Windows 8 vs windows 7 for laptops

We are moving ahead to an age of smart technologies and why should the old desktop not get an upgrade in terms of look and feel. For all those who are happy using past products, my advise…do not use or buy new products…and why? Because you would have already made up ur mind that the new product is crap and rubbish it. Rahul I have built websites for money, I am on the computer for some reason as long as I am awake and home. I could get windows 8 for 15 dollars because I bought a windows 7 computer just before windows 8 came out.

My hard drive was making a lot of noise or I would have waited. Thanks guys. I agree with a smidgen of what was said in this article. Frankly, the only thing different—really different—about Windows 8 over Windows 7 is the Start screen. And, after the computer boots up and I open the first desktop app, say Outlook, the rest of my day is spent happily on the desktop. There is absolutely no difference from that point on…especially if you put all your frequently opened apps on the task bar of the desktop.

Of course, I do use two screens which enable me to keep lots of windows open at all times. As for slow performance—not on my machine which is about five years old. In fact, it works brilliantly and much faster than it did with Windows 7. I did do a clean install to avoid legacy issues. With that said, Microsoft could add a few things to make Windows 8 more friendly to use while in Apps, e.

Dragging the program to the bottom of the screen to close it is a bit of a pain. Also, it would be nice to have the search feature enabled for the task bar.

In short, I see why Microsoft is moving this direction if they think everyone will be using touchscreens in the future. Hate windows 8, biggest mistake I ever made was getting a new laptop, would rarther use Vista.

Just ordered a copy of windows 7 cant wait to get 8 off my machine. How many people actually use all the stupid shortcuts? I love the start button as well. Chrome works better in Windows 8 incomparison with Firefox runing on indentical Windows 8 computer.

Internet Explorer works very slow in all version of windows. Looking at the gaming performance for Battlefield 3, it can be observed that both operating systems provide similar performance with a very slight leading edge for Windows 7. The difference isn not significant however. Similar to the previous 3DMark test , this relies on graphics drivers more than anything else.

Microsoft seemed to hit full stride with Windows 7, developing a fast and efficient operating system. Thankfully it seems Windows 8 continues to build on that pattern as we found it to be on par with and occasionally faster than Windows 7.

This will particularly benefit laptop and tablet users. At the end we concluded that Windows 8 is faster than Windows 7 in some aspects such as startup time, shut down time, wake up from sleep, multimedia performance, web browsers performance, transferring large file and Microsoft excel performance but it is slower in 3D graphic performance and high resolution gaming performance.

Battery life improved enough to be noticeable. Moreover Windows 8 is significantly more secure than Windows 7 and it is basically designed to take advantage of touch screens while Windows 7 is only for desktops. One last word of advice — if you are running Windows 7 on your current PC, then there is no urgency to upgrade the hardware just to run Windows 8…just yet! If, on the other hand, you want to brush up on the basics of UX and Usability, then consider to take the online course on User Experience.

Good luck on your learning journey! Lead image: Depositphotos. You can contact him on twitter muhammadmobi and at muhammadmobi facebook. For the price of getting used to some new interface tricks, you get to run all of your new apps across all kinds of Windows 8 devices, including PCs and laptops, but also ARM tablets and smartphones - in an interface that looks the same and has all your settings regardless of which device you are using.

See also: Windows 8: the complete guide. There are a couple of other relatively minor, but significant changes in Windows 8 that may make it worth an upgrade for Windows 7 users.

Windows 8 has a cloud focus to it which might be a tempting feature. Microsoft stores all your settings and customisations in the cloud so whenever you log on to a Windows 8 machine you will have it looking and working your way. Other elements of the cloud system include pulling your email from Gmail, for example, and viewing all your photos from Facebook. And each Windows 8 device comes with a ready-enabled SkyDrive account.

In terms of security, as well as the additional peace of mind that downloading apps from a curated Windows Store brings, Windows 8 features a lock screen which allows you use a picture password. This means you can affix a photo to the lock screen, and replace your password with a gesture traced out over the photo.

Because of the additional complexity this adds in over a traditional alphanumerical password, it ought to be more secure. Staying with the theme of security, Windows 8 is the first flavour of Windows that comes with antivirus baked in, in the form of Microsoft Security Essentials, which sits alongside the software firewall in Security Center.

You could justifiably save yourself a few quid by not bothering to buy security software although standalone security vendors will have a thing or two to say about this. There's also an all new Task Manager, offering two different ways to view information: one simple, one more complex. That's about it in terms of significant feature changes, but Microsoft would have us believe that Windows 8 is much faster than Windows 7 - it certainly works on the same hardware, which removes one barrier to upgrade.

And it won't be an expensive upgrade, either. Bill Karagounis, Principal Group Program Manager for the Windows 8 Fundamentals Team, recently claimed that startup times were 40 percent faster than Windows 7 on the same hardware, and that the memory footprint of the new OS is '10 to 20 percent better'. He said that the Windows code base comfortably scales on all devices from tablets right up to workstation PCs, and demonstrated Windows 7 and Windows 8 running on similar laptops, with relatively low specifications including just 1GB RAM.

And this in an operating system that includes more functionality. Karagounis also showed how an older Asus UltraBook with a second-generation Intel chip could boot from cold in just 8 seconds. However, he said that Windows 8 was intended to be what he called 'always on, always connected'. Further, he suggested that the OS was designed to be always running switching on and off instantly like a smartphone.

He demonstrated the power draw of an Intel-system on a chip Windows 8 slate, using virtually no power in sleep mode, with only the occasional tiny peak when it checked for or received data. If you've already invested in the Windows ecosystem — through Windows Phone, for example — then Windows 8. Windows 8. If you're willing to put up with the awkward transition from the tile interface to the desktop one, then you are opening yourself up to a lot more apps.

Microsoft is encouraging developers to create apps that work in full-screen in a similar fashion to how apps work on a Surface or iPad, meaning that tablet-style apps are possible on your desktop.

This has obvious advantages, with casual games becoming a reality just as they are on tablets. Microsoft is working on getting as many developers on board as they can, with some big name apps already appearing on the Store.

Developers are receiving an even bigger incentive from Microsoft's "One Windows" strategy, by which developers can write one universal app for Windows and have it run on Windows Phone, Xbox and Windows 8.

This has now morphed into Windows Apps, which are universal apps that will work across all devices in the Windows 10 ecosystem. All of this helps increase the amount of games available massively — especially indie titles made by developers who don't have the resources of a big studio — as Xbox has been brought into the fray.