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• Rated 5 out of 5 stars

  Perfect...just like WIndows 7 but quicker

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  I removed my old Windows 7 and replaced it with a clean install of this WIndows 8.1. I could not be more happier. With a matching 120GB SSD hard drive for it, boot up and shutdown are less than 10 seconds. I configured it to look like Windows 7 since I love the old interface. And it worked. It has everything I need for my home desktop PC. I will not be upgrading to Windows 10 anytime soon as I don't see any major benefit to it for my own application.

  Posted 10 years ago by RCFly3r

• Rated 1 out of 5 stars

  Windows 7 is much better

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  It installed fast and seemed like a good OS at first, but then later on it would crash and I would have to reboot. I installed all the updates but it keeps happening. Sometimes when I boot up my PC the screen will just be the color purple and it stays like that until I press a key. Whatever key I press it just turns the screen to blue. If I press any other key then it goes back to purple. This doesn't go away and I have to reboot yet again. Another downside is the whole new redesigned interface. As you probably have heard, its not very popular, and rightly so. Everybody was used to the past Windows that were all generally alike. This new design is difficult to get accustomed to and at first YOU CAN'T FIND ANYTHING YOU WANT. It took me like half an hour to find control panel and other things. Overall, its not worth it for the price. I would definitely get Windows 7 Premium over Windows 8.

  Posted 11 years ago by NAHYUHMUHDA

• Rated 4 out of 5 stars

  Different

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  This takes a lot to get used to. Updating from Windows XP to this has been a challenge. The look is so drastic and the interface is much changed, I have to relearn how to do the simple tasks mastered with the previous versions.

  Posted 11 years ago by mjgebhardt