Quote - All this being said, to swap my old XP machine I purchased a new desktop system two months ago which (naturally) had Windows 8 installed.

I have a windows 7 disk ready on the shelf and planned to reinstall based on that, but decided to give the Win 8 a try first also to avoid problems with warranty etc.in case any issues with the new system emerge.

The new systen works fine but I think the Win7 disks will remain boxed for now.  Win 8 works fine for me. I have messaging for automatic updates switched on, so generally should be OK.

 

I hope that Windows 8 continues to work for you but be aware that the move back to Windows 7 is not as easy as some think.  The file structure for Windows 8 is new and is not recognised by the Windows 7 installation.  It will give you a warning along the lines that 'There are no suitable hard disk partions'.  The Hard drive will need to be re-formatted and only certain programs will do that and is also dependant on the capacity of the hard drive.

The other potential problem with a new machine is that there may not be Windows 7 drivers for some of the hardware.  None of this is a real show stopper and I would not want to put people off if they do want to revert to Windows 7.  I just pass on the information of some of the problems I have come across in the hope that anyone can make a informed decision.

 

 

 

 

 

I use Poser 13 on Windows 11 - For Scene set up I use a Geekcom A5 -  Ryzen 9 5900HX, with 64 gig ram and 3 TB  storage, mini PC with final rendering done on normal sized desktop using an AMD Ryzen Threadipper 1950X CPU, Corsair Hydro H100i CPU cooler, 3XS EVGA GTX 1080i SC with 11g Ram, 4 X 16gig Corsair DDR4 Ram and a Corsair RM 100 PSU .   The desktop is in a remote location with rendering done via Queue Manager which gives me a clearer desktop and quieter computer room.