Upgraded from Win7 to 8 and like it

[JTJersey]

Upgrading was completely painless. All my settings and programs are
intact and work as usual. If you don't want the, no longer named, Metro
interface don't use it. Even my wallpaper is the same. As a long time
Linux user I'm more than familiar with the mouse movement into the
corners to bring up dialogs so this was a non issue. I can see where it
would be useful on a tablet or a touch screen with the boxes, but it
doesn't hamper a normal desktop environment at all as far as I can see.
It's fun and interesting. Do you need it? No. But, it's on sale most
places for half of what it will cost in a couple of months so if your
interested at all nows the time to buy.

 

[..winston]

Fyi...the upgrade pricing after the promotion period has not
been made public but most expect it to more than double but
probably less than the only full version System Builder version.
- Also important to note... System Builder versions while full
versions come in 32 or 64 bit (not both).

--
....winston
msft mvp


"JTJersey" wrote in message
Upgrading was completely painless. All my settings and programs are
intact and work as usual. If you don't want the, no longer named, Metro
interface don't use it. Even my wallpaper is the same. As a long time
Linux user I'm more than familiar with the mouse movement into the
corners to bring up dialogs so this was a non issue. I can see where it
would be useful on a tablet or a touch screen with the boxes, but it
doesn't hamper a normal desktop environment at all as far as I can see.
It's fun and interesting. Do you need it? No. But, it's on sale most
places for half of what it will cost in a couple of months so if your
interested at all nows the time to buy.

 

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

Fyi...the upgrade pricing after the promotion period has not
been made public but most expect it to more than double but
probably less than the only full version System Builder version.
- Also important to note... System Builder versions while full
versions come in 32 or 64 bit (not both).

[]
Looking round a local store on Saturday, their 7 machines were "7
starter", "7 home premium", or "7 pro", but their 8 machines were just
"8". Does 8 come in multiple flavours too and the store had just not got
into the habit, or ... ?

 

[Ken Blake]

Looking round a local store on Saturday, their 7 machines were "7
starter", "7 home premium", or "7 pro", but their 8 machines were just
"8". Does 8 come in multiple flavours too and the store had just not got
into the habit, or ... ?

There are four flavors:

Windows 8
Windows 8 Pro
Windows 8 Enterprise
Windows 8 RT

 

[Jon Dean]

"JTJersey" wrote in message news:[email protected]...

Upgrading was completely painless.

Not so in the UK . Here still applies the "colony rule"....-
What's allowed in" the US empire" is not allowed in the UK...
If you try to upgrade this is WHAT you get:

"Windows 8 isn’t available for download
Sorry, Windows 8 isn’t available for online purchase in the country/region
that you’re in."

All my settings and programs are
intact and work as usual. If you don't want the, no longer named, Metro

interface don't use it. Even my wallpaper is the same. As a long time
Linux user I'm more than familiar with the mouse movement into the
corners to bring up dialogs so this was a non issue. I can see where it
would be useful on a tablet or a touch screen with the boxes, but it
doesn't hamper a normal desktop environment at all as far as I can see.
It's fun and interesting. Do you need it? No. But, it's on sale most
places for half of what it will cost in a couple of months so if your
interested at all nows the time to buy.

 

[Dave-UK]

"JTJersey" wrote in message news:[email protected]...

Not so in the UK . Here still applies the "colony rule"....-
What's allowed in" the US empire" is not allowed in the UK...
If you try to upgrade this is WHAT you get:

"Windows 8 isn’t available for download
Sorry, Windows 8 isn’t available for online purchase in the country/region that you’re in."

Do you get that response from here:
http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msuk/en_GB/pdp/productID.257641900

 

[..winston]

During the current promotion period which offers a discounted price on Win8 Pro but not Win8 the availability of Win8 Pro in retail
stores selling OEM pre-installed Win8 models would be limited.

Likewise, OEM web sites (e.g. Dell) are offering Win7 Pro at a premium price to upgrade the o/s from Win8 to Win8 Pro (approx.
$70).
In some cases that may not be a good deal since a new Win7 system can upgrade to Win8 for $15 (
http://www.windowsupgradeoffer.com/en-US) but because of that option OEM's are limiting the availability of Win7 units or only
making higher prices Win7 machines available.

So until Jan 31, 2013 when the promotion period ends it pays to shop around and compare all available options.

--
....winston
msft mvp


"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote in message

Fyi...the upgrade pricing after the promotion period has not
been made public but most expect it to more than double but
probably less than the only full version System Builder version.
- Also important to note... System Builder versions while full
versions come in 32 or 64 bit (not both).

[]
Looking round a local store on Saturday, their 7 machines were "7
starter", "7 home premium", or "7 pro", but their 8 machines were just
"8". Does 8 come in multiple flavours too and the store had just not got
into the habit, or ... ?

 

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

There are four flavors:

Windows 8
Windows 8 Pro
Windows 8 Enterprise
Windows 8 RT

Thanks. That was much easier to understand than the toad's response!

Obviously the store hadn't grasped those details yet. Fair enough, they
had other things on their mind: the chain being in danger of going into
receivership, administration, or whatever. (I hope it survives - it's
the only major competitor to the biggest chain.)

 

[Ken Blake]

Thanks. That was much easier to understand than the toad's response!

You're welcome. Glad to help.

 

[Robin Bignall]

You're welcome. Glad to help.

When I ran the Windows 8 advisor (someone provided a link a day or two
ago) it checked my machine for incompatibilities, gave the links to Win8
versions where they existed, and then gave a link to which Win8 version
I needed, with a "Buy now" button.

 

[Orion]

"Dave-UK" wrote in message

"JTJersey" wrote in message news:[email protected]...

Not so in the UK . Here still applies the "colony rule"....-
What's allowed in" the US empire" is not allowed in the UK...
If you try to upgrade this is WHAT you get:

"Windows 8 isn’t available for download
Sorry, Windows 8 isn’t available for online purchase in the country/region
that you’re in."

: Do you get that response from here:
: http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msuk/en_GB/pdp/productID.257641900

No, Dave - UK, in this case everything was fine ...THANKS !
JDr

 

[Fokke Nauta]

There are four flavors:

Windows 8
Windows 8 Pro
Windows 8 Enterprise
Windows 8 RT

And how about 32b and 64b versions?
I have a 32b version of Windows 7 Home Premium in a virtual machine
(VMWare) for educational reasons. I have purchased the W8 version
upgrade (for educational reasons as well.) So I upgraded this. I guess
it's the 32b version as well. BTW I don't like it.

On my workstation I have W7 pro 64b. If I would upgrade this, which
version of W8 I would get?
I need a pro version as I work in a network. Preferrably a 64b version
as I have 16Mb of mem.

With regards,
Fokke Nauta

 

[Robin Bignall]

And how about 32b and 64b versions?
I have a 32b version of Windows 7 Home Premium in a virtual machine
(VMWare) for educational reasons. I have purchased the W8 version
upgrade (for educational reasons as well.) So I upgraded this. I guess
it's the 32b version as well. BTW I don't like it.

On my workstation I have W7 pro 64b. If I would upgrade this, which
version of W8 I would get?
I need a pro version as I work in a network. Preferrably a 64b version
as I have 16Mb of mem.

You'd get Win 8 Pro 64 bit.

 

[..winston]

All upgrade versions at this time are Win7 Pro.
If you upgrade Win7 x64, you'll get Win8 x64



--
....winston
msft mvp


"Fokke Nauta" wrote in message

There are four flavors:

Windows 8
Windows 8 Pro
Windows 8 Enterprise
Windows 8 RT

And how about 32b and 64b versions?
I have a 32b version of Windows 7 Home Premium in a virtual machine
(VMWare) for educational reasons. I have purchased the W8 version
upgrade (for educational reasons as well.) So I upgraded this. I guess
it's the 32b version as well. BTW I don't like it.

On my workstation I have W7 pro 64b. If I would upgrade this, which
version of W8 I would get?
I need a pro version as I work in a network. Preferrably a 64b version
as I have 16Mb of mem.

With regards,
Fokke Nauta