Berenger got brand new gaming rig

[Kafein]

Or, install a Linux distro for free and play most windows-only games using wine... It works much better now than a couple years back.

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I don't have Win8 myself (mainly due to lazyness), but it's pretty much the same as win7 (but faster) with some easy adjustments, afaik.

[LordBerenger]

I don't have Win8 myself (mainly due to lazyness), but it's pretty much the same as win7 (but faster) with some easy adjustments, afaik.

Got Windows 8 with the rig.

Anyhow, boot up PC first time. This is basically what i see.


(APP) (APP) (APP) (APP) (APP) (APP) (APP) (APP) (HIDDENESSENTIALBUTTONSTROLOLOLOL) (APP) (APP) (APP) (APP) (APP) (APP) (APP)

[Umbra]

I don't think anyone lives with windows 8, only a moron would get that on anything but a tablet.

Have you tried windows 8 yourself? You do realize its identical to windows 7 but with a much faster boot and a more powerful search option.

There is no reason why you shouldnt get windows 8 if you can.

Here is what windows 8 looks like:

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And here is the only difference to windows 7:

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A intuitive and simple interface you get when you swipe your mouse to the right corner of the screen.

I really dont understand all the windows 8 hate, you dont have to use pannels. Just use the desktop, its basically windows 7 but faster and more slick.

[Miwiw]

We trust win7 and we're used to win7 so we don't want to even try win8. nono! Would have also stayed with Win XP if it was possible.

[Umbra]

Well, i had the same mindset. I saw pannels for touchscreen and i bashed windows 8 without even trying it. Then curiosity got the best of me and im glad it did. I love XP and 7 but thats just nostalgia. I wouldnt go back, now that i tried 8

[Casimir]

Actually used win8 on my sisters laptop, they went back to windows 7 and noticed absolutely no difference. The pricing for win8 over win7 is silly though?

[cmp]

Or, install a Linux distro for free and play most Direct3D9 windows-only games using wine...

Fixed.

[Molly]

Using 8 for quite a while now and never had any issues. And subjectively it seems to run modern games with lots of DX11 a tad faster than 7.

Tho I got the key for the Pro version free from my Uni - so pricing wasn't ever an issue for me.

[Umbra]

Yep got a university key too, among other things. Thank you microsoft student support 

[Laufknoten]

Hey.....Consoles is still the master race since NES. I only bought it for 3 reasons. 1: PS4 was out of stock everywhere. 2: ARMA 3, Day Z and Rising Storm exclusives,  3: COD on PC cuz why the fuck not

They actually sold some where I life. I was at the shop just to by some cd's but some random guy asked me to help him out. They were only allowed to sell just one single console to each customer (probably cause there weren't many left, I'm sure they're all gone now) but he wanted to buy a second console for his friend. So he gave me the money and I bought it for him...
It's my good deed for christmas. 

[Leshma]

Fixed.

They are working on experimental support for DX10 games, good results so far. But why bother when soon we'll able to stream games to Valve Steam Machine. SteamOS is nothing other than Debian with Steam Big Picture.

[Prpavi]

Well I tried Win8 when it came out, no secret it was developed with Microsoft Surface in mind, now that that failed horribly waiting for another Service Pack or two to make things more PC friendly.

If anything using windows over the years has tought me is to wait atleast a couple SPs, I am a day one Vista survivor after all 

[cmp]

I'd say it's more like wait for Windows 9.

[SixThumbs]

Yes, the whole "every other Microsoft OS" thing.