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Posted By Johnny Maloney about 10 months ago
Dazzled yet?
I’m probably going to poke Windows 8 with a stick before I decide to adopt. Microsoft’s OSes have a tendency of doing this whole skip-an-iteration thing. Take 98, skip ME, get on the XP train, pass up the “scenic” Vista, and then there’s always been something lucky about 7s. Windows 8 hasn’t really done anything to grab me yet, with its garishly colored start screen, its announced focus on touch devices, and the real lack of a selling point to upgrade (such as DirectX 11 capability, or going to a 64-bit OS) have me a little nervous. Regardless, we’ll find out on October the 26th whether or not it’s a necessary upgrade.
It’s barely gaming news, except for the fact that it’s going to have the Xbox Live Dashboard integrated right into it. When it was first announced, everybody started to get a little antsy wondering whether or not that meant that we were going to be able to play Xbox games on our PCs. This, sadly, turns out to not be the case. What it does mean though is that you’ll be able to do things like launch Xbox games and services from the comfort of your PC or tablet, you know, in case speaking out loud to your Kinect or getting up off the couch to walk a step or two sounds like too much work for you.
There is the possibility that Microsoft might take the opportunity to attempt to breathe some life back into that walking corpse of an online gaming system, Games for Windows Live. Seeing as how a year ago Microsoft moved all the GFWL assets to Xbox.com, it seems they might be primed to take PC gaming a little more seriously. Still, I doubt I’ll be lined up come October to see if that’s the case, but I’ll certainly be keeping an eye on it in the future. What about you? Any eager early adopters?
Source: The Windows Blog, Xbox Live Windows 8 FAQ
No. Just No. I was hoping to buy my parents new computers for Christmas before Win 8 ruined my choices.
NOOOOOOOOO!!!!
The interface looks great for a tablet or smartphone. It’s not what I want for my Desktop/laptop though.
Agreed. This is certainly something that would feel good with devices that benefit from the streamlined design, but I certainly wouldn’t use it for my laptop.
it has regular desktop function as well as the touch screen look. Also according posts on the steam forums just about all games show an across the board performance increase in windows 8 running on the Release Candidate.
“it has regular desktop function as well”
Why do people keep saying this? What happens when you press the Start button?
Fail.. just Fail. If its anything like the xbox dashboard layout, which i hear it kinda is then no thanks. I hate that thing. Most of the really crappy versions of windows were because they kept trying to make it super streamlined and ‘easy to use’ That seems to be what theyre doing here. I actually gotta build a new system since my laptop died, I better do it by years end so i can still get Vita
I do not want a touchscreen interface on my PC damnit….I want a layout like Windows 7 and I am afraid their gonna take options away to make things “easier” for users. I’m gonna skip the Windows 8 upgrade…I do not like what I am seeing at all.
Honestly Windows 8 could be a boon IF MICROSOFT PLAYS IT’S CARDS RIGHT. Working in a store that caters to small biz I’ve seen many business customers skip on Android tablets for the fact they want to run Microsoft Office on them natively rather than having to use something like gotomypc to tunnel in, or converting file formats. That alone could possibly put a dent in Google’s marketshare.
Let’s not forget until now to have a Windows tablet has meant spending $1000 because it requires an intel or AMD solution.
Win 8 will be able to run on ARM apparently which means it will get closer to the cost of an iPad or an upper tiered Android tablet.
That said, I don’t know it will set the world on fire with us gamers, or folks who love gadgets. But there is something to be said for finally being able to run Grim Fandango on your tablet.
I’m not saying 8 will be the OS of the forever, just that there is an upside to it if you’re into the prospect of buying a tablet.
Besides that, I have noticed the beta of 8 does seem to run faster than 7. So hopefully that will continue into the retail release.
Time will tell.
Well, you won’t be running Grim Fandango on your ARM-based tablets, unless they’ve included some form of emulation, which probably won’t go down too well on most tablets either.
True, you would probably need an emulator for compatability with Windows games on the ARM ones. But my opinion stands.
To those complaining about the metro interface, you can turn it off, and even if you don’t, clicking desktop takes you right to your traditional Windows environment. Not really a big deal.
And the Start menu?
Honestly, the Xbox 360 is starting to see its end soon, maybe what, two years left? I feel like Microsoft is trying to expand its life too much and it sounds a bit like a dumb idea to implement gimmicks on an Os with the dating Xbox360…