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I run window 8 and its a solid upgrade. It feels faster and has incremental updates to various parts of the OS. (Native mounting of ISOs was a nice surprise)

Only down side? The lack of start menu. But since that can be easily fixed with Start8 (Google it), then there is no reason to not upgrade.

If you run windows 7, then stop wasting time and upgrade to 8.

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I have Windows 7 on my desktop (for gaming, needless to say) and it works fine - so I don't see why I should spend £25 on it (that's six pints of beer - or 12 if I want a physical disc) for a nebulous vague claim of "it feels faster" and native ISO mounting that I'll never use (native ISO ripping would be mildly helpful, but it's still not that big a pain point). And no, I don't want to arse about googling for 3rd-party apps to restore functionality that worked fine in the old version.

My guess is this kind of sentiment explains the slow sales - Windows 7 is good enough for almost everyone, and Microsoft don't have a great brand in this area given Vista (and ME), and many underwhelming Office updates.

The security improvements alone are easily worth the money in my opinion.

What kind of security improvements?

This slide deck (PDF) goes into far more detail than I could: https://media.blackhat.com/bh-us-12/Briefings/M_Miller/BH_US...

Improved responsiveness with Windows 8 is not a "nebulous vague claim", it's well documented online.

If you run windows 7, then stop wasting time and upgrade to 8.

If you run 7, stay on 7.

If you're getting a new computer, don't fear 8, though it will take a little time getting used to.

If you have a corporate office and will be replacing 500 pc's, you better do some tests with your users before you even think about 8.

My enterprise is not even considering Win 8. We have 5000+ PCs to manage and there's no business reason whatsoever to upgrade. It was hard enough to get our users to deal effectively with their upgrade to Office 2010...(who moved my cheese!) Windows 8 would grind the company to a halt.

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