Conakry Coggins Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 In my experience, Win8 has had several somewhat minor performance improvements made over 7. Most notably the boot time is faster and in my experience I'm getting better battery life with it on my m14x R1. The UI does take some getting used to, I did not enjoy it at first but given some time I have found it pretty easy to navigate. I would suggest to anyone still on the fence to find a copy of 8 that they can try out and run in a virtual machine to get a taste of it. The UI is going to be the biggest change and you'll either hate it or love it (or hate it but continue to use it until you kind of start to love it.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anh-Tuan Luu Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 i upgraded my Win-7 to 8 and very unhappy with the result, Diablo 3 was very unstable( as in frameskipping) and i have to do a downgrade to Win-7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prinz Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 They finally nailed hibernation - in fact its the default for shutdown/startup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prinz Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 The most important feature for me is Hyper-V because it means I can run 4 or 5 VM's and if necessary I can blow away the host machine and rebuild it in about 20 - 30 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faggot_faggot Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 I wouldnt upgrade if I were you, unless you like using touchscreen interfaces with a mouse and keyboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmaxx123 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 i will likely stick with windows 7, unless windows 8 shows features that make it a necessity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anh-Tuan Luu Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 i will likely stick with windows 7, unless windows 8 shows features that make it a necessityI agreed i will stick with the Window 7 for now as i just downgrade from windows 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spr193 Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 hey Duna Unha!I have used windows 8. it is good so far. but to enjoy it fully you need to have a touchscreen. but if u dont have a touchscreen then windows 7 is way better then windows 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svutau Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 I tried win 8 but alot of programs havent been updated yet :cill stick to 7 for the time being Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomzwie Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 I'm currently using windows 8 on mine, I really like it. At first I hated it but I do love how fast boot up and shutdown is. I also got the program to bring back the start button Things are running smoothly but maybe I'm just lucky o.O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuel55 Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Im using Windows 8 right now. I got used to it the day i installed it. give it a chance! and of course some games wouldn't work at a fresh install, drivers are still being optimized and such as we speak. but hey, there are compatibility options for programs and so far, all my necessary programs run smooth on it. i recommend upgrading too! just tweak it to your preference and you're ready to go. ps. the start menu isn't that bad. sure it gets some gettin used to but hey, give it a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flav106 Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Hi,I made the upgrade a few months ago and i'm very happy with it. No driver problem with my M14x R1 and it's a pleasure to use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acholate Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Just brought m14x r2 come along with windows 8In my opinion, the interface look nice and clean but not so user friendly, and most metro program are still sucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gneccao Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 I put Windows 8 in my M14x R1, i didn't have any problem. And it's more beatifull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeus Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Glad to see people are liking the Win8 upgrade in general, I plan to upgrade my M14x R1 to it in the next week or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjamander Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 I personally dislike windows 8 as a mouse/keyboard user. It was made for a touchscreen and I feel <crippled> with it. I will avoid it and i think is not required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mesengeros Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 I personally dislike windows 8 as a mouse/keyboard user. It was made for a touchscreen and I feel <crippled> with it. I will avoid it and i think is not required. Yes i have the same opinion. Win 8 is a great system for touching screens, very intuitive and beautiful, although It is hard to me to accustom with this "tiles". Too much win xp and win7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlastro Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Windos 8 seems a bit smoother, yes. But I couldn't get over some issues with networking. I couldn't get it to work with my network printer/scanner and I tried a lot. I hope they fix some of the major glitches soon, it looks promising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QPR_FC Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 I now love Win8, I loved Win7 too, hated Vista and ME, loved XP SP3.It's rock solid, no crashing and excellent memory management. I had some memory issues with Win7 when I had 15 or more Chrome tabs open (I'm running 8gb) but I don't anymore with Win8.Once you get over the interface GUI change and switch off trackpad gestures (to stop menus springing up everywhere during 'normal' usage) then all is great..My best tip is to use tine Win Key + X as much as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naveen Yannamani Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 Yeah for sure update to windows-8 Fast boot speedsand also built-in drivers many moreORwait for windows 8.1using window -8 in my alienware from more than 1.5 years (from developer version onwards)you can contact me for further qeries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeheng92 Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 I've upgraded to windows 8 since it came out with my R1. It runs perfectly and I'm really very happy with it. I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundcurve Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Meh, I stick with Win7 on my m14xr1. I was hoping that "Blue" / 8.1 brings back features that make the OS more fluid on a desktop. Has anyone played with the preview release of 8.1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratinox Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 Food for thought:Penny Arcade - What You Wish For Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundcurve Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 Food for thought:Penny Arcade - What You Wish ForHaha, esh.The only logic I can see MS forcing the "Metro" on desktop is to get developers making more apps for the phone/tablet iterations. Seems unsuccessful thus far given the share they have but you gotta start somewhere. I personally think Metro is a great interface/design for their phone. Desktop they are blowing it. I've been using metro on my HTC which I've been pretty happy with. Still has a was to go on more mature android but if MS doesn't crap out like they did with the Zune they might have a chance. Granted I believe they stated Zune was dying cause they were putting all that in their phones. . .MS seems to be in a rut of lack of innovation, coming late to established markets, and then dumping all before getting established. Oh well, least their security posture has improved a ton and still am happy with most of their product but seems Ill skip this whole Win8/Office 2013 cycle of blocky square design bloat for Desktop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigpdawgster Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Windows 8 isn't compatible with the M14x R1 right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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