Simviation Forum - Windows 8

Oct 26^th, 2012 at 2:33pm

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Does anyone know if FSX is compatible with Windows 8????

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Reply #1 - Oct 26^th, 2012 at 3:19pm

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You already bought a tablet PC? Huh

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Reply #2 - Oct 26^th, 2012 at 10:58pm

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thinking about upgrading my operating system from xp to windows 8 but I want to make sure fsx is going to work in the new system.......

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Reply #3 - Oct 27^th, 2012 at 2:49am

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It works fine. I'm running FSX on Win8 Release Preview.

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Reply #4 - Oct 28^th, 2012 at 6:28am

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wrongway_willy wrote on Oct 26^th, 2012 at 10:58pm:

thinking about upgrading my operating system from xp to windows 8 but I want to make sure fsx is going to work in the new system.......

If you can stand and operate a tablet-like interface on a non-touchscreen system with the mouse, by all means, buy it. It seems to be compatible.

I cannot. Either stand nor operate it. And I'm hardly alone at that.

Will wait for Win9... IF M$ will have learned their lesson.

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Reply #5 - Oct 28^th, 2012 at 8:36am

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I must agree with stratetic on this one.
I'll jump over win8 and keep my 7.

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Reply #6 - Oct 28^th, 2012 at 8:52am

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Strategic Retreat wrote:
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Will wait for Win9...

IF M$ will have learned their lesson

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Tee-Hee! You said a funny! Grin

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Reply #7 - Oct 29^th, 2012 at 9:05am

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Boikat wrote on Oct 28^th, 2012 at 8:52am:

Strategic Retreat wrote:
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Will wait for Win9...

IF M$ will have learned their lesson

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Tee-Hee! You said a funny! Grin

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...and should M$ not learn, there's always Linux... Tongue

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Reply #8 - Nov 5^th, 2012 at 1:22am

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I am not sure what the grief is with Windows 8. I have it loaded and it works every bit as good as Windows 7.

There is a learning curve but there has been with every new OS.

I will be the first to admit that if you have Windows 7 there is really no need to upgrade as there is not that much new in W8

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Reply #9 - Nov 5^th, 2012 at 8:03am

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richardd43 wrote on Nov 5^th, 2012 at 1:22am:

I am not sure what the grief is with Windows 8. I have it loaded and it works every bit as good as Windows 7.

That's the problem exactly. Now that we know we can use Win8 with the same interface as Win7, the question has been raised...

In WHAT way, WHERE and HOW is Win8 different than Win7, beside the new and mostly useless Metro tablet-like interface? Huh

richardd43 wrote on Nov 5^th, 2012 at 1:22am:

There is a learning curve but there has been with every new OS.

I steadfastly REFUSE to learn to use a tablet interface on a mouse system. Angry

The differences between the traditional interface of Win7 and the one under Win8 are easily compensated.

richardd43 wrote on Nov 5^th, 2012 at 1:22am:

I will be the first to admit that if you have Windows 7 there is really no need to upgrade as there is not that much new in W8

That's the problem exactly. Tongue

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Reply #10 - Nov 5^th, 2012 at 8:18am

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When i read windows 8, my mind goes to Millinnium and Vista!
I dont know why, but i do...

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Reply #11 - Nov 6^th, 2012 at 3:32pm

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Bass wrote on Nov 5^th, 2012 at 8:18am:

When i read windows 8, my mind goes to Millinnium and Vista!
I dont know why, but i do...

I don't believe Win8 is just like sVista or Millennium. They both were hastily end badly coded versions of Windows... actually Me was a last ditch attempt to save the 16bit Windows versions M$ made a memorable hash of, while sVista was and is a beta version of Win7 put on sale prematurely to make some $, €, £, ¥ or other currencies in a hurry.

Win8, at least for what we have seen up to now, seems to be a minor make-up of Win7.

Just add Metro.

In short, you have Win7? You don't STRICTLY need Win8. You want Metro because you are masochist or have a PC-based Tablet? Get Win8 or wait someone will make a Metro-looking, or any other tablet-usable framework to mount on Win7.

That's all folks. Tongue

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Reply #12 - Nov 7^th, 2012 at 12:16pm

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richardd43 wrote on Nov 5^th, 2012 at 1:22am:

I am not sure what the grief is with Windows 8. I have it loaded and it works every bit as good as Windows 7.

There is a learning curve but there has been with every new OS.

I will be the first to admit that if you have Windows 7 there is really no need to upgrade as there is not that much new in W8

That reminded me of the boardroom scene in Tron: Legacy...."So what's the difference between OS11 and OS12? 'A different number on the box.' " Tongue

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Reply #13 - Nov 7^th, 2012 at 3:09pm

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If it's not broke, don't fix it!
My FS9 and FSX run perfectly happily on Windows 7 so why change?
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Reply #14 - Nov 7^th, 2012 at 3:32pm

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I'm old enough to remember the same "I'm never ever gonna run that new-fangled Windows" claims back when XP started replacing Win98. I think it's a cycle we have to go through whenever a new OS is released. History repeats itself. And the old dies hard.

My thanks to those who reported that FSX works okay with Win8. Good to know.

My 10-year-old son's been using a LePan Android tablet for about a year. When he saw Win8, he said, "Looks cool. Better than using a mouse." I'm not ready for a new user interface, but he is. I think that's the future, like it or not.

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