Will Windows 8 be the death of PC gaming?
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gtmtnbiker
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Re: Will Windows 8 be the death of PC gaming?
Over the past week, I have installed Windows 8 on two of my laptops. Yes, it's a little disorienting at first but so far, I like it. I will do my desktop & HTPC upgrades next week.
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Re: Will Windows 8 be the death of PC gaming?
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Re: Will Windows 8 be the death of PC gaming?
Hobie-wan wrote:Bwahahahahahahaha
I thought it was because of Apple's iPad, which I think Windows 8 was inspired from. Love how the graph shows a high amount of XP users!
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Re: Will Windows 8 be the death of PC gaming?
tl;dr
NO.
(However it has helped us Linux gamers. Yay for Steam on Linux!
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NO.
(However it has helped us Linux gamers. Yay for Steam on Linux!
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Re: Will Windows 8 be the death of PC gaming?
CRTGAMER wrote:Love how the graph shows a high amount of XP users!
Business that have refuse to switch is the bulk of that. My company just started transitioning to 7 last year.
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AppleQueso
Re: Will Windows 8 be the death of PC gaming?
fastbilly1 wrote:CRTGAMER wrote:Love how the graph shows a high amount of XP users!
Business that have refuse to switch is the bulk of that. My company just started transitioning to 7 last year.
Those and stubborn/lazy users like myself.
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They have a mixture of PCs and Macs at the library. They have 8 out of maybe 100+ computers running window 8 just to let people try it out and I hardly ever see anyone on them. Plus unless all the other computers on the lower level are swamped they never get used. The interface is horrible especially without a touch monitor and classic mode doesn't work as well as the windows 7 desktop. This is definitely an OS I will be skipping.
Re: Will Windows 8 be the death of PC gaming?
fastbilly1 wrote:CRTGAMER wrote:Love how the graph shows a high amount of XP users!
Business that have refuse to switch is the bulk of that. My company just started transitioning to 7 last year.
Schools too. The school where I teach still uses Windows XP, although where I'm getting my PhD uses Windows 7.
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Re: Will Windows 8 be the death of PC gaming?
AppleQueso wrote:fastbilly1 wrote:CRTGAMER wrote:Love how the graph shows a high amount of XP users!
Business that have refuse to switch is the bulk of that. My company just started transitioning to 7 last year.
Those and stubborn/lazy users like myself.
No doubt. I still have a dozen XP Pro licenses I can use so I will not be getting rid of XP anytime soon. But if the box can run 7 well, there is no reason to put XP on it anymore.
Re: Will Windows 8 be the death of PC gaming?
I hate going back to XP myself, have never had issues with Win7 over the last few years. It was painful having to use my emergency XP laptop after my other desktop failed recently, lol.
And yeah when I was building a new rig 8 wasn't even a consideration for me.
And yeah when I was building a new rig 8 wasn't even a consideration for me.
