Windows 8 is garbage.. how to speed it up?

[agent]

Start with uninstalling AVG.

[ST1G]

Yeah, really downgrading has the best outlook. That's what I did.

[mrsleeve]

Prolly all the preinstalled spy ware that's in it. I hate win 8

[Andy.B]

I have a laptop with Windows 8, and use classic shell to turn off all the windows 8 dressing, and restore the start menu. Great little program. Basically makes windows 8 look/feel like 7. As for your performance issues, what are the laptop specs?

[Varinn]

Windows 8 is FASTER than windows 7, used both extensively and I do have better performance in 8 on all my pc's. Aside from that though, the performance margine is slim, you might have something else going on causing your issues. Stepping back to 7 is not a bad idea if possible, the new layout just isn't for everyone (but you can remove it with a little google searching on the mods)

[rturbo 930]

"downgrade" to Windows 7.

[accident]

"downgrade" to Windows 7.

[Kozworth]

I got a Toshiba laptop with 8 on it in may. The thing has been running slow as hell even brand new. I have so many issues with the whole windows button. I have no clue what they were thinking.. it makes everything cluster fcked and saves no time, and I imagine it eats ram.

It took me about 15-20 minutes to figure out how to close IE. Any website lags, and even programs often freeze when loading.

There pretty much is nothing on this laptop.. I have no idea how to speed this thing up but its really pissing me off. I run avg and there are no issues.