Personally, I love change. When Windows XP came, I embraced the big Start Menu. I didn't change the theme to look like Windows NT. I used Windows Vista and I started to love it as well. Trust me, I had some interesting workflows like not logging out of my account and locking my computer to save precious login boot time. I think I ran Windows Vista for 2 weeks straight! Windows 7 is perfect as far as I am concerned.
I have not used Windows 8 yet. The best thing to do is just to read all the reviews and prep yourself of these new changes when you are ready to upgrade your computer. I would probably wait until the next release of Autodesk products before jumping on the Windows 8 bandwagon.
My thoughts are to upgrade with caution and remember, change is the only contant.
Certification Charts
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/syscert?id=18844534&siteID=123112
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=123112&id=14185352
Notable Technical Solutions
http://usa.autodesk.com/getdoc/id=TS19048377
Reference
http://upandready.typepad.com/up_and_ready/2012/06/net-45-beta-vs-net-45-rc-and-autocad.html
http://withoutanet.typepad.com/without_a_net/2012/04/windows-8-support-for-autocad.html
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/compatibility/win8/CompatCenter/Home?Language=en-US
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I put an Windows 8 Pro upgrade on my Win 7 Pro box. While the GUI will take a bit to get used too, Inventor 2013 runs fine (so far).
Posted by: Brendan Henderson | 11/07/2012 at 12:41 AM
Thanks for sharing your experiences with the community!!!
Posted by: David Lau | 11/07/2012 at 01:07 AM
Windows may have something new and good but as of today, I windows 7 is still the best operating system for me.
Posted by: Jerry | 12/02/2012 at 08:39 AM