Well, I got 8 installed, and I'm now going through the joys of OS customization. I expect that to take me a few days, though it's going to be a lot easier than it was when I switched to 7. At least this time I can simply "add" my documents, pictures, videos and music to the proper libraries, and then delete the current entries, so that saves me a lot of time & heartache. About the only thing I really need to do is change the default program install paths and the location of the ProgramData folders.

I still have a ton of apps & programs to install, of course. LOTS of fun.

After chatting to people who use Win8, it seens that they're ok with it after they've worked with it for a while and got used to how M$ want them to work. The most annoying thing I can see (for me) is the way apps go full screen, making using multple apps and flipping between them difficult. I do this a lot.

Other peoples views...

I think Win 8 is the best thing since the Laserdisc and there are similarities too.

It's nice to look at but try to work with it and it becomes useless.

I posted this over on Dreams, thought I would post it here too.

Windows 8 SSD optimisation (TRIM) in action, to be fair this option is not available in Windows 7, Win 7 will try to defrag the SSD and it's not a good idea to defrag an SSD. 


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I imagine there are 3rd party tools to do the same thing though ?

Yes there are, normally made by the SSD manufacturers, but who has them installed?

I just think it's a good idea to have it built into the OS, just install windows 8 and it will keep that SSD optimised for you, no fuss, or if you like run a TRIM and be able to monitor it's progress and status.

Win 7 does have a limited TRIM built in too but the user has no control over it and is unable to monitor it or even find it's status, when was it last trimmed, is a trim required .. etc.