I don't expect anything from it. Its supposed to be an OS for ARM based CPUs, include better anti-piracy methods (this went unexplained,) and have better "gaming" support. I'm sticking with Windows 7 for the next 5 years or until DX12/13/14/ect becomes a necessity.
Xbox 360 for Microsoft Casual Kinect Players? PC for Microsoft Hardcore Gamers? ---Too Good to Be True... They might try an Internet Explorer/Netscape Nav move...with Games for Windows LIVE. >.>
I think it's too soon for a Windows 8. If they follow along the path of Windows 7 though, then they're on the right track. Their best OS yet.
SiKh22
When you are not thinking ahead, you aren't competing, something is always down the pipelines for companies, it's how they survive. People think because windows xp lasted 5+ years before anything new came out, that that will be the case for future os... xp was an exception due to how poor it was when it first came out, or at leats that was a big reason... sp2 development delayed Vista by a bit...
Well, I don't really know what goes into an OS to make it benefit my gaming other than using less resources, and being able to offer up to date features like the latest Direct X, or being able to use more than 4gb of ram.
I think it's too soon for a Windows 8. If they follow along the path of Windows 7 though, then they're on the right track. Their best OS yet.
Captain__Tripps
When you are not thinking ahead, you aren't competing, something is always down the pipelines for companies, it's how they survive. People think because windows xp lasted 5+ years before anything new came out, that that will be the case for future os... xp was an exception due to how poor it was when it first came out, or at leats that was a big reason... sp2 development delayed Vista by a bit... There was nothing wrong with XP when it first came out. It was a huge success after Windows 2000. The fact is shareholder's are pushing MS to start releasing new operating systems every 2 years instead of the 3 or 4 years that was happening before. Vista was a rushed operating system because the shareholder's pushed for a release. Windows 7 is what developer's pictured Vista being. MS will continue releasing new OS's every couple of years but only a fool will adopt each one.
Lies and more lies and then things that don't make it into the final OS. This is ms trying to get the attention of XP lovers, but they will need to buy 7 in the near future regardless.
There was nothing wrong with XP when it first came out. It was a huge success after Windows 2000. The fact is shareholder's are pushing MS to start releasing new operating systems every 2 years instead of the 3 or 4 years that was happening before. Vista was a rushed operating system because the shareholder's pushed for a release. Windows 7 is what developer's pictured Vista being. MS will continue releasing new OS's every couple of years but only a fool will adopt each one.
There were some things wrong with xp when it came out main thing was the product support and programs not working in the new environment it took a couple months before everyone came on board and it stabalized when service pack 2 came out. Vista was not bad if you had met the high system requirements at the time. The only problem i can think of was the amount of ram it ate up and the fact that it prompted you for everything you did on it.
It will propably have full kinect support (not for hardware, I think they will push it as software to be used with various brands of hardware) for both gaming and Windows OS functionality. Also...built in appstore is likely too. Besides that. DirectX 12 is propably a good bet (altough I'm sure it will be avaible for older OSes too) as well as expanded touch functionality and big push for cloud.
it is probably going to have some integration with GFWL
ferret-gamer
definetly will have this. ARM support, bettr snti piracy, probably have something planned with Sidewinder, probably have a launch line up of games that are DX10/11 only. But the OS is comming end of 2012 so IF MS is serious about PC gaming we'l see it from here till then.
[QUOTE="Captain__Tripps"][QUOTE="SiKh22"] When you are not thinking ahead, you aren't competing, something is always down the pipelines for companies, it's how they survive. nygiantsfan1
People think because windows xp lasted 5+ years before anything new came out, that that will be the case for future os... xp was an exception due to how poor it was when it first came out, or at leats that was a big reason... sp2 development delayed Vista by a bit... There was nothing wrong with XP when it first came out. It was a huge success after Windows 2000. The fact is shareholder's are pushing MS to start releasing new operating systems every 2 years instead of the 3 or 4 years that was happening before. Vista was a rushed operating system because the shareholder's pushed for a release. Windows 7 is what developer's pictured Vista being. MS will continue releasing new OS's every couple of years but only a fool will adopt each one. XP was not fine when it came out, there were a huge number of security holes and sp2 was a major development that delayed the release of thier next OS. MS has always released OSes every 2 or 3 years... XP was the exception. You had Windows 95, Windows 95 OSR2, Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows 2000, Windows XP.... Then Vista, followed shortly by Windows 7, and Windows 8 will probably be along soon. That wasn't even counting the Windows NT releases before Windows 2000.
Built in Xbox 360 support for only an additional $50 a year... Probably just better anti-piracy methods to "improve" the gaming industry, also i'm betting it'll have some sort of Game Mode similar to Safe Mode which would be pretty cool.
My guess is lower overhead on resource and probably some slick GUI to navigate like on the 360 or something like that or it could just be like any other MS OS but when it "sees" a game starting it turns off unnecessary tasks and resources to give more priority to the game.
Probably yeah :P This. You can't expect people who already purchased Windows 7 to switch to yet another untested MS windows that supposedly focuses on gaming.
Probably yeah :P This. You can't expect people who already purchased Windows 7 to switch to yet another untested MS windows that supposedly focuses on gaming. MS releasing a new os every 2-3 years is the norm, and most people don't even switch os at all... They just use whatever comes with thier PC. Majority of PC users didn't purchase windows 7 either, it came with their computer. Im sure there is a sizable market of people who do purchase operating systems such as gamers and enthusiasiasts, but a lot of these people... actually like upgrading.
I want it to be as light as linux, linux uses around half a gig of ram, windows stripped down to just what i want its 1.25 gb. Honestly i couldn't care, as long as the platform is stable i don't care.
I will try it just becuase i will mostlikely be able to get it for free.
I was going to say this......which would mean it's time to find a new hobby.
The PC is hacked to death. People would get around paying to play on the PC in a matter of minutes. People think consoels are hacked and in danger..lol..THE pc has been riped open from one end to the other for years. NO way in h&*! would it work. SO never worry about that. Heck you can get around paying for online play with consoles..."xbconnect" to name one way.
I never had any problems with Vista, ran just as good as 7 for me.... Maybe low-end hardware had problems ? dont know, but it was a fine OS for the years I had it.
With talks about Windows 8 being more gaming focused. What would you want MS to do to benefit your gaming?
mattuk69
I want them to give it for free, or let me play ALL games in Windows 7, there is zero reason to make us upgrade just to play with the next DX, seems like a blackmail
Knowing Microsoft, they will try to push 360 and PC closer together; rather than doing what is in PC's interests. The moment they try to involve 360, they will have screwed up. They should be focusing on making something the best possible for PC gaming, not what's good for their consoles. But they will focus on what's good for their console, even when 360 shouldn't be involved in any way.
That's why Microsoft can never be the representative of PC gaming, they'd sooner hurt PC than their console.
Windows 7 is meant to get the support and lifespan similarly to that of XP, in an effort to make up for Vista. The fact they're talking about a new OS already is bad news.
i don't want to play games on windows . I don't want to spend 120$ on their software to run my games off of . But if windows 8 has a game mode where it runs only games and game related apps then i might be more intesrted .
After using linux win 7 just feels slow on my pc .
Microsoft called Vista the gaming OS because it had Direct X 11 and Halo 2 would only run on vista exclusive not XP. It turned to be a big fail in the end and got abandoned.
Lets see *looks at Windows releases* Ok if you follow their track record... They will fail this time... And then on windows 9 it will be okey most likely because they remove GFWL from it.
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