2015, will you go Windows 9 or steam OS?

[CPX7700]

I don't how to put it but there's a real issue with people so self absorbed that they can make unmoving decisions based on the silliest things. I don't know why vista didn't get the love XP did (and its probably because of the ui feeling needlessly sluggish). But Launch XP was almost unusable. I mean people complain about the changes to video and printing system for Vista, but man nothing worked on XP at launch. It was extremely buggy and it wasn't till combining SP2 and FF that people could use the web without bringing it to it's knees (the marriage of IE and explorer was the worst idea ever). I attempted to use it a couple times before than but each time I found myself needing to reinstall after only a couple of months. I guess it comes from XP being the only solution for so long.

But at least whether it was ME, Vista, or even XP in its infancy, at least there where decent reasons. Mostly Stability or support. But Windows 8 sees a hate I just can't understand. It's faster, requires less resources, quicker interface, fully customizable, more stable, and while not everyone's cup of tea has a store front for job specific application like Netflix and hulu that's 100x better than watching it through a browser. All over an interface while targeted at touch users is basically what people wanted when they got pissed that Windows XP chose what applications appeared on the start bar.

I never recalled having problems with XP around 2002 when I got a PC with it installed. What kind of hardware did you have?

Edit: sorry for the double post.

 

[Stuka87]

I never recalled having problems with XP around 2002 when I got a PC with it installed. What kind of hardware did you have?



Edit: sorry for the double post.

Before SP1 XP had a LOT of issues. A home user may not have experienced all if them. I worked in IT at the time. It had plenty if issues.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Before SP1 XP had a LOT of issues. A home user may not have experienced all if them. I worked in IT at the time. It had plenty if issues.

I remember having to reinstall XP all the time because system files get corrupted when power went down or some driver didn't behave and blue-screened but I couldn't find out what exactly was causing the BSOD. I hated XP, still hate XP, and will forever hate XP. I do not miss it at all.

 

[HeXen]

6 OS's that failed miserably
http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/6-operating-systems-that-failed-miserably/

 

[Doppel]

I've not read the whole thread, but in the first 2 pages, no one has mentioned the performance increases from SteamOS. I think I will probably go to windows 9 (on windows 7 atm and no plans for windows 8) and dual boot steamOS if these performance increases are real. Also assuming that the games I'm interested in playing have no issues running on steam OS. Also assuming things like mumble/TS work on steamOS.

Copy and pasted from SteamOS official site
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?p=35982545#post35982545

In SteamOS, we have achieved significant performance increases in graphics processing, and we’re now targeting audio performance and reductions in input latency at the operating system level. Game developers are already taking advantage of these gains as they target SteamOS for their new releases.

For people like me who play a twitch shooter (Counter strike GO), any small advantage you can get you are going to take.

Let me just predict that if on average SteamOS offers a performance gain it will be extremely mild and not worth the major annoyance of dual booting.

I remember having to reinstall XP all the time because system files get corrupted when power went down or some driver didn't behave and blue-screened but I couldn't find out what exactly was causing the BSOD. I hated XP, still hate XP, and will forever hate XP. I do not miss it at all.

I actually used server 2003 for a home OS during most of XP's tenure, so I didn't see those early issues. Windows 98 required a total format and install every month or two for me back in the day else it became bogged down and awful.

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As far as Windows is concerned I'm going 8.1 on my new build. A guy spent a few minutes convincing me of it yesterday and made a far more positive impression than I made of it myself playing around at best buy.

 

[Nebor]

Already pre-ordered Windows 9.

 

[pmv]

Let me just predict that if on average SteamOS offers a performance gain it will be extremely mild and not worth the major annoyance of dual booting.

I'd bet you are correct that any performance gain will be mild (and I further bet it will vary from one game/application to another with neither O/S being a clear winner) but I don't see dual boot as a big problem.

Mostly I just think more competition is in itself a good thing.

 

[Carfax83]

Definitely getting Windows 9..

 

[irishScott]

Or, some people don't suffer from upgrade-anxiety, compelled to always get the latest thing regardless of whether it suits their needs or is worth the expense.

In contrast, normal people upgrade when its worth doing. Which is why 7 gained market share over XP but Vista didn't, and why 8 looks like its going to be the new Vista, with only early adopters getting stuck with it, while the rest of us wait for 9!

I'm being more negative about 8 than I really am, but this sort of 'you're all scared of new things' rubbish is getting very old. How about saying something new?

This. Early adopters almost always get boned one way or another. Even if the product is fine out of the gate they get the worst price/feature ratio. I like mature, refined products. A product is that refined and a good bang/buck out of the starting gate is exceedingly rare IMO.

I love new stuff, I'm just happy to wait until it's reached a reasonable potential.

 

[biostud]

This. Early adopters almost always get boned one way or another. Even if the product is fine out of the gate they get the worst price/feature ratio. I like mature, refined products. A product is that refined and a good bang/buck out of the starting gate is exceedingly rare IMO.

I love new stuff, I'm just happy to wait until it's reached a reasonable potential.

Early adopters of win8 could get an upgrade for $29, which is a very good price/feature ratio. You can always wait to install it until some of the worst bugs are ironed out, if that is a concern.

 

[steve wilson]

I'd bet you are correct that any performance gain will be mild (and I further bet it will vary from one game/application to another with neither O/S being a clear winner) but I don't see dual boot as a big problem.

Mostly I just think more competition is in itself a good thing.

If the performance gain is enough to make it so I don't have to upgrade my PC, than dual boot will be the way forward for me. We will have to wait and see what the reviews are like.

 

[Mem]

Is it time for gamers to switch to a new operating system besides windows?

News is saying windows 9 could be here as early as April 2015 - http://www.bit-tech.net/news/bits/2014/01/13/windows-9-threshold-release-date-april-2015/1

Windows 7 main stream support ends January 2015 - http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/lifecycle

I figure microsoft will use windows 7 end of life as a selling point for windows 9.

After going through windows 3.11, 95, 98, 2k, xp and now windows 7, I am getting tired of learning a new OS just to play my games.

Maybe it is time to switch to an operating developed by gamers for gamers.

If steam has their steam OS running by the end of 2014 would you try it rather than buying windows 9? I figure the end of 2014 is going to be decision time for a lot of gamers. Either stay with windows 7, go with windows 9, or try the Steam OS. If Steam is giving their steam OS away for free, why not try it?

Any modern Windows OS is very easy and quick to learn,I sometimes wonder what users or gamers find hard?...


I'll be going to Win9,10,11,12 etc on my gaming PC and also upgrading my Linux distros ,end of the day its far from rocket science and I do think we are spoiled nowadays,we don't even have to use our brains for the most part unlike the very old DOS days.

As to Steam OS I probably won't bother since you have Steam on Windows and Linux already and I've more then enough different operating systems.

 

[Sulaco]

I generally only upgrade operating system when I build a new PC, unless of course the OS built with it is poor (ME, Vista).

As I plan on building a new PC here in the next couple of months, I'm debating between Windows 7 or 8.

Depending on what they do with 9, and upgrade pricing, I may go that route down the road, but STEAM OS isn't even on my radar.