

That said, not just as a Microsoft fanboy but as a tech savvy individual, the Metro interface is definitely the future of Windows.

Personally, I get all MS software free due to being a Microsoft Partner, so it was a no brainer. Is it worth a hefty monetary investment? Probably not, but at $15 and the desire to be working with the new interface because, let's face it, Microsoft isn't going to be undoing this interface change for future OSes, it's worth getting used to. You may not like Metro, fine, I rarely find the need to use it either, but the revamped task manager, file copy dialogs, and other tweaks definitely are improvements over W7's version. Sure, there's not going to be a massive performance increase between W7 and W8, but the sum of changes are definitely worth it. I won't be installing this anytime soon.even at $15!Īs another early Windows adopter with all of the previous OSes, you really need to take time with Windows 8 to appreciate the changes. I base this on examining the underlying files. It looks to me like a tablet GUI on Windows 7. That being said, I checked for people benchmark-ing it and the results are what I expected.not much difference. You should see that Windows 10 is activated but if not, you can click the Activate button to complete the process.I have been an early adopter of every Windows OS since Windows 95! I've looked at Windows 8 and there are some cute things about it, but it is harder to find stuff, takes more clicking and I just don't like it. Check the activation status of your system by opening Settings, heading to Update & Security and then looking in the Activation section.

