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The right move in IMO is ditch Windows 8.1. Jump to Windows 10

Posted by AbeCollins (A) on August 1, 2015 at 09:11:26

In Reply to: RE: "It might save you some hassles" posted by 1973shovel on August 1, 2015 at 03:27:04:

My thought on the topic is that Windows 8/8.1 was a short lived dog that no one really liked. For example, there were a number of freebie workarounds that immediately popped up on the net for getting the familiar Start Menu back. Then MS finally listened to the public outcry and brought it back half-assed in 8.1. That sluggish charms bar to the right of desktop screen doesn't belong in a traditional desktop environment. And many other annoyances as they tried to 'merge' a tablet OS with a desktop OS.

They tried to push everyone toward their tiled interface which is OK for a touchscreen tablet but in doing so they made it less than friendly for the typical user who grew accustomed to the traditional desktop. You can configure 8.1 to boot into the traditional desktop but you still had quirky remnants of that tiled "modern UI" to deal with and a half-ass Start Menu. They created a bastardized compromise operating system that didn't sit well with the public, at least for those who had no need for a tablet. Few users truly embraced 8.1 and many stuck to Windows 7.

Listening to their customers, MS promised a better experience in Windows 10, and so far it appears to be mostly true. Window 10 is what 8/8.1 should have been. So my take on your issue is, why buy a new Windows 8.1 PC, spend the time configuring it, then wait for a huge Windows 10 download to complete, wait again for it to install, wait for it to create a default configuration, then spend the time (again) to configure it to your liking. etc. Skip 8.1 completely. Jump to Windows 10.

You'll do doubt experience some growing pains with 10 as MS fixes issues that crop up but 10 is noticeably better than 8 right out the shoot. At least you'll be getting ahead of the learning curve with 10 instead of clinging to that 8.1 dog as some inmates suggest doing.

Plus, the new machine will have a 'clean install' of Windows 10 rather than overwriting 8.1.

It took a good hour to download the Windows 10 upgrade, let it install, let it do it's default configuration, and now I need to spend time configuring it the way I want. If you're buying a new PC, why bother doing all of that in Windows 8.1, then have to do it yet again for Windows 10.

You'd think I'm a "MS fanboy" from what I've written so far but it's pretty clear that Windows 8/8.1 was dead in the water from the beginning and folks were waiting for 10. And so far 10 appears to be much better.

A couple articles:

Why Windows 10 is better

Windows 10 vs 8.1 the major differences

Edits: 08/01/15

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