Have you upgraded, or will you upgade, to Windows 8? [Ask dotTechies]
October 27, 2012 53
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Windows 8 officially launched yesterday, Friday October 26. With so many monetary discounts provided by Microsoft for those that upgrade, I’m sure curious as to how many dotTechies have already upgraded or plan on upgrading. So, if you will, please cast your vote in the poll below and leave a nice (or mean) comment below to let us all know! If anyone is curious, I plan on upgrading very soon; you know, to stay ahead of the curve so to speak.
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Add me to the list of non-upgraders. As has been said, M$ tends to get it right 50% or so of the time and I’m not going to chance it – especially if I can’t run programs I use a lot and love.
I bought one of the Aussie boxed sets, It looks to be a full version, not an upgrade. I might try it on the weekend.
The license to the media pack is available for the asking, no proof of purchase required.
Even if you never intend to install Win8, it wouldn’t hurt to have a license or three, just in case. You might have a relative that could use it in the future. It took just over a day to arrive after I applied for it. It showed up in my spam folder.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/feature-packs
My commercial accounts ask, How can we improve performance on our Vista(s) or Sys7(s)? “Upgrade to WinXP”.
Do your homework: It takes an average of 5 years to work out the bugs and security issues of any new operating system. Why be a guinea pig for Microsoft?
The only people that will benefit with Sys8 (like Vista and Sys7) are: Microsoft, hardware and software vendors.
For me to upgrade everything on my Sys7 Dell, would cost about $1,600.