So I'm considering partitioning my drive and trying out Windows 8. If I like it, I'm considering just upgrading from 7 all together. But I have a few questions;
One: will all my steam games currently work with Win8? The main ones I find myself playing are Dota 2, CS:GO, and Tribes: Ascend. But of course there are a wide variety of games that I play. I'm also in to Diablo 3 at the moment.
Two: is it true that Win8 is less resource intensive? That's a large reason I want to try it, to be honest. The resources I have, the better my computer will run.
Three: are there any current driver issues I should know about? I have the R1, if that makes a difference.
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Pretty much every program that works with Win7 should work with Win8.
Windows 8 does start up and shut down a little quicker than 7, but I think it should be about the same resource-wise while running.
I don't know of anything specific, but drivers are not final yet. Expect some rough bumps along the way. -
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I'm running it on mine, but the User Interface makes it totally unusable as a day-to-day OS. So far I've had no driver issues, and performance seems almost identical as Windows 7. I'm dual-booting and I wouldn't recommend it, the DualBoot process is Win8/Win7 is a nightmare. You basically boot into Windows 8, and if you want Windows 7, it kicks out a reboot request with a boot string modifier.
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I've been using Win 8 for about a month now. I installed a program to get back the Classic start menu and honestly win 8 is just a snappier version of Windows 7 in my opinion. You can avoid metro altogether and just use a leaner version of Windows 7 in the form of Windows 8 so just go for it
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FYI: installing Windows 8 on the r2 can cause a weird booting problem, they are fixing this with a bios update but just a head's up. Mine eventually fixed itself but it was damn frustrating in the beginning, haven't had problems since. -
What application are you using?? I know there was one for the Dev.Preview, but I didn't think it worked for the RTM???
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When I boot Windows 8 it shows me the metro UI briefly and then shuts it down and I'm at the traditional desktop with my clam shell start button.
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I think Classic Shell is the best so far. I like it more than Start8.
Gaming on Windows 8?
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