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    Windows 8

    Anyone using windows 8 on a non touch screen laptop?

    Ive been asked to buy a laptop for a friend around the 400 pound mark so nothing too powerful. I see that most ship with windows 8 now.

    I put windows 8 on my Samsung a while back and did not really like it if I'm honest. Probably works ok on touch screen but for me it just did not work on an ordinary laptop. I took the dual book off and just left win 7.

    Anyone running windows 8 on an ordinary laptop? Any suggestions on something around the £400 mark appreciated :)

    Cheers
    Andy

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    Yes..........and hated it. I quickly went back to Windows 7. It's awful and so backwards on a non touch device.
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    • #3
      Windows 8

      Getting use to it now, don't mind it really. And you can make it like older version in the form of an add on.
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      • #4
        W8 is fine on a non-touch screen but if you don't like the new touch interface...

        Just click on the Desktop icon and then use it like W7

        or if you want your w8 to look almost the same as W7 then look here...

        [url=http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/software-and-web-apps/how-to-make-windows-8-look-like-windows-7-50009546/]How to make Windows 8 look like Windows 7 | Reviews | CNET UK[/url]
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        • #5
          Stick with windows 7 unless you have touchscreen. whats the point in rolling back windows 8 so it behaves like 7?? The new windows is a lot more powerful and more functional than 7, but you need a touchscreen to utilise it
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            [QUOTE=KevDavies;953054]Stick with windows 7 unless you have touchscreen. whats the point in rolling back windows 8 so it behaves like 7?? The new windows is a lot more powerful and more functional than 7, but you need a touchscreen to utilise it[/QUOTE]
            Sorry but that is just not true. I am a computer consultant and I have been installing W8 on customers systems for a while and I think it is not much different to W7. None of my customers have a touch screen and they are all happy with W8 once I have tweaked it.

            It is just what you are used to. If you change the settings to make it more like W7 if that is what you want to do then it isn't difficult. Most PCs and laptops come with W8 now so stick with that and make up your own mind.

            BTW it isn't "rolling back"... it is just changing the settings to make it more like W7. Microsoft has always made this possible with previous interface changes to make it easy to transition to the new interface.
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            • #7
              Really can't see the problem myself.

              Been using W8 on a few different devices now, the 'touch' elements work just fine with a mouse click and for most purposes looks just like W7 with the exception of the missing 'Start' button.

              By the time you've pinned a couple of things like the 'Run' or 'Command Prompt' to the task bar you have all you need close at hand.

              If your keyboard has the windows key on it then you also have quick access to the equivalent of the 'Start' button. Personally I prefer it to W7 as you don't have to navigate down layers of menu levels to find stuff.

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              • #8
                Cheers all for the replys.
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                • #9
                  Nothing wrong with Windows 8 once you get used to it. You can always boot it into desktop with a tweak and if you miss the start button like I did then you can install a freeware program like Pokki. This has the added benefit of it's own app store as well. Like anything new it just takes getting you're head around it all.
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                  • #10
                    Yep, bloody awful.

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                    • #11
                      Mixed reviews indeed :) if anyone has a half decent laptop for sale then drop me a PM. Thanks.
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                      • #12
                        Yep, I run Win8 on a non-touch laptop. You get used to it eventually, although it does make some things a PITA.
                        But, there is a solution, install classic shell [url=http://classicshell.sourceforge.net/history.html#v362]Classic Shell: History[/url] and get all the goodness of W8 with a Start button! So much better!
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                          [QUOTE=sinkrate;953038]Anyone using windows 8 on a non touch screen laptop?

                          Ive been asked to buy a laptop for a friend around the 400 pound mark so nothing too powerful. I see that most ship with windows 8 now.

                          I put windows 8 on my Samsung a while back and did not really like it if I'm honest. Probably works ok on touch screen but for me it just did not work on an ordinary laptop. I took the dual book off and just left win 7.

                          Anyone running windows 8 on an ordinary laptop? Any suggestions on something around the £400 mark appreciated :)

                          Cheers[/QUOTE]

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                          • #14
                            I've used w8 once on a non-touch laptop. I found it to be no bother at all. Took me a few minutes to find the control panel, but found it eventually. It's all there, just slightly different. Easy enough to adapt to I think.
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                            • #15
                              [QUOTE=sinkrate;953087]Mixed reviews indeed :) if anyone has a half decent laptop for sale then drop me a PM. Thanks.[/QUOTE]

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