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Any one upgrading

Is see that XP users like myself can upgrade

Not sure if the laptop can handle it

I doubt any computer bought before Win7 came out could handle it. And if it could, you`d have to turn off all the pretty stuff and still suffer a lot of disk swapping. :/

Unlike the internet in general which seems to have a huge downer on the new UI, I`m open minded. But at the same time I`m in no hurry to upgrade as I find Windows 7 ample for a desktop OS. If I want to play with a funky touch screen UI I`ll just use my iPad or iPhone. :)


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Daughter has just gone out to replace her knackered laptop with a new Win 8 model.
Actually went out to do it last night but they were all stripping the shelves to set up the new machines cos I`d forgotten about the launch.
I`ll have a play tomorrow (if she lets me).

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Every Third Car

don`t forget

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows/buy?ocid=GA8_O_WOL_DIS_ShopHP_FPP_Light

£24.99 to dl, or £49.99 for boxed copy up until january

and

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/feature-packs

for Windows media centre

I`ve been using the customer previews a bit on my laptop, no problems, it`s fast to boot, had no crashes, just works, although I`ve only really used it as a traditional windows desktop for internet. I used "metro" a few times to play a couple of games, worked ok.

http://www.dvdreviewer.co.uk/Forums/PCs-and-Mobiles/t855742/Will-you-be-buying-Windows-8-on-sale-this-October/page1)

I doubt any computer bought before Win7 came out could handle it. And if it could, you`d have to turn off all the pretty stuff and still suffer a lot of disk swapping

ran perfect on my ancient mac mini :p   only took it of because i hated it lol.. would use it on a tab tho.

Have to say, there`s nothing about this that appeals to me, and that cartoonish, child-like front end is a major step backwards

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Hmm that`s a cheap upgrade. Maybe I`ll try one of my PCs with it.

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Installed it last night on my laptop with a new 480gb SSD.  Installed from a USB took about 12 mins to install


so far working very well, quite easy to learn the new techniques.


And very fast to boot with the new SSD   


James

Interesting review:
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/10/windows-reimagined-a-review-of-windows-8/

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hmmm,  £25 to upgrade from XP, so in effect, even if your starting from scratch, you can get a valid xp COA on fleabay for about a fiver, making a fully legit copy of win8 for around £30..

got to admit, that makes it tempting for my laptop,  gonna have to get used to something beyond XP eventually lol :)