Everyone who answers could have a different opinion of which O/S is better. Personally, I like Windows 7 much better. I think that Windows 8 is the newest version of Vista – which I disliked intensely. The interface of Windows 8 is neither intuitive or particularly user friendly, and I cannot imagine it fitting into the corproate world, unless that gears more towards tablets. As with Vista, I will wait for the next O/S release .
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Why is it that so many of the questions sound like homework questions?
Assuming the question is serious, I will give my perspective.
Windows 7 is a solid legacy desktop OS to be preferred when you are experienced with using a desktop.
Windows 8 is a drastic redesign to be oriented to newer users of tablets and other smaller form factors.
Windows 8 has some improvements that can benefit the desktop user but the radically disconnect from the past makes the transition undesirable. In my opinion.
With MS it seems every other release is a good one.
Better for what?
The fact that some people like Win 7 better doesn't mean that it is better (even for them).
There are several things in Win 7 that I like better, but for the things I care the most, I think Win 8.1 is better.