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Windows 8?
Anyone jumping to Windows 8? I was thinking about it but am hesitant for the fear that there will be gaming incompatibilities...
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Re: Windows 8?
Im going to wait a while before I try it out, let the initial bugs be someone else's headache.
Plus, I haven't heard any good reasons why 8 is better than 7, although I haven't really looked into 8 much at all.
The only thing I've heard about 8, is that it is designed for a touch screen interface, which I don't have...
Let us know what you think.
Plus, I haven't heard any good reasons why 8 is better than 7, although I haven't really looked into 8 much at all.
The only thing I've heard about 8, is that it is designed for a touch screen interface, which I don't have...
Let us know what you think.
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Re: Windows 8?
Well I don't really have a NEED or WANT to jump to W8, but I'm building a new rig and passing my current stuff down to my dad. It would just be easier if I left Windows 7 on my current rig and gave it to him with a cleaned up installation instead of calling Microshaft, getting my OEM W7 copy moved from that machine to the new one and then getting his Vista copy moved from his current to my old rig...
And it seems silly to spend $99 on another W7 OEM copy when it's $99 for the same W8 OEM copy... So I figured, just get myself a copy of W8, split the cost with my dad who gets to go from Vista -> 7 and call it a day...
But I don't wanna get screwed out of gaming by jumping to W8 too early...
And it seems silly to spend $99 on another W7 OEM copy when it's $99 for the same W8 OEM copy... So I figured, just get myself a copy of W8, split the cost with my dad who gets to go from Vista -> 7 and call it a day...
But I don't wanna get screwed out of gaming by jumping to W8 too early...
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Re: Windows 8?
You have to skip 8 and wait for the next one.
Everyone knows that you upgrade to every other Windows version, because the ones between are crap!
ME, Vista, 8!
Everyone knows that you upgrade to every other Windows version, because the ones between are crap!
ME, Vista, 8!
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Re: Windows 8?
no thanks. I'll be gettin the Chrome OS once it's released.
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Re: Windows 8?
Pfft im still on xp and still prefer it over others i dunno if ill upgrade to 8 its been dubbed the new xp guess we will just wait and see
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Re: Windows 8?
Damn you Newegg. Got an email from them last night... Windows 8 Pro Upgrade... $70... couldn't resist
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Re: Windows 8?
Let us know how it goesFN wrote:Damn you Newegg. Got an email from them last night... Windows 8 Pro Upgrade... $70... couldn't resist
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Re: Windows 8?
Gonna sit this one out for now. I'm perfectly fine with my keyboard shortcuts and Win7. I jumped on Win7 real fast due to the benchmarks and favorable reviews compared to the bloat that was Vista. I don't really see the same with 8.
It IS darn cheap though. I can see why MS wants to do a rapid push to get all of their platforms using Win8 and its app store ASAP though.
Let us know how it goes for you
It IS darn cheap though. I can see why MS wants to do a rapid push to get all of their platforms using Win8 and its app store ASAP though.
Let us know how it goes for you
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Re: Windows 8?
its not guna be great from what i hear to the point that steam are full steam ahead on their linux version of the client so they can move off windows. saw a video which explained it properly but can't remember to much, I do remember theres lots of micro-transaction stuff though. Basically windows seems to be becoming the bad choice for gamers
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Re: Windows 8?
Still far too many devs for windows tho will be a long way off before linux becomes the more viable option for pc gamers, for me personally i love linux would love to be able to leave windows but its just not gonna happen yet.war-barney wrote:its not guna be great from what i hear to the point that steam are full steam ahead on their linux version of the client so they can move off windows. saw a video which explained it properly but can't remember to much, I do remember theres lots of micro-transaction stuff though. Basically windows seems to be becoming the bad choice for gamers
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Re: Windows 8?
might not be to long thankfully now windows is officially trying to make everybody hate them
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Re: Windows 8?
Apple arnt doing to bad a job either, not supporting blu-ray any more, actually any disc media, new macs are doing away with disc media drives all together and trying to push ppl in buying (i say buying but your technically renting) movies etc from itunes apple is becoming a very walled in system (more so than before).war-barney wrote:might not be to long thankfully now windows is officially trying to make everybody hate them
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Re: Windows 8?
macs are just generally evil iv found forcing you to buy just about every app that most people would give you for free. It could be a very funnny world soon where linux is the optimal system for gaming on. What next? perhaps EA will make a good game and KK will do keep their word
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Re: Windows 8?
Lol one day (tm). On a side note linux (android) is doing very well in the mobile world, love my android fone. Rumors have it android will become a desktop os aswell, with all the fans that android has linux could very well be on its way to the masses finally, and as android is a household name nowadays wont be too long for devs to jump on it, android already has a good array of games/apps on the market, doubt it would take too much effort to update app for desktop use.war-barney wrote:macs are just generally evil iv found forcing you to buy just about every app that most people would give you for free. It could be a very funnny world soon where linux is the optimal system for gaming on. What next? perhaps EA will make a good game and KK will do keep their word