Will you buy or upgrade to Windows 8?

[PurpleGaga27 40]

I came up with this poll just to see if you guys are willing to go for it. As for me, a definite no. Users currently having previous versions of Windows can upgrade to Win8 for only $40 USD in the US only (once the release is here), but for a limited time until 1/31/2013.

Edited September 12, 2012 by zocom7

[Guest Rabbit]

If upgrading gets me a serial number, then I'll buy the upgrade, at the very least. I probably won't use it right off the bat, but it wouldn't hurt to have it for when it eventually becomes necessary, or at the very least, standard.

[Plok 327]

Nein.

[Nmenth 291]

I'd say not unless they can give me a really compelling reason to. I'll probably just wait until Windows 9.

[Traymen 6]

I'll buy if it will be as cheap as they says. Although i will legalise my PC after 20 years

[Sonic 295]

Its a big fat no for me. I was sold on Windows 7 by this time in 2009, purchased it on the day of release. Windows 7 works great. If ain't broke.... don't fix it. I haven't really liked what I've seen and read about Windows 8 so far. I think Microsoft could have another Vista situation on their hands here.

[Doctor Destiny 41]

I might get a copy of Windows 8 if the rumors about playing 360 games are true. If they're not, I'll stick with 7.

[Inferno 22]

I didn't consider going from XP to 7 a major upgrade. I don't see why this would be a game changer.

[Tru Gaming 0]

I gotten a Laptop with Windows 8, Barely use the things it has to offer, I just use it like its a normal OS.

[pichorra 4]

Why would I upgrade if XP still do the job?

 

If it ain't broken, don't upgrade: ftw

[Tore 33]

pfff Windows 2000 > Windows XP

[Doctor Destiny 41]

XP doesn't do the job anymore. :/

[Sonic 295]

I agree with Doc on this. WinXP is just far to old now. Day by day, month by month, year by year... Developers (software and hardware) are supporting less and less.

[Plok 327]

Bitch please. The only things I can't run on XP are OBS and Frostbite-powered games. For all else, I find my way 'round

[Tore 33]

Bitch please. The only things I can't run on XP are OBS and Frostbite-powered games. For all else, I find my way 'round

Arma 3, Rome 2 Total War, Company of Heroes 2, FFSplit, Office 2013, Bioshock Infinite, Planetary Annihilation...........

[Plok 327]

Arma 3, Rome 2 Total War,

I don't have an overall configuration that can run those, so I don't blame XP for that.

 

Company of Heroes 2

Seeing how Russia panned it, I'm not the least bit interested in it.

 

FFSplit

 

Office 2013

I run Office 2003 quite nicely. Besides, XP has support for 2007, dunno about 2010, but I'm fairly satisfied with the one that I have.

 

Bioshock Infinite, Planetary Annihilation...........

RONF-ZZZZZZZZZZ....

[Tore 33]

Seeing how Russia panned it, I'm not the least bit interested in it.

 

Men of War Assault Squad and the upcoming Assault Squad 2 is better anyways.

 

I run Office 2003 quite nicely. Besides, XP has support for 2007, dunno about 2010, but I'm fairly satisfied with the one that I have.

 

LibreOffice, Apache OpenOffice, Kingsoft Office and Calligra Suite are good alternatives too

 

RONF-ZZZZZZZZZZ....

 

What?

Edited July 31, 2013 by Tore

[PurpleGaga27 40]

XP doesn't do the job anymore. :/

 

Partially.

 

 

pfff Windows 2000 > Windows XP

 

I never use Windows 2000 because it was the buggiest OS around with the most issues. I prefer XP over 2000.

[Tore 33]

I never use Windows 2000 because it was the buggiest OS around with the most issues. I prefer XP over 2000.

 

What? You must confuse Windows 2000 with Windows ME. Windows 2000 was one of the most stable versions of Windows ever released. Many people preferred Windows 2000 over pre-Service Pack 2 XP as it was more stable and used less resources.

 

Windows ME on the other hand was so buggy that it would get a BSoD if you opened Paint...

Edited July 31, 2013 by Tore

[pichorra 4]

Windows XP is just a bloated 2000 version until SP2 came for it.

 

ME "was just" a XP wihout the high-colors icons and the 9x kernel. they just bloated it in a way that it would require too much memory to run, and since 9x got a poor memory management, it became catastrophic. Actually it will run just like any other 9x OS if you got a huge amount of RAM.

 

Currently, Windows OSes are becoming very bloated. Windows 7 got a lot of stuff that I won't use in my life, and so does Windows 8. With Windows XP, I only need about a 15gb partition to install it in, plus all others softwares that needs to be reinstalled after an system install (such as Microsoft Office). With Windows 7, I need 40gb for the same porpouses.

 

I miss a feature that previous versions of Windows had. Asking what exactly the user wants to be installed in his system.

 

For games that won't run in XP, actually people run it because the computer is somehow old, or because there aren't really any advantages for the Hardware he is running. He wouldn't upgrade to Windows 7 to get DirectX11, as his card only support DX9. As newest versions of OpenGL still run in XP, what is killing XP for gamming is the lack of newest versions of DX for it, since almost every company seems to create games only for DirectX.

Edited July 31, 2013 by pichorra

[Plok 327]

Not to mention that newer OS's have a completely idiotic interface (greetz Win7 and Win8) in which nothing is obvious (I even think they cut some things), where in WinXP and earlier OS's (greetz Win9x) you can do whatever you want in 5 seconds, including turning the entire system inside-out if you want to.

 

I'll probably upgrade to Win7 if I explicitly have to after WinXP loses support in April, but I will never turn to Win8.

[pichorra 4]

After some time Windows XP gets unsupported, there is a community that port/hacks stuff from newest Windows versions back to a previous one. They did a amazing job with Windows 98SE/ME KernelEx, and there are some hacks to get XP-higher software back to 2000.

 

http://www.msfn.org/board/

 

I think that XP will get in the same way.

 

But I think XP will live longer due 3rd party software, as did Win98.

[Tore 33]

Not to mention that newer OS's have a completely idiotic interface (greetz Win7 and Win8) in which nothing is obvious (I even think they cut some things), where in WinXP and earlier OS's (greetz Win9x) you can do whatever you want in 5 seconds, including turning the entire system inside-out if you want to.

 

I'll probably upgrade to Win7 if I explicitly have to after WinXP loses support in April, but I will never turn to Win8.

 

I have no issues doing what I want in Win7 within 5 seconds.

[Plok 327]

Try creating a new file extension and assign it to a program, for instance.

[Nmenth 291]

I have no issues doing what I want in Win7 within 5 seconds.

I use Windows 7, I am satisfied with it and would never go back to XP, but a lot of things in XP were easier to work with than 7.