windows 8 pro upgrade

[egdufwollamhsram1851]

If my vista setup will accept windows 8 pro upgrade,, is it advisable to do that or just go to win 7? desktop

My win 7 HP, should i upgrade it to win 8 pro upgrade or? laptop

there was a price around 90.00 for it

[Train]

I sure would not mess with Win 7.
Are you using one of the new fancy telephones with all the tiles on the face? If yes, then Win 8 might work for you.

By the way, there is no start button either.

[egdufwollamhsram1851]

No fancy phone, not necess in my life, just a simple one when i need it.

I am aware of that start button as well, heard you had to install a pack or something if you wanted it.

What should i take vista up to it's 32bit?? where i have 64 bit win 7 on the lt

I really don't use the desk top hardly at all. what do i have to do to put win 7 64 bit on the vista 32 bit?

[Midknyte]

heard you had to install a pack or something if you wanted it.

Desktop mode is already there. You need to use a third party app if you want to boot to the desktop.

what do i have to do to put win 7 64 bit on the vista 32 bit?

You have to do a clean install. You cannot upgrade 32-bit to 64-bit.

[Train]

Start a Clean Install Using an Upgrade Licensed Copy of Windows 8
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/window...-8-upgrade.htm

[egdufwollamhsram1851]

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Desktop mode is already there. You need to use a third party app if you want to boot to the desktop.

not sure what you meant, unless i got you confused with the lap top and desk top?

[SpywareDr]

Windows 8 has two different user interfaces, "Metro" (|"Tiles"|"Modern"), like this:



and then the "Desktop" mode that looks similar to previous versions, like so:

[egdufwollamhsram1851]

So do you go to control panel to use either? Why would you want to use desktop, without a start menu or the tiles or bricks? How do you function on the desktop?

[Midknyte]

So do you go to control panel to use either? Why would you want to use desktop, without a start menu or the tiles or bricks? How do you function on the desktop?

When on the Metro Start page, if you click on the Desktop icon you go to the typical Desktop from Windows 7. Some applications must run in Desktop mode.

There are a lot of tutorials out there. Try googling some up. No sense reinventing the wheel.

[egdufwollamhsram1851]

When on the Metro Start page, if you click on the Desktop icon you go to the typical Desktop from Windows 7. Some applications must run in Desktop mode.

There are a lot of tutorials out there. Try googling some up. No sense reinventing the wheel.

if it has a typical windows 7 d top don't need it twice?

[Midknyte]

What do you mean twice? The third party addons don't create another desktop. It adds the Start button to the existing Desktop mode.

[SpywareDr]

There's only one 'Desktop'. When you're on the 'Metro' page, you click the Desktop icon (that wide baby blue tile with the flowers on it in the bottom left corner of the Metro screenshot above) which switches you to the older Desktop UI (User Inferface) page.

[egdufwollamhsram1851]

Quote Originally Posted by Midknyte View Post
When on the Metro Start page, if you click on the Desktop icon you go to the typical Desktop from Windows 7. Some applications must run in Desktop mode.

There are a lot of tutorials out there. Try googling some up. No sense reinventing the wheel.
if it has a typical windows 7 d top don't need it twice?

if windows pro 8 looks like windows 7 i don't need to buy it again, "typical desktop from windows 7"

[egdufwollamhsram1851]

There's only one 'Desktop'. When you're on the 'Metro' page, you click the Desktop icon (that wide baby blue tile with the flowers on it in the bottom left corner of the Metro screenshot above) which switches you to the older Desktop UI (User Inferface) page.

i have had a sneak peak, but my question basically , from vista to what is the best way to go? or leave it alone?

[Midknyte]

if windows pro 8 looks like windows 7 i don't need to buy it again, "typical desktop from windows 7"

No, it doesn't. The default is Metro/Modern with the tiles. It is completely different. It's really meant for touch screens.

If you like the desktop how it is, stick with Vista or upgrade to 7. Windows 8 is a different animal.