More of a processor memory question vs excel, hoping for some quidance

[Skyline69]

I purchased a Toshiba Laptop and love the lap top but dis-like windows 8 I am thinking of ordering a new laptop OR just windows 7 and install it over the top. Mine is a r Intel® Core™ i5-3230M Processor, they sell the i7. I was wondering if I will notice a hugh difference in performance between the two? I work with excel to the extent that 5 separate books containing 25 sheets each all linked back to a master sheet. I do not see any issues with speed and things move rather quickly. It has 8GB DDR3 1600MHz memory with 750 GB hard drive.

Thank you in advance for any thoughts

 

[Smitty]

I have almost the same thing, but an ASUS with an Intel I7-3630, 8Gb RAM & the 1Tb HD, with Windows 8. Performance is probably the same, and I'm sure that our complaints about Windows 8 are relative. Since you've got a good laptop, I'd probably just install Windows 7 instead of 8. That's what I'll be doing as soon as I rebuild my desktop, since Windows 8 is a freaking joke in a business environment.

 

[Skyline69]

I have almost the same thing, but an ASUS with an Intel I7-3630, 8Gb RAM & the 1Tb HD, with Windows 8. Performance is probably the same, and I'm sure that our complaints about Windows 8 are relative. Since you've got a good laptop, I'd probably just install Windows 7 instead of 8. That's what I'll be doing as soon as I rebuild my desktop, since Windows 8 is a freaking joke in a business environment.

YEAH, that's the direction I am leaning towards. Sad that microsoft doesn't even listen to the customers. You can not even purchase a windows 7 computer anymore inn any retail store.