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Windows 8 or 7?

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[2014-01-02 11:17:45] #1 [Go To First Post]
EuropeanTrader - Posts: 290
Hi SC team, happy new year and thank you for your ongoing support and superb product :) Please tell me, I am buying a new laptop and cannot decide whether to choose one with Windows 8 or previous version 7? Does it matter regarding using SC platform? What about 32/64 bit version information? Thank you!

[2014-01-02 11:29:32] #2 [Go To First Post]
Graham - Posts: 44
This has been asked before. Windows 7. I run it on 32 & 64 bit machines, no issues on either. SC & Windows 8.1

[2014-01-02 13:34:42] #3 [Go To First Post]
MotoMoto - Posts: 47
FWIW - I have 2 laptops. One with W7, one with W8 (it was the upgrade for the latest laptop and I just took it) I do not like the look or feel of W8 at all, even though now 4 months later i have gotten used to it. With all their automatic downloads etc; it takes forever to do anything. It is designed for touch screens, apps, pictures and rubbish. I would suggest you keep your old computer just in case. Luckily I still run Sierra Chart on my W7 laptop and use it exclusively for trading and it still means SC is the best thing since sliced bread.

[2014-01-02 13:43:41] #4 [Go To First Post]
AndyL - Posts: 119
Sierra works on both. I have used Sierra on W7 and W8 - once you have started SC, you wont notice the difference. Its really a matter of taste - if you like the new look use W8, if not, dont.

[2014-01-03 11:07:36] #5 [Go To First Post]
EuropeanTrader - Posts: 290
thanks guys

[2014-01-03 15:09:37] #6 [Go To First Post]
skoosht - Posts: 13
You can use something like classic shell or start8 to avoid metro mode. Win8 is pretty close to Win7 after those tweaks.

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