should i upgrade to windows 8?

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should i upgrade to windows 8? i am asking this because the computer which i am having is fujitsu scenic e300/600 with 1.5 gb ram. it only has drivers which support xp/vista/7 and want to ask if i upgrade do these drivers work on windows 8 too
 

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    windows vista ultimate 32 bit
Well it's 50/50 I would say that buy windows 8 license at least as it only 14,99 or 29,99€ and install it later, or you could take full backup of your current windows install and try if those windows 7 drivers still install on windows 8.
 

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    windows 8 pro mce
It all depends on your personal preference. However I don't believe the system specs you mentioned would be good to run Window 8 on you might want to consider upgrading your specs first.

You can install it as a second OS and try it first before making any final decisions.
 

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should i upgrade to windows 8? i am asking this because the computer which i am having is fujitsu scenic e300/600 with 1.5 gb ram. it only has drivers which support xp/vista/7 and want to ask if i upgrade do these drivers work on windows 8 too
Try running the win8 upgrade assistant. Lots of older machines do well under 8, but sometimes some driver or firmware updates are needed. And, a few nonessential features might not work. 1.5GB RAM not great, but should do OK on not RAM intensive tasks.
 

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    Win7 Ult on DIY; Win8 Pro on MBP/Parallels; Win7 Ult on MBP/Boot Camp; Win7 Ult/Win8 Pro on HP
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    DIY Rig; MacBook Pro (MBP)/Parallels/Boot Camp; HP Pavilion dv6500t Laptop
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    Intel i7-2600K (sometimes OC'd to 4.8 GHz)
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    ASUS P8P67 Deluxe Rev B3
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If you don't upgrade now, down the track you'll wish you had because the special price expires in the matter of days.

I didn't want to, but I did simply so I only had to pay US$40 for Pro with media center.

You could also save your current system with Todo Home Backup, then upgrade (AND ACTIVATE!), and back that system up too. That way you have both installations ready to use on your machine. You simply restore the system image you want, whcih means you can keep using your current OS and use 8 later by simply restoring the system backup of your fresh and activated 8 installation.

It's very important that you activate windows 8 as soon as you get it or the licence will expire after 31 Jan 2013 because of the price you paid.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro Pack x64
    System Manufacturer/Model
    JohnOfE Special
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    Too many systems and combinations!
I'd suggest obviously running the upgrade assistant to see if your PC's processor has the supported features to run Windows 8, such as PAE.

Considering you specs, I'd run Windows 8 over 7. You save on system resource hogging, at least about a good 100 MBs over 7. Performance is straight up faster than 7 on older hardware, and it will probably feel like new life was breathed into your old PC! This is true.

Since your PC has driver support up to Windows 7 right now, very good chances are that you'll be fine in that department. My concern however is the graphics driver support, you might not be able to run the native screen resolution of your monitor. I'd go for it, but I'd also make a hard drive partition and installing clean within that newly made partition to see how everything runs before you switch over.
 

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    Crosshair V Formula-Z
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    16 gig DDR3
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    x2 3 TB Toshibas
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    A current work in progres as I'll be building the physical case myself. It shall be fantastic.
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    Logitech K750 wireless solar powered keyboard
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    Windows Defender, but I might go back on KIS 2014
hey guys i installed windows 8 pro on my laptop hp 625 and the drivers were already installed

consider yourself luck ,i still cant find drive for a lot of device with my Acer laptop
 

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    win8.1.1 enterprise
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    AMD FX 6100 6core 3.30gHz
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    gigibyte ga-78lmy-s2p
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    4gig ddr3
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    Radon hd5000 Series
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    onboard realtek hd
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    microsoft curve 200
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    Logitech wireless M215
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    high speed 20
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    ie 11
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    windows defender
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    updated enterprise apr 2/14
hey guys what i do with my computer is:
1.browsing the web with 10 tabs or more
2.no video editing
and just want to ask if i install windows xp sp3 will it be able to run small games like fifa manager 13
 

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  • OS
    windows vista ultimate 32 bit
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