The only other thing besides the Win video driver issue is I didn't care for Win 8 was the gui/app/metro thing......but it was an easy fix with Classic_Shell.
 
Win 8 is basically just an updated Win 7, but had some unintuitive (IMO) extra junk attached to it. Once that stuff was eliminated, it has been very stable with all my hardware having excellent driver support for Win 8.

I honestly don't know what to think at this point as far as Windows goes ...
last year I picked up a lap top w W 8 64 bit on it and it was a major shock OS wise for me …
I couldn't bond with it on any level …it turns out I spent the whole year fighting this thing ...
even had to use Beta drivers for my 2i4 …that was fun having to go there ….not 
then the kind folks on the X forum helped me configure my lap top  …
after going through all the layers of settings it took to get my lap top to do audio it seems to be OK now….
I'm afraid to even go with W 8 .1 at this point , i have no desire to jump through all those hoops again ...
I'm still not bonding w this thing , I use it maybe only a couple of times a month …..
it is doubtful that I would even consider using 9 or what ever they will call it at this point …..I'm not feeling the love ….
I much prefer the OSX environment , even on an older I mac ,  but I have all my money tied up in Windows DAWs and music aplications ...
did I happen to mention ? I'm still not feeling the Love ….
 
Kenny 

You who didn't get along well with Win 8 aren't alone ... it hasn't exactly been a rousing success.  This next version will reportedly bring back some Win 7 features like the Start menu, in an effort to make life easier for those of us who'd rather not spend a lot of time re-learning how to do everything on our PCs. 
 
And yes, making the update free is a no-brainer if MS wants to keep its customers happy.  I mean, we had to pay for Win 8, which many regret doing.  This would be an attempt to patch things up, so to speak.  And when's the last time Apple customers had to pay for an OS upgrade? 
 
We shall see if this rescues the Windows platform, or if Win 8 proves to be the point at which MS jumped the shark.
 
Cheers,
Eddie

Microsoft reportedly sold over 200 million copies of Windows 8.
 
If they made just $10 per license on Win 8, that's $2 BILLION dollars.
 
Makes no sense they would throw away the upgrade revenue from those users as well as everyone still on previous
versions. 
 
I just don't see it...

I bought a new laptop around the time W8 came out. I opted to go with the still available W7 Pro. I did however buy W8 for £15 on the deal they done. The download is still sat on my hard drive. Call me a dinosaur but I'm so happy with W7 and the way it runs with my setup that I'm reluctant to upgrade for the sake of it.
 
I know I'll have to one day but can W8 fans let me know what advantages if any it has over W7. I've only seen it and played with it a couple of times and my first impression was I wasn't impressed.
 
I use a A&H ZED-R16  as my main interface so anyone with experience of W8 drivers for that would be most welcome. Thanks in advance.
 
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I just don't understand the base logic of making a robust Computer Operating System look and feel like a wanna be POS tablet or phone. Why emulate junk just because it's simpler and more entertaining to look at?
 

FastBikerBoy
I bought a new laptop around the time W8 came out. I opted to go with the still available W7 Pro. I did however buy W8 for £15 on the deal they done. The download is still sat on my hard drive. Call me a dinosaur but I'm so happy with W7 and the way it runs with my setup that I'm reluctant to upgrade for the sake of it.
 
I know I'll have to one day but can W8 fans let me know what advantages if any it has over W7. I've only seen it and played with it a couple of times and my first impression was I wasn't impressed.
 
I use a A&H ZED-R16  as my main interface so anyone with experience of W8 drivers for that would be most welcome. Thanks in advance.
 
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Win8 is has better memory management,  smaller foot print in memory and is overall a bit snappier performance wise.  Since win8.1 I rarely see the, metro side.  I thought I'd miss the start menu but in actuality I don't at all, though it will be nice to have it back with win9.  Driver wise I'm still using the win7 driver for my delta 44. 
 
Dan

Mesh
The only other thing besides the Win video driver issue is I didn't care for Win 8 was the gui/app/metro thing......but it was an easy fix with Classic_Shell.
 
Win 8 is basically just an updated Win 7, but had some unintuitive (IMO) extra junk attached to it. Once that stuff was eliminated, it has been very stable with all my hardware having excellent driver support for Win 8.

Exactly, a lot of the apps are rubbish, uninstall them, or if that is not possible hide them. A good example is the bulit in PDF reader, its horrible but its easy to replace with Acrobat or your favourite PDF reader. Apps, IMHO, do not work too well in the desk top environment, they are always full screen and require jestures to close or minimaise them. Programs on the otherhand act the same as they did in Win 7.
I went with WIN 8 because I did not want to buy a discontinued OS. I use classic shell, but the start screen has some useful features that were not available with desktop, most of the annoying social media and news feed tiles can easliy be removed, shame it looks so ugly.
 

Free or not it'll come with an extra free window http://gizmodo.com/window...est-operati-1640805626

The metro side is for touch, and it works pretty well for that.  I don't use my tablet that much, but it did replace a laptop.
 
And of course 8.1 is easy to get to a "desktop" screen, tho a lot of internal functions no longer live there.  The roll out was pretty backasswards.  You should have had to migrate to the touch screen in 8.0, or better yet have the computer select if the screen is touchy.  As it was, everybody w/o a touchscreen (majority) felt shafted.  They would have been the ones going, oh, it has a touchscreen capability over here, let me get one of those suckers.  And I have a windows phone to go along w/ every other ms thing.  It is really flakey tho I hope it is getting better.  Apple does consumer apps better, which is the only way they may a profit.  Keep is simple for the stupids (including me!) does work.
 
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