Windows 7 or Windows 8?

[Isox21]

I'd think that windows 8 is more bloated.

This cant be any more inaccurate. Microsoft completely started from scratch with Windows 8 with a brand new kernel. The performance gains are drastic. Windows 8 machines boot up in about 5 seconds and this is just one of the benefits of the brand new kernel.

To the OP, from what i understand, Windows 8.1 will release soon and addresses your concern with the start button =).

[Andvari2297]

I just built a new PC with windows 8 and I can say it is significantly LESS demanding on resources.

with 8gb of RAM windows 7 bare install occupied 17-19% of ram, while windows 8 occupies 14% ram and consumes less cpu cycles.

I was hesitant about upgrading to 8, but it was well worth it. It is also extremely stable. No crashes in the 4 months the PC has been assembled.

[KisaiTenshi]

This cant be any more inaccurate. Microsoft completely started from scratch with Windows 8 with a brand new kernel. The performance gains are drastic. Windows 8 machines boot up in about 5 seconds and this is just one of the benefits of the brand new kernel.

To the OP, from what i understand, Windows 8.1 will release soon and addresses your concern with the start button =).

No they didn't, and nobody does that. Type "ver" at the command line.
Windows NT 3.5, 4.0, 2000, Windows Vista, 7, 8 and 8.1 are all Windows NT kernels.

Any performance gain you think you are seeing is imaginary.
http://www.extremetech.com/computing...rclocking-site