Windows 8 and gaming

[BeerTent]

Why Notch hates Win8, I can't say... But Gabe hates it because of the integrated Marketplace. It's competition. It's bad news for him because there's a chance some software is going to come out on that, and not Steam.

Me on the other hand... Well, Look at this guy for my comments on the OS.

The core of Windows 7 is there. The desktop and taskbar, it just replaced the start menu with a start screen. It not that much of a difference if your use to pinning programs to the taskbar.They cleaned up the background processes. That why my netbook runs Win8 better because it loaded and running on less resources.

Different Start menu, Same thing. $20 to upgrade.

 

[evilneko]

Windows 8 is not bad. It is not the end of the world. It is not a reason (much less a good one) to switch operating systems. It is not hard to use with a mouse.

And it's not going to hurt anyone, not even you.

I like it better than 7 actually. I've had the preview running on my laptop for months now. I plan to upgrade before the year's up, so I Can take advantage of the cheap upgrade offer. I still run XP64 after all.

 

[Maxtro]

I'm running Windows 8 RTM on my desktop and on a notebook.

It's great on both computers. Faster than 7. Gaming has been just fine on my desktop.

They also both have Classic shell which lets them boot directly to the desktop and brings back the start button. The desktop is using the Metro start menu and my notebook is using the standard 7 start because the resolution isn't that high.

 

[Esotera]

and due to internet integration and due to being the most pirated OS windows might fall from the leading operating system

That is the most hilarious thing I have ever read. Windows has an estimated marketshare of 70%.

If tablet operating systems are considered then they have a market share of around 30%. As the line between laptops and phones becomes more blurred, all bets are off.

OT: From what I've seen at work it looks more designed for tablets, but is pretty beautiful compared to its predecessors. I can't see it becoming that huge for desktops or being adopted by businesses or game developers. It looks like 7 is going to become the new XP and 8 the new Vista that no-one wants to use for anything serious.

 

[Gypsybob]

I have no doubt that it will run smoother and better than windows 7 but I won't touch it until I figure out how to rid myself of that UI. I love my Start button, if it ain't broke then don't 'fix' it.