[Animayhem]

I figured this would be a good place for general computer assistance.

Upgrade/Downgrade

What problems (not related to NWN install) have people experienced by either upgrading to 8.1 or rolling back to 7?

I will more than likely have a new computer which will come 8.1 which I plan to roll back to win 7.

I doubt I will jump and upgrade to 10 right away.

Thanks in advance.

[Animayhem]

Also is it true that Win 10 is really a makeover of Win 8? More like a Win 8.2?

[Animayhem]

So please I would like to know of any who have switched from 8 or 8.1 to seven how long did it take.

[Animayhem]

Here is what I am thinking of getting:

I am not buying a monitor, speakers or printer as I have them and they are cheap enough to buy

Module Description Show Details
XPS 8700 XPS 8700
Operating System Windows 8.1 (64Bit) English
Memory 16GB Dual Channel DDR3 1600MHz - 4 DIMMs
Standard Wired Keyboard Dell KB213 Wired Multimedia Keyboard, US-English
Monitor If accessories are purchased, they may ship separately
Video Card AMD Radeon™ HD R9 270 2GB GDDR5
Driver Dell SRV Software 1704
Hard Drive 2TB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive 6.0 Gb/s
Chassis XPS 8700, Black Chassis
Standard Wired Mouse Dell Laser Mouse
CD ROM/DVD ROM Tray load DVD Drive (Reads and Writes to DVD/CD)
Sound Card Integrated 7.1 with WAVE MAXXAudio 4
Speakers No speakers (Speakers are required to hear audio from your system)
Wireless Dell Wireless-N 1704 802.11bgn, 1x1, 2.4GHz + Bluetooth 4.0
Cable US Power Cord
Documentation SERI Guide (ENG/FRN)
Support 1 Year Premium Support
Resource DVD RDVD Structured in Addl SW
Placemat Module,Placemat,8700,Global
Retail Software Retail Return Label
Shipping SKU's Shipping Material
E-Star No Energy Star
Processor 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-4790 processor (8M Cache, up to 4.00 GHz)
Entertainment and Editing Software No Adobe Elements Software Requested
Packaging Label Dell.com Order
Packaging Non-EPA Ship Materials
FGA Module GOOD1603_211_P/US/CA/BTO
Optical Software Cyberlink Media Suite Essentials without Media
Adobe Reader Document Reader Included
Additional Settings Dropbox, Digital Delivery, 20GB for 1 Year Promotion
Digitally Delivered Software Dell Backup and Recovery Professional for Consumer, SMB, Digital Delivery
Digitally Delivered Software CyberLink Power Media Player
Regulatory Label Label Structured in Addl SW
CFI Included (Smart Selection) CFI Not Included
Labels Label Structured in Win 8.1
Office Productivity Software – Word, Excel, Powerpoint & more No Office License Included
Non-Microsoft Application Software Additional Software
Security Software McAfee LiveSafe 12 Month Subscription
Operating System Recovery Options Operating System Recovery Media Not Included
SOFTWARE FOR YOUR DELL
Corel PaintShop Pro X7 - Download

[Animayhem]

I decided to buy the above rig and will keep an open mind on win 8 and 10 Should be here in about a week.

[Animayhem]

Swap files. I have heard that this is good to do on older systems but I am wondering if worth it on newer ones.
I have been told its mainly used to help save ram and hard drive life.
Thoughts?

[Animayhem]

I upgraded to WIN 10 and had no probs so far with with NWN

[Bela]

I tried it yesterday and couldn't get NWN to run. How did you do it Ani? I rolled back to 8.1 last night.

[Animayhem]

Well my NWN is set with win 7 and as an admin. When I got my new computer, I loaded NWN from my external drive which was already set up to run with Win7

[Bela]

I ran all compatability tests with it and nothing worked....may try again in a couple weeks...see if anything gets ironed out. :)