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So. Your updating your parents to a now obsolete operating system? Why not Windows 8?
by darec1 14y ago
So. Your updating your parents to a now obsolete operating system? Why not Windows 8?
- 4ad 14y agoNot new is hardly obsolete. It's an operating system that works and will continue to work for many years to come.
- antidoh 14y agoWindows 7 will be supported for years (probably past the lifetime of many of the machines it's running on), and is well understood, and builds on years of similar previous versions. Windows 8 is different enough that it's reasonable to watch from the sidelines for awhile.
- slasaus 14y agoFor what I've read Windows 8 flourishes on tablets but can be a bit annoying/split minded when controlled by a mouse. This combined with the fact that most businesses will probably skip Windows 8 and stay with/move to 7 gives me the trust it will be maintained for a while.
- ditoa 14y agoThat is a pretty spot on summary of Windows 8. I use it on a laptop (no touch screen) and really like it but it can be a little bit disjointed to use. Saying that I never use any of the Metro (Modern UI) apps and uninstalled them all as soon as I installed Windows 8. They are not the kind of applications I want to use on a general purpose computer. A tablet? Yeah ok but not with a mouse. The 'old' desktop way of doing things is far better than the new way for 'old' input devices.
- ditoa 14y agoWindows 7 is more like Windows XP/Vista than Windows 8 is so it is more likely easier to just drop them back to what they probably already know. Also Windows 8 is brand new and while it works just fine upgrading to it isn't really something that needs too be done just yet. Windows 7 is still a great OS.
- Shorel 14y agoWindows 7 is not obsolete. It works, new hardware for many years will have Windows 7 drivers, and new games will work in Windows 7. Unless you are a MS salesman trying to pitch WindowsRT...