Quote Originally Posted by Andvari2297 View Post
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.
If you built a new pc with better hardware it stands to reason that 8 uses a small percentage, if, for ex your old pc had 4gb ram and 7 used 19% and your new has 8gb and 8 uses 14%, overall 8 is using more