Why does /g/ prefer 7 so much over 8.1? Start screen aside

>>55889337
Shitty mobile UI

Like everything else that's old and /g/ likes it boils down to... Nostalgia.

10 is better than both

>>55889381
>Start screen aside

Can you fucking read?

>>55889398
All windows have the same shitty mobile UI

The Windows 7 search results (when I just press the Windows key and just start typing to open my files or programs) gives me the best results.

That alone moved me from OS X (Win 7's search results are better than Spotlight, which was previously the best), and will probably keep me on Windows 7 indefinitely until it becomes too impractical and I have to switch to Linux or something.

>>55889337
>>55889381
>>55889398
Besides you can easily bring back the start menu and essentially never use the metro start screen again.

>>55889337
8.1 is superior in every way. You can literally mod the start menu back in if you're autistic and the OS is ten times more stable.

8 has some neat features, but they aren't features that I can't get with third part applications in Windows 7.

The real reason not to use 8 is just that it still feels like a beta, there's a lot of little quirks that just shouldn't be in an operating system that's supposedly targeted towards the enterprise.

>>55889391
Nice meme

>>55889398
it's not just the start screen

can you even shutdown windows 8 nowadays without touching tiny little elements?

>>55891466
Win key + r
shutdown -st 0

>>55891466

Windows + R > cmd.exe > shutdown /t 0

you can even make it a shortcut on the desktop.

I dropped xp and move onto 7 back in 2011 only because certain programs can only run on 64 bit. Its pretty much the same now, i won't simply upgrade just because "it's better".

>>55889337
When I was at 8.1, I didn't even install a start menu. I just got used to Win key + S to bring up the universal search. One of the best OSs ever, just superseded by Windows 10. I'm rocking the Anniversary build right now and loving it.

>>55891531
>>55891530
I take that as a NO

>>55891466
This: >>55891531


Also, ALT + F4 on the desktop brings up the shutdown dialog, newbie

Why switch when 7 already works flawlessly?

>>55891559
You just create the shortcut ONCE IN A FUCKING LIFETIME, FAGGOT. It takes whole 5 seconds and lasts forever

>>55891571
because you're missing new improvements! update today

>>55891580
You only have to install gentoo ONCE IN A FUCKING LIFETIME, FAGGOT. It takes two hours on a good CPU and lasts forever