So I have decided to give windows 8 go, I am installing it in a dual boot setup with windows 7..
There's really no difference to be noticed apart from the start menu. I don't know why everyone bags it so much.
I am running windows 8 on my laptop. i have installed Pokki. Pokki is a startmenu that does not look like the standard windows.
it works well. you can easily disable booting into metro with this app and you can disable the "hot corners" in windows 8 as well.
Poki really makes windows 8 better in my opinion.... but then again, i am just trying to make it look like windows 7.
it's no so bad when you ignore what makes the difference between windows 7 and windows 8.
Exactly. Is there any way to increase the size of my partition that Windows 8 is install on?
Yes. You can do this with a partition manager. I'm not sure if the Windows one will let you, but it's pretty easy to do with a gparted liveCD or cfdisk in linux. I'd back any critical information up first though.