. The first thing I did was bring back the old start button - http://www.stardock.com/products/start8/ One issue though with Max is that windows UAC blocks access to network mapped drives in the Max file browser, it was a pain to get sorted, in the end a registry hack got it functioning properly. Other than that its pretty solid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewspencer Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Personally I've found that a lot of Win8 bashing comes from old-timers and people who, for some reason, expected to be able to master it in 5 minutes. Also, ignore the misinformation until you try it. It does not take "opening 4 windows" to turn off the computer, it's two clicks, just like before. If you have to google that for hours...ahem. I installed it and never looked back. As mentioned, it's lightning-fast on startup. Bringing back the start bar takes five minutes. I find the OS to be overall noticeably quicker, just in navigation and launching of tasks. Also, I hope people have at least tried the "metro" apps; some of them are really nice. I can have an app running (for instance) live TV, and snap it to the left side of the screen, making it totally outside the frame of the rest of the windows so its never hidden. The NYTimes app is awesome, the default weather app is nice, I'm sure there are tons of useful ones I haven't used yet. I happen to like the new "flat" look to the interface, it's much cleaner than having a bunch of pointless bevels and "glossy" effects everywhere. It actually makes OSX start to look downright ancient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bindunarayan Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 I would like to recommend you to stick with the windows 7 operating system itself, since 3D graphic performance and high resolution gaming performance in case of windows 8 OS is pathetic, while windows 7 OS works out really well and returns impressive high-resolution gaming, and 3D gaming performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Homeless Guy Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 I think you are hitting the nail on the head Matthew... Sure NYTimes app looks great but I don't need Windows to run "apps" I need it to be a robust production machine. IN general this is the complaint about Windows 8. It tries to hard to do a take on iPad/iPhone/Android often at a cost of speedy production workflow. Which was Windows strength. My current opinion is that if the desktop is dies it is because Microsoft killed it and not because of mobile/cloud computing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewspencer Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 I really think misinformation is helping to kill Win8 sales. Not that I really care about MS's profits...just frustrating to see it. since 3D graphic performance and high resolution gaming performance in case of windows 8 OS is pathetic, while windows 7 OS works out really well and returns impressive high-resolution gaming, and 3D gaming performance. Sorry, no. Here's some benchmarks: In general things run about-the-same, or better, on Win8. On top of this the OS uses less RAM and less battery (in the case of mobile), starts up faster, and is more secure. Still don't understand the hatefest. Travis, are you finding it's harmful to your production in some tangible way? Restoring the Start bar makes gives Win8 the same interface as Win7, so I don't understand what hurdles it could present. Either way, here's some sources that better explain what I'm saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bindunarayan Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 The new Windows 8 operating system is faster than Windows 7 in certain aspects including start-up time, wake-up from sleep, shut down time, web browsers performance, multimedia performance, sending large file and MS excel performance, but it is slower in high resolution gaming, and 3D graphic performance. Yes, I do agree that battery life in case of Windows 8 has been improved noticeably when compared to Windows 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andstef Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 I guess some people prefer to take expert advice from websites like 9gag, while othe prefer websites like the ones Matthew mentioned above. I'm just surprised how there are so many people using windows7 and not windows 98 (it uses less ram than windows 7, does it not?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewspencer Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 I guess some people prefer to take expert advice from websites like 9gag, while othe prefer websites like the ones Matthew mentioned above. I'm just surprised how there are so many people using windows7 and not windows 98 (it uses less ram than windows 7, does it not?) Yeah I mean a real professional would use Windows 3.1, otherwise there's too much visual fluff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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