[waldojim]

khwahish, on 07 March 2013 - 09:31 PM, said:

i m going 2 buy a new laptop, and yet not decided whether to go for windows 8 or windows 7....
i m not sure whwther the programming softwares like visual c++, turco c++, tasm, LT SPICE, ... etc will work on windows 8 or not?? i mean whether all wud be compatable or not?
heard a lot of criticism about win8.... nd lot of mixed reviews...
wats the correct scenario of windows 8?

If it works on Windows XP, Vista, or 7, then there is a 99% chance it will work on 8.

[khwahish]

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khwahish said
i m going 2 buy a new laptop, and yet not decided whether to go for windows 8 or windows 7.... i m not sure whwther the programming softwares like visual c+ , turco c +, tasm, LT SPICE, ... etc will work on windows 8 or not?? i mean whether all wud be compatable or not? heard a lot of criticism about win8.... nd lot of mixed reviews... wats the correct scenario of windows 8? If it works on Windows XP, Vista, or 7, then there is a 99% chance it will work on 8.

some people say its not compatible (like arduino,visual c++,tasm...etc softwares)... and moreover i dont get whether win8 is gona be swift at hands or not.... people have regretted for opting win8.... people hav also appreciated win8.... its confusing a lot to decide whether to go for win 8 or not in a laptop??....

[Beny]

Many windows 7 softwares are not compatible for Windows 8.
I just bought new laptop. but my 3D cad, my vision software and my PLC programing softwares do not work in windows 8. I have to downgrade to windows 7. what WIndows automated software recomended.
Even thorugh my software worked perfectly in windows 7. it is not compatible with windows 8.

[brainout]

khwahish, on 07 March 2013 - 09:31 PM, said:

i m going 2 buy a new laptop, and yet not decided whether to go for windows 8 or windows 7....
i m not sure whwther the programming softwares like visual c++, turco c++, tasm, LT SPICE, ... etc will work on windows 8 or not?? i mean whether all wud be compatable or not?
heard a lot of criticism about win8.... nd lot of mixed reviews...
wats the correct scenario of windows 8?

Buy one Win7 and one Win8. Decide what to install as a result of your own experience. Suggest you get Dell for the Win7, a business machine, preferably a 6510, which you can pick up at DFS sales for only $700, well equipped (e.g., i7 first generation, 320 GB hard drive, 4 GB RAM). That way you spend less and have less to worry about. (Well, two weeks ago they only cost $500, but maybe the $700 models have FHD, like the one I just got in January, for $600).

You can easily change RAM and the internal hard drive in the Dell Latitudes and Precision machines. So you can upgrade to Win8 on a clone of your Windows 7 internal drive, leaving the original internal drive intact. Then just switch out the drive, when you want to use Windows 8. The Latitude 6510 I bought works wonderfully (it's the i7 quad on that link page, except I got 32-bit Win7 Pro). RAM is cheap, and the new internal drives are inexpensive and good, too.

And opt for 32-bit, not 64-bit, as the latter have more compatibility problems. You can always move to 64-bit later.

I can't stand Windows 8, but you might like it. Be sure that the Windows 8 laptop you buy, has a touch screen. I can't stand those, as they slow down operation. But you might like it, if you like seeing screens 'march' sidewise.

This post has been edited by brainout: 11 April 2013 - 11:11 PM

[waldojim]

khwahish, on 07 March 2013 - 09:43 PM, said:

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khwahish said
i m going 2 buy a new laptop, and yet not decided whether to go for windows 8 or windows 7.... i m not sure whwther the programming softwares like visual c+ , turco c +, tasm, LT SPICE, ... etc will work on windows 8 or not?? i mean whether all wud be compatable or not? heard a lot of criticism about win8.... nd lot of mixed reviews... wats the correct scenario of windows 8? If it works on Windows XP, Vista, or 7, then there is a 99% chance it will work on 8.

some people say its not compatible (like arduino,visual c++,tasm...etc softwares)... and moreover i dont get whether win8 is gona be swift at hands or not.... people have regretted for opting win8.... people hav also appreciated win8.... its confusing a lot to decide whether to go for win 8 or not in a laptop??....

It is confusing moving to a new OS. It always is.

SO here, is my two cents worth. I use Windows 8 on three machines, and have absolutely no problem with it. All of the software I own for Windows 7, XP, and 2000 still work. MOST of my Windows 95/98 software still works. Even software that Windows 7 broke is working again. So the question about your software in particular doesn't really have a good answer. Though I would bet that YES it will work.