[4rcane]

I only got 8.1 because windows 7 don’t support the latest cpu

[SeaHawkFan]

I’ve noticed a lot more Windows 7 computers being advertized. Computer manufacturers are realizing that if they want to move product they need to sell what people want. More importantly, they are realizing what people don’t want.

[TurboZamboni]

No more ‘easy transfer’ doesn’t help. It’s no longer ‘easy’.

[CodeToad]

A friend of mine has a prediction: Microsoft will continue its decline and Oracle will buy them within 5 years.

He’s probably right.

This is what happens when you let the MBA crowd run a product company.

[kidd]

I just bought a desktop last week.

One of my criteria was that it came with Windows 7.
This was after I was given a demonstration of Windows 8.1.

[Nepeta]

My two WinXP systems croaked. I had to get a Win7 computer...but two months later and I am still catching up being able to do what I could with the old computer. A lot of my old software doesn’t work.

[Gay State Conservative]

It won’t be getting a shove forward from me.I was quite happy with XP for a decade or more.I expect to be happy with 7 for at least as long (at which point I’ll have advanced Alzheimer’s).

[Erik Latranyi]

Running Windows 8.1 on a Microsoft Surface Tablet PC....FANTASTIC!

[Spirochete]

Here's a hilarous critique of Windows 8 with animation. It brings up a lot of good points about Windows 8 shortcomings in UI design.

[Secret Agent Man]

i wonder how much of the market change was forced due to business s/w licensing contracts that require o/s upgrades within a certain timeframe of a new version release. i would guess a lot.

[The Unknown Republican]

I am very happy with Windows 8.1. We have it on one tablet, 3 laptops, and one desktop. One other laptop and one desktop that my kids use are still on Windows 7, but that is because they so rarely use them that I didn’t see the point in spending the money on it. Now that the oldest child is turning 7, she is using a PC more often, that those machines will likely see the upgrade soon. I simply don’t think people appreciated Metro...you can turn it off with Start8 and you have a much better and leaner operating system. Too much negative hype is the cause...much of it to blame on some stupid decisions by Microsoft, but the core OS is fantastic.

[mikrofon]

Why bother with 8.1 when Windows Nein is just around the corner .....