If I was a boutique pc manufacturer, I would just slap a steam case badge on an existing gaming pc and call it a steam machine.

Well, they have to limit the PC version because they have to be compatible with both. They have to limit the freedom the mouse gives within the range the gamepad limits.

PS: Didn't they teach you how to form paragraphs in school? Your posts are all but impossible to read.

Steam ruined PC gaming. I'll give you that Gaben Satanus made windows a viable gaming platform. But you say that as if it is a good thing?! IBM compatibles (what we call PCs today) were probably the worst platform for gaming when PCs were coming of age. If it were not for Gaben Satanus, PC gamers would most likely be using a real computing gaming platforms like Amiga or Atari. Not crappy office computers. yeech! Because that is what an IBM compatible (what we call PCs today) are.

Personally, I don't like steam at all. I guess you could call me a "hermit." But I prefer boxed editions of games. Maybe I'm just old fashioned, but I prefer a hard copy instruction manual that is actually useful. Steam is at least partly to blame for the demise of the boxed editions of PC games. In fact, many games I have bought upon installation, they just downloaded the Steam version??? WTF? I felt completely ripped off and betrayed.

Plus, Half Life 2 sucked. But that's a completely different thread. I just don't understand the appeal of Valve games. I just wish I could de-steamify the games I bought off there.

hmm ... lol... I just never bothered to try to type. I just assumed because there was no prompt that you couldn't do that.

Well, in Win7 you simply hit the windows key and then start typing and search results would come up. In Win8, you either have to touch the upper right corner of the screen, which is a little tricky when you have dual monitors, or press winkey+s. So, in win8,there's an extra step. Which is a step backwards from Win7. You should hit the winkey, and search comes up along with the list of programs. I don't see why they changed this in win8.

I know all about that one there buddy. You have to do that EVERYTIME you turn on your computer. That is, turn pc on, set f8 screen, reboot, then you can use your computer. It is a work around and not a fix. With Win7, you simply did the bcdedit command or used the group policy editor and test mode was permanent. No longer.

Just face the fact that I have found real reasons to think that Windows 8 sucks besides issues with the metro interface. You just can't stand the fact that your precious little Win8 isn't loved by all.

Well, I have come to a pass with Windows 8. I've tried desperately to like it, but it failed ever so miserably. The fact you cannot turn off driver signing makes win8 all but unusable to me. You can't even bring up the F8 menu for cripes sake!

I can understand redoing the interface to suit new technology. I have no problem with this. But when you nerf features and break things that are necessary for you to use the programs and drivers that you want to use, it makes the operating system useless.

I know there's going to be a white knight or two to tell me that I actually don't need to use drivers that aren't signed for whatever reasons, but I do. Period.

The only improvement that they have made with win8 is that the OS loads quicker. This could and should have been done with Vista.

This is what nooses are for.

U.S. Senior District Judge Terence Kern ruled Tuesday afternoon that Oklahoma’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.

Read more:

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/195453-oklahoma-same-sex-marriage-ban-struck-down#ixzz2qSHOlfaO

This just proves that these judges have absolutely no clue as to how to interpret the constitution.