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<blockquote data-quote="the_randomizer" data-source="post: 4847852" data-attributes="member: 278342"><p>[USER=114497]Ryukouki[/USER], [USER=309097]PityOnU[/USER] [USER=153216]trumpet-205[/USER] Okay, so a bit of a concern with the OS that these laptops are coming with: Windows 8.1. I have been using Windows 7 since the beta stages and have grown to love it since it has been the most stable OS I have ever used (only two BSODs in all the years I've been using it). People have told me time and time again that 8.1 is better for laptops and has the start button once more, but there are reasons I am wary about using it. One, I've heard horror stories about hardware driver incompatibilities, same with emulators and other programs. If I had a dime every time I heard about programs not loading properly in Windows 8/8.1, I'd be a millionaire. I'm perturbed by the fact I can download a driver for a GPU or sound card and have it not install for not being compatible. That, and that awful Metro GUI, it looks like it was designed exclusively for touch screen and not PCs. Once I get the laptop, should I keep it or wipe the HDD and put 7 on?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="the_randomizer, post: 4847852, member: 278342"] [USER=114497]Ryukouki[/USER], [USER=309097]PityOnU[/USER] [USER=153216]trumpet-205[/USER] Okay, so a bit of a concern with the OS that these laptops are coming with: Windows 8.1. I have been using Windows 7 since the beta stages and have grown to love it since it has been the most stable OS I have ever used (only two BSODs in all the years I've been using it). People have told me time and time again that 8.1 is better for laptops and has the start button once more, but there are reasons I am wary about using it. One, I've heard horror stories about hardware driver incompatibilities, same with emulators and other programs. If I had a dime every time I heard about programs not loading properly in Windows 8/8.1, I'd be a millionaire. I'm perturbed by the fact I can download a driver for a GPU or sound card and have it not install for not being compatible. That, and that awful Metro GUI, it looks like it was designed exclusively for touch screen and not PCs. Once I get the laptop, should I keep it or wipe the HDD and put 7 on? [/QUOTE]
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