since the last two posts were about win8 and money...
...if you're a college student go get the student version of win8.1.
$70 bucks for windows 8.1 pro. you get a key and a iso the same day.
you'll get windows 10 for free upon release too.
i think MS allows me to buy another copy via my email too so maybe i can hook you guys up maybe??? not sure.
either way you'll still get security updates for the remaining people waiting for windows 10. i will say after using the tech preview microsoft didn't just go back with the start menu, they went back to the way it was in the first version WITH the start menu: windows 95.
it acts so strangely without the sidebar with the quick links. i want those back so badly but we'll just have to wait and see.
i'm very happy with win8.1 on both my laptop which came with the discs of windows 8.1 but i used my pro iso since there was a key on this PC on the bios and essentially i can use any version of win8.1 i want and it will still be legally activated. the restore disks, which i actually used, took a few hours to restore the OS on the laptop and was very clunky and bloated with stuff i'll never use. that's why i used my copy of win8.1 on here instead of the crappy lenovo windows.
other than that, i will say this about the subject of windows 7: it feels so goddamn ancient to use after using windows 8/8.1 for so long. under the hood, windows 8.1 is just crazy compared to what windows 7 has. the execution of the OS wasn't too hot, obviously mentioning the forced tablet experience on all platforms. makes sense on a tablet or a touch enabled device, not a desktop or laptop.
thankfully startisback+ exists (i don't like start8 that much) and other alternatives like bringing back the explorer.exe from windows 7 into 8.
so tl;dr: for the people waiting to buy win8.1, you'll love it after you get rid of the tablet stuff.
