Windows 8 really isn't that bad from what I have experienced
If you just poke around and experiment with Windows 8, you'll find that it's not as bad as everybody thinks it is. Honestly!
Most of you PC gamers probably hate Windows 8 by now as much as you hate EA Origin. Hell, even Gabe and Blizzard came out and said "Screw Windows 8". And because they're the 2 most important icons in PC gaming, they're actually saying something about Windows 8 that gamers need to listen to.
Well, I'm here to "actually something about Windows 8 that gamers need to listen to." Windows 8 ISN'T THAT BAD. Here's why:
- It's faster. Seriously. Maybe not in games themselves, but I just installed the Windows 8 Release Preview on my slow as hell laptop, and though I did choose to keep my files from Windows 7, it now runs as slick as butter.
- There are shortcuts to get to basic settings in the desktop. Things like Personalization and Control Panel...Those can be accessed by putting the cursor at (or dragging your finger from) the bottom right corner of the screen, then clicking/tapping Settings.
- You can still play your games. Something that really baffled me when I read the story that Gabe didn't want to support Windows 8 was the fact that he most likely forgot that Steam runs just fine, and that the Windows Store won't get in the way of Valve's business. I mean, just look at Mac. It has an app store. Valve supports the platform. So why does Valve not want to support Windows 8?
- The Metro UI is fine. It may not be what gamers want to see when they turn on their systems, but have ANY of you forgotten that you can just leave it running on the Desktop for all of eternity? You don't HAVE to jump back and forth so much between it and the Desktop, you know.
- It's $40. Finally, Microsoft takes a note from Apple's playbook....by not charging so much for the upgrade. (Until January 2013, that is) And if you don't want to install it, why not buy it but just not install it until whenever the hell you want?
- It's pretty. Hell, there are a lot of UI elements that look BETTER than Windows 7, even though the addition of a lock screen (which you can customize, BTW) is one of them.
And that's about all I can think of right now. But I want to know what YOUR thoughts on Windows 8 are. Do you love/hate Windows 8? Will you be buying the upgrade during the $40 window? Will you be gaming on it if you do so? Let me know in the comments below.
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TCJJ
It may be US$40, but it's a lot more over here. And for the record, I've used Windows 8 since the beginning and now have the RTM build. I still think it sucks ass. Metro is horrible. I would say I disagree with all your points, but I'm not going to take the time to write a post to back that argument up. I COULD do it, but I'm feeling too lazy.
darkhyrulelord
Only being $40 isn't that big of a setback, which is nice. Most people I know though say that Windows 8 will suck (although, it's safe to say that they know little about it). Still, I need to see more before I make a proper opinion on it.
pololmejor
People don't accept change. Period! With change I mean the start button.
TigerNightmare
My problem with Windows8 is that it feels like 7 just came out. It's been about three years and that's relatively young for a platform. I know there was Windows98 and such, but that was pretty much just a major service pack for Windows95. What happened to service packs? It just feels like a new OS is unnecessary at this point in time and people are so satisfied with 7 that most people aren't going to bother with the hassle of upgrading. I'm still using XP on my desktop for Pete's sake.
Tjoeb123
Pretty much the same reason why Adobe started doing CS .5 updates: because technology is evolving. Particularly, at a fast pace.
RobotOcelot
I think it's more about the developing of games on the OS not how it runs current games.
LuckyMikeyJ
If Windows 8 does have faults, then I'm sure future updates will help fix most of them.
Optimism FTW.
ShinraCorp
Honestly, I agree windows 8 isn't that bad but it's not perfect I'm a windows expert so I always tend to look deep inside the OS :P alright so three problems and 1 of them is game related and hopefully it is fixed. The problem is if you click on the bottom left screen, it'll initiate the Metro UI and you fix it by pressing the Windows ley on the keyboard. So that's the problem when it comes to games. The second problem is metro UI itself it's extremely useful for touch screens but the classic mouse is not as useful. Hopefully the installer will allow consumers to choose to install metro UI or the classic desktop. There is a registry edit you can do to make it start on desktop but the metro UI will always be bugged if you do. 3RD and big one, IE10 has a built in Flash, however it only works on selective sites, Screwattack isn't one of them. Also google chrome isn't compatible with windows 8 it freezes the OS if doing heavy load.
Tjoeb123
Well...I think those are going to be fixed, especially since we're still in Release Preview and not the final thing.