Windows 8/8.1 has additional security against viruses and malware compared with ...

afhsfsfdsss88 · on April 2, 2014

If you are talking about built-in Defender being the tipping point to compel you to move to Windows 8 from Windows 7...

That is a non-reason, reason. MSE is 100% free and the same damn thing. The phishing filters and other BS is part of IE, which is also present in Windows 7, not Windows 8 specific. The ASLR, et al are in both versions.

There is really nothing tangible which compels an informed PC user to 'upgrade' to Windows 8 from Windows 7.

ubercow13 · on April 2, 2014

>There is really nothing tangible which compels an informed PC user to 'upgrade' to Windows 8 from Windows 7

There are loads of things! What a silly thing to say. Try reading any article about Windows 8 which doesn't focus on the metro aspect

afhsfsfdsss88 · on April 2, 2014

My conclusion does not stem from articles. It comes from actually using it next to 7, doing the same user and admin tasks I usually do. Without third party software to reign-in Metro it dominates and cripples the experience for a PC use case.

The ONLY thing I wish 7 could steal from 8 is the task manager...