Kotaku - For the past several days, I've been playing with a very nice laptop that has Windows 8 Professional installed on it. Many others, like our sibling site Gizmodo, have looked at Windows 8's usability for professional environments, or for everyday home computing. I've been exploring its potential specifically for gaming, trying out play-related features both old and new. It's taken me half a week to learn to use it, but after beginning the long process of adapting, I feel that I can safely say:
Gabe Newell might be right.
The cloud storage platform will drop support for older versions of Windows in early 2022.
Microsoft responded with Windows 8 and its Surface RT tablet.
In the earliest days of the Surface, it was hard to shake the notion that the line was something of a reference design for Windows 8.
Windows 8 is definitely not off to a good start.
My Response To Article:
1) Your an idiot
2) Nothing changed on how you play your games. They download the same. They install the same. They launch the same from the desktop.
NOTHING CHANGED. No patches required. No weird graphics. NOTHING.
If you want to use the new metro UI besides the desktop, just create a shortcut button on the UI. YOU DON'T HAVE TO. I REPEAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
3) Yes, Microsoft has opened a store for their games. These games function like apps and don't require the desktop to be opened to run them. To runt these games, you hit the start menu short, you can create a short cut button to them. A BUTTON. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PEOPLE, CAN YOU NOT HANDLE A BUTTON?
To repeat: A game developed on WINDOWS 7, FUNCTIONS EXACTLY THE SAME ON WINDOWS 8.
EXACTLY.
ITS NOT EVEN REQUIRING A PATCH.
EXACTLY THE SAME.
This has ZERO, NADA, NO IMPACT ON THE GAME INDUSTRY.
If you want your game to function without the desktop open, and as an app, YES, you must do more work. Do you see Skryim on your ipad? Hell no. Why ? Because it doesn't work. Why the hell do you think Skyrim would function as a Windows 8 App? It won't. Therefore it won't be developed for that. No AAA game will be. THEY WILL ALL BE DEVELOPED EXACTLY LIKE THEY ARE ON WINDOWS 7.
I would totally believe you Morpheus...
I love how people are giving windows 8 stick before even trying it.
Ive been using it for a few months now and I cant find anything wrong with it all my apps games ect work from my xp and windows 7 installs.
Windows 8 is the same as Windows 7 in terms of x32 and x64 apps the only real difference for windows 8 over 7 is the start menu and if im frank I would pick the new start menu over the old one as it can be setup how I want it and for those people saying its missing things you have 2 choices. 1 pin it to the start menu or 2 right click on the bottom left hand corner of the screen an up pops a menu with more or less all the options in windows you want.
I was not a fan of Vista at all and at that point I started looking at other OSs but ms got it right with Windows 7 and I stuck with it and I think they have also given us the best of both worlds with Windows 8 a fully working OS that will work on every form factor out there and also works very well. Boots up fast and works with more or less every xp and windows 7 software and device out there.
People now a days are too quick to judge and all I can say is give windows 8 a go for a month or so and I bet 90% of you will change your mind. It changed mine and everyone who has set it up as a duel boot on there pc at work is now picking windows 8 over 7 once they find out how to use it and how best fits there needs as it is quicker and easer than 7 or xp when you know how to use it.
Its not for everyone just like Iphone, Windows Phone and Android, Or Wii, PS3 and 360 but its good to have choice. If you don't like it stay on 7 xp mac or what ever you use.
Well I say this as someone who is biased against Microsoft however when I think of windows 8 I think of the UI without a desktop designed for non PC related things.
Now I don't know if the final product resembles the UI picture I have specifically in my head that reminds me of Windows 8 but really... I'd avoid this like the plague to the extent where it's not even worthy of my time researching.
Maybe Windows 8 is a fully fledged operating system but if they are trying to get away from conventional desktops and into a more casual friendly ipad like interface, they can GTFO imho.