Windows 8 Discussion thread for general thoughts.

[StarsMine]

I'm still running that one to play old games, i just can't stand it i cannot play tombraider games anymore.

http://www.gog.com/gamecard/tomb_raider_123
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GOG FOR THE MOFO WIN runs perfectly in xp, vista, 7 and 8
have to say it is my favorite place to buy games, has been for over a year.

Though riven is still a POS that refuses to run right.

I can get it to run in an XP VM but my lack of vt-d(seriusly wtf intel, its on lower end and higher end chips why the fuck is it not on K) I cant get it to run as well as I would like.

I wish fallout 1 and 2 worked on win 7 =(

http://www.gog.com/gamecard/fallout
I have NO problems running that in win 7. none. Runs in 8 to

[maynard]

I can get them 2 run, but all the vids and text and shit are all fucked up colors. from what I found on google, it's a normal issue people have. You can apparently tweak the game a bunch so it works... but I'm just 2 lazy.

[anex]

uhhh, we do know what it looks like dude. i don't honestly have that much of a problem with the UI per-say, i mean the Metro layout is alright and i think i'd get used to it over time like i have with unity...but the fact that it's really kinda forced onto you makes me upset.

Ya which is why I will never install it. But Win 7 is the new XP and Win 8 is the new Vista. Much like no one went to Vista, no one will go to 8. There just isn't anything great about it. They are having a hard time selling it and it is actually falling short of predicted sales. Touch screen computing is a fad and the fact that they built this whole OS around that is abysmal. There's no new DX. There is nothing new about it. Unless their demographic are 8 year olds, then this thing is going to flop.

[ZERO]

Actually the adaptation rate of 8 is even worse than Vista: http://www.maximumpc.com/article/new...tart_vista2012

[StarsMine]

Ya which is why I will never install it. But Win 7 is the new XP and Win 8 is the new Vista. Much like no one went to Vista, no one will go to 8. There just isn't anything great about it. They are having a hard time selling it and it is actually falling short of predicted sales. Touch screen computing is a fad and the fact that they built this whole OS around that is abysmal. There's no new DX. There is nothing new about it. Unless their demographic are 8 year olds, then this thing is going to flop.

touch screen computing is not a fad when it intuitive, How many times as a kid did you poke your screen

The issue with vista was drivers, thats not 8's issues. The issue is the split from RT, and pushing people into probably the most unusual UI jump since windows itself.
people thought the start menu in 95 was a fad.

I can get them 2 run, but all the vids and text and shit are all fucked up colors. from what I found on google, it's a normal issue people have. You can apparently tweak the game a bunch so it works... but I'm just 2 lazy.

gog version be fixing all those problems.
good ol gog saving the day.

[-=Toy=-=Québec=-FR]

I'm just 2 lazy.

This.

[Assassin]

such good games.

Agreed. Time to setup a sandbox me thinks :P