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Old 14-03-2013, 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by iceman View Post

I was planning on avoiding Win8 but if it's faster it might be worth installing it.

Thoughts?
FWIW, after weeks of use on my early i7 I still find the Win8 interface to be annoying when using multiple applications, but it is certainly a lot faster than Win7/64. Interface is clearly designed for getting stuff rather than doing stuff - eg would really suit Facebook/newsfeed/entertainment users with touch screen machines.

A few minor "what the.??." moments, but overall, getting software/drivers etc to run was relatively painless - it seems to be basically Win7 under the bonnet (but with more security). Win8 turned out to be a worthwhile upgrade overall - the speed boost outweighs interface issues.

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