# Moving from Windows XP to Windows 8. What do I need to know?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 20, 2013, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-from-windows-xp-to-windows-8-what-do-i-need-to-know/653435 "2013-03-20T11:01:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-from-windows-xp-to-windows-8-what-do-i-need-to-know/653435/21 "2013-03-23T06:47:24Z")

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> [@Mangetout](#):
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> It would be better, but probably still not great. Win7 is still in main support, so there are good reasons why people might still prefer to choose it, but if you’re going to install a pirate copy, you’re probably not so interested in support.

True, but you might be more interested in the features that come with Windows 7 that were removed (or at least obscured) from Windows 8, like Recent Documents, Recent Programs, the Games folder, a couple of Microsoft’s games, Desktop Gadgets, etc.

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