Minecraft Creator Won't Support Windows 8
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A noble temper tantrum is more like it. Notch is a huge drama queen with a huge audience.Fasckira said:
funny how notch thinks he can do anything about windows 8 running minecraft
that's really down to java support more than anything else
even if it scans for windows 8 you can still run it in a virtual windows 7 environment
for the record windows 8 runs in half the resource footprint, runs most programs windows 7 can and has a traditional desktop if you choose as-well as the tablet interface
it does not ruin gaming or computers
personally i'm looking forward to getting more use out of my touch pannel browsing screen
as for
"is windows 8 an upgrade?"
it's a matter of preference and how-much power your hardware has
if anything it improves the experiences of people with low end hardware, laptops and tablets
most of the casual gaming market ( who have a large overlap with notches player-base ) will notice a decent performance boost when using windows 8
all in all, it hurts nobody
it is completely optional and if you don't like it don't use it simple
so big puff of sensationalist air from notch as usual
that's really down to java support more than anything else
even if it scans for windows 8 you can still run it in a virtual windows 7 environment
for the record windows 8 runs in half the resource footprint, runs most programs windows 7 can and has a traditional desktop if you choose as-well as the tablet interface
it does not ruin gaming or computers
personally i'm looking forward to getting more use out of my touch pannel browsing screen
as for
"is windows 8 an upgrade?"
it's a matter of preference and how-much power your hardware has
if anything it improves the experiences of people with low end hardware, laptops and tablets
most of the casual gaming market ( who have a large overlap with notches player-base ) will notice a decent performance boost when using windows 8
all in all, it hurts nobody
it is completely optional and if you don't like it don't use it simple
so big puff of sensationalist air from notch as usual
This.The Lugz said:
I'm using Windows 8 consumer preview and minecraft ran just fine for me. So this thread is full of fail and conspiracy. So far i've yet to encounter any of the things people are complaining about regarding windows 8 and i've been using it for about 2 months. The metro screen is more or less optional and just for lulz i put some of my games on it if i know what i'm going to be doing the second i turn my computer on.
My friend explained it. He's a programer, and in trying to make something work for Windows 8, something would take 75 lines of code instead of 2. Even if it's something the end-user will never see, the cost of 40 times the amount of work to develop a program is going to hurt us.silverbullet1989 said:
Edit: I found the chat log
I don't pretend to know what he's talking about exactly, but that was how the conversation went.
Well, I never intended to change from Windows 7, anyway. I feel like it's the best OS Microsoft's ever made. I'm just hoping they don't drop support for it too quickly.
I'm probably going to skip Windows 8 like I did Vista. I see no real reason to upgrade quite yet.
I'm probably going to skip Windows 8 like I did Vista. I see no real reason to upgrade quite yet.
I'm sorry, it sounded like you said that Windows 7 was better than Windows XP,even though XP is the greatest OS ever to exist, or better than any Windows OS for that matter.Korten12 said:
But that can't be right, because 7 is the biggest piece of shit I have ever had the displeasure of using.
If I could get away with Vista, I would go back to that, since XP gone.
7 is basically Microsoft's attempt to make a Mac.
It's less terrible than a Mac by virtue of being made by people who know how to do things, but it's still terrible.
It's like that story the MovieBlob keeps referring to where the world class chef found he simply couldn't perfectly replicate a Big Mac.
As far as I can tell from my experience with Vista, it was simply the target of a massive smear-campaign.
This is the next OS I will be skipping, same as Vista. This was just an unnecessary OS from Microsoft. Hopefully this one will go down like a flaming bag of shit and they'll be forced to either produce an OS specifically for desktops/laptops as expected or they'll at least remove the touch interface that is causing so much disdain.
Win 8 is not the actual problem. MS is trying to mimic apple, iTunes->AppStore and the Mac App Store.Quaxar said:
Apple takes a 30% cut of everything. MS wants the only apps to be installed on any Windows 8 system to only come from their walled garden. Apple gets away with it and gets all the press with happy, happy customers. MS has an open OS and gets crapped on by everybody. So, let's copy apple and get 30% of all the revenue. And They charge tens of thousands of $$$$ to verify one app. Each time its gets released. The same is true on the Xbox, first update is free and all others are $40k. That isn't even a percentage they keep it all. Now they want 30% of the sale price of each app in addition to the verification fees.
MS Windows, all of them, are huge lumbering software stacks that were at least open. You could even develop with other peoples tools and release products on various releases. If you wanted the cute little windows sticker on the front of the box then you needed to pay the extra dollars for it. If you are just a little developer whose entire yearly income is under $50k, well, MS is literally eating your lunch, dinner and car payment.
The tablet UI is a joke. To me, it looks like it comes from the Xbox interface and that is a significantly broken piece of UI. Pay a fee, then get ads forced on you and they hammer your network download cap constantly. For that you paid money and MS gets ad money for all those captive eyeballs.
Final point is MS Windows, for all its faults, was open.
Apple and all of its products are walled gardens.
MS wants 30% of everything that runs on Win8.
That is going to hurt everybody but Microsoft.