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My desktop and laptop have Windows 7 installed on them and my wife's laptop has Windows 8 on it. As someone who spends 8-10 hours a day on their computer progr

My desktop and laptop have Windows 7 installed on them and my wife's laptop has Windows 8 on it. As someone who spends 8-10 hours a day on their computer programming/debugging/everything users on this site do, I'm not sure I could handle working in Windows 8 all that time. I feel like Windows 7 got so much right for power users of Windows, and that Windows 8 is for casual users of their computer.

pmelendez 13y ago
As a power user and after discovering "win+x" on windows 8, I can't come back to windows 7 but it is a matter of taste I guess
- falcolas 13y ago
  I looked that up; what does it offer that the Windows 7 (and 8) control panel doesn't? Hitting the Windows key, and typing in any of those names will get you the same content.
  - Spearchucker 13y ago
    Less effort. Key-strokes + click on 8/8.1, as opposed to opening the Control Panel, finding the most likely group for the thing you forgot the name of, and then clicking on the thing you need. The control panel is bloated, and it's organisation is not entirely logical (to me, at any rate).
    - jpatte 13y ago
      Or Win-X + letter on 8/8.1. For example opening the Disk Manager is Win-X + k, Event Viewer is Win-X + v etc.
    - falcolas 13y ago
      Effort reduction is a fair point. However, most of the shortcuts presented are for tasks I do so rarely that having a quick shortcut to them adds relatively little value. The few that I do use frequently from that list already have their own key bindings, or I can find them with 2-3 keystrokes after pulling up the windows start menu (something you can't do with Windows 8 if they aren't regular applications; you have to type and then select a different application category to search in). Ctrl-Shift-Escape == Task manager Win-D == Desktop Win-R == Run Alt-F4 (from Desktop) == Shutdown The net result is that this is not enough of a value add to elevate Windows 8 above Windows 7.
jpatte 13y ago
What advanced features from Windows 7 would you miss on Windows 8.1? Because they are most likely still there.
calferreira 13y ago
I use both and in terms of desktop i don't have any productivity issues. The only issue i have with Windows 8 is with USB 3 driver support but i'm not sure if it's microsoft or intel's fault.

pmelendez 13y ago

As a power user and after discovering "win+x" on windows 8, I can't come back to windows 7 but it is a matter of taste I guess

falcolas 13y ago
I looked that up; what does it offer that the Windows 7 (and 8) control panel doesn't? Hitting the Windows key, and typing in any of those names will get you the same content.
- Spearchucker 13y ago
  Less effort. Key-strokes + click on 8/8.1, as opposed to opening the Control Panel, finding the most likely group for the thing you forgot the name of, and then clicking on the thing you need. The control panel is bloated, and it's organisation is not entirely logical (to me, at any rate).
  - jpatte 13y ago
    Or Win-X + letter on 8/8.1. For example opening the Disk Manager is Win-X + k, Event Viewer is Win-X + v etc.
  - falcolas 13y ago
    Effort reduction is a fair point. However, most of the shortcuts presented are for tasks I do so rarely that having a quick shortcut to them adds relatively little value. The few that I do use frequently from that list already have their own key bindings, or I can find them with 2-3 keystrokes after pulling up the windows start menu (something you can't do with Windows 8 if they aren't regular applications; you have to type and then select a different application category to search in). Ctrl-Shift-Escape == Task manager Win-D == Desktop Win-R == Run Alt-F4 (from Desktop) == Shutdown The net result is that this is not enough of a value add to elevate Windows 8 above Windows 7.

jpatte 13y ago

What advanced features from Windows 7 would you miss on Windows 8.1? Because they are most likely still there.

calferreira 13y ago

I use both and in terms of desktop i don't have any productivity issues. The only issue i have with Windows 8 is with USB 3 driver support but i'm not sure if it's microsoft or intel's fault.