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By gaming OS, I mean compatibility, "usability", interface, etc. Will devs just skip over it like some did with Vista or what? |
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they skipped over vista because it was unreliable, time will tell if windows 8 suffers the same problem Windows 8 is a paradigm shift for Microsoft. They, and many other people feel the future is in touch sensitive devices, touch screens are affordable enough now and people like smaller devices. Yes this is a gamble by Microsoft, and i don't see it taking hold in the business market, but time will tell. |
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So far, all the games I have that were running on Windows 7, no run on Windows 8. The OS works, so I see no reason for them to skip over it, I've not had one problem, except those that I caused when trying to alter settings that should be left alone. It's a good OS, it will just boil down to personal taste over UI |
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If you have Windows 8 running on traditional hardware (a regular desktop or laptop) everything that runs on Windows 7 should run perfectly fine on Windows 8, you'll just be in the regular desktop environment instead of the "Modern" UI. The only time they wont run natively is if you have a Surface tablet, because that has an ARM processor. For the games (or other programs) to run, they would need to be compiled for ARM. On a side note, does anyone know if you can actually install a program in the desktop environment on an ARM Surface tablet if it's compiled for ARM? I've heard that you can't install any programs at all for the desktop UI, but it seems like you should be able to so long as they can physically run on the hardware. |
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Personally I think a lot of devs will ignore it. I think 8 will be a major flop. But, we will see. |
