upgrading to Windows 8 anyone?

[dcwt2010]

Trust me unless you have a touchscreen monitor it isn't worth it even for free. Win 7 is the pinnacle right now.

[jw1701]

upgraded to Win8 a month back and found it great so far - light years faster than 7 to boot up and run, the new desktop is much simpler and brings the ribbon concept from Office to the OS.

it does take getting used to - you lose the start menu in favour of the metro tiles and having apps on a full PC seems not particularly useful

[flameproof]

The cheap Windows 8 upgrade offer expires by the end of this month, means this Thursday.

I want to buy it, download it and install it later. How do I get to the 64 Bit version? I can't see that option.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-HK/w.../download-shop

[jw1701]

The cheap Windows 8 upgrade offer expires by the end of this month, means this Thursday.

I want to buy it, download it and install it later. How do I get to the 64 Bit version? I can't see that option.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-HK/w.../download-shop

looks like it's automatic based on your current version

If you run the Windows 8 downloader from a machine running 64-bit Windows, you get a 64-bit installer

http://www.zdnet.com/everything-you-...-2-7000008775/