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Windows 8.1 For Free

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    #2
    milltown
    Registered Users Posts: 4,613 ✭✭✭milltown


    Not if they paid me.


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    PropJoe10
    Registered Users Posts: 5,256 ✭✭✭PropJoe10


    milltown wrote: »
    Not if they paid me.

    Have you tried out Windows 8.1 with Classic Shell? Its excellent. A better version of Windows 7.


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    BailMeOut
    Registered Users Posts: 2,978 ✭✭✭BailMeOut


    PropJoe10 wrote: »
    Have you tried out Windows 8.1 with Classic Shell? Its excellent. A better version of Windows 7.

    +1 Windows 8.0 is really stupid but 8.1 is really good. (once you figure out you can right click the Start Icon and you make sure you have the "When I sign in or close all apps on a screen, go to the desktop in stead of Start" (Classic Shell) checked.)


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    milltown
    Registered Users Posts: 4,613 ✭✭✭milltown


    Maybe I'm wrong then. I've given it the widest of berths since my first encounter with 8.0.


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    PropJoe10
    Registered Users Posts: 5,256 ✭✭✭PropJoe10


    milltown wrote: »
    Maybe I'm wrong then. I've given it the widest of berths since my first encounter with 8.0.

    I was the same, I found the metro interface to be absolutely rank. But I'm now running 8.1 with Classic Shell and its the business. Give it a try, you might be surprised by it.


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    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,651 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    +1

    I prefer W8/8/1 with Classic Shell over Windows 7.

    People can't seem to look past Metro, to see there's regular Windows underneath. Its really only 2 clicks away. People give up to easily.


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    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    Use Windows 7 in work and have 8.1 at home with classic shell. Both are fine.

    People just see the initial Windows 8 screen and flip the lid for some reason.


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    PropJoe10
    Registered Users Posts: 5,256 ✭✭✭PropJoe10


    anncoates wrote: »
    Use Windows 7 in work and have 8.1 at home with classic shell. Both are fine.

    People just see the initial Windows 8 screen and flip the lid for some reason.

    Its the reputation of the metro interface. Once people realise there is a way around that, they actually grow to love Windows 8/8.1. Thats why I am spreading the word about Classic Shell as much as I can. People really need to get with the times and get the hell off XP.


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    Hugh 2
    Registered Users Posts: 400 ✭✭Hugh 2


    anncoates wrote: »
    Use Windows 7 in work and have 8.1 at home with classic shell. Both are fine.

    People just see the initial Windows 8 screen and flip the lid for some reason.
    I plead guilty as charged.
    It looked like something that was just designed for touch screen.

    I am now going to have alook at 8.1 on clasic shell.

    problem is that my pc might just run 8.1 but I hardly have enough space or memory to run upgrade


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    mach1982
    Registered Users Posts: 760 ✭✭✭mach1982


    Never will use windows again , Linux all the way .


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    stevenmu
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,689 Mod ✭✭✭✭stevenmu


    PropJoe10 wrote: »
    Its the reputation of the metro interface. Once people realise there is a way around that, they actually grow to love Windows 8/8.1. Thats why I am spreading the word about Classic Shell as much as I can. People really need to get with the times and get the hell off XP.
    You don't even need classic shell really, you can set Windows 8.1 to boot straight to the desktop: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2043243/how-to-boot-to-desktop-mode-in-windows-8-1.html


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    #13
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,651 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    Kinda need the menu aswell tbh.


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