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| 06-08-12 05:16pm - 4542 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User  Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
Standard Windows 8 will not play DVDs. The Windows 8 operating system, expected to be released late 2012, will not play DVDs. You will need to upgrade the operating system, or install additional software, if you want to play DVDs on Windows 8 computers. Microsoft is doing this to save money. But I imagine a lot of people will be surprised their new Windows 8 PCs won't play DVDs. | |
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| 06-08-12 05:34pm - 4542 days | #2 | |
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Capn (0)
Active User  Posts: 1,740 Registered: Sep 05, '09 Location: Near the Beer! |
I'll stick with my XP64Pro, thanks. Cap'n.  Admiral of the PU Hindenburg. 2009 PU AwardHilarious Post of the Year 2010 PU Award ( I would have preferred it to be Helpful Post of the Year for Guys who Hate 'Retail Therapy' ) :0/ Sanity is in the eye of the Beholder! | |
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| 06-08-12 06:34pm - 4542 days | #3 | |
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pat362 (0)
Active User  Posts: 3,575 Registered: Jan 23, '07 Location: canada |
I have Win and I'm thrilled with it so this won't be an issue for me. One thing is certain I hope they fix that problem before it's available to the market or Microsoft is going to get a lot of bad publicity. Win7 managed to make many people forget the clusterfuck that was Vista. If the Win8 versions doesn't allow the user to play dvd's then they can kiss the profits they hoped to make with Win8 goodbye. Long live the Brown Coats. | |
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| 06-08-12 08:55pm - 4542 days | #4 | |
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hodayathink (0)
Active User Posts: 312 Registered: Mar 27, '09 Location: Illinois |
It's not a bug or a problem. It's a decision that they've made on purpose. Their user data tells them that most people don't play DVDs on their computer anymore, so they decided they don't want to pay the licensing costs that you have to pay to be able to play DVDs for every version of Windows no matter if someone uses that functionality or not. I think the highest version will still have the ability, and for anyone else that wants it they're gonna have to pay for a "Media Center" add-on or find another program that plays DVDs (of which there are a ton). | |
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| 06-08-12 11:58pm - 4541 days | #5 | |
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Drooler (0)
Disabled User  Posts: 1,831 Registered: Mar 11, '07 Location: USA |
It will be interesting to see what happens with this. Will people who have DVDs around go for it or pass on it? How it saves money is a point I wonder about. Does it really cost that much to adapt DVD software to a new OS version? Anyway, I think Windows 7, while it has some nice features, is a pretty big disappointment. It's buggy and not that friendly to the user. I'll probably let Windows 8 go the way of their DVD player. I wanted something new, so I left England for New England. | |
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| 06-09-12 06:31am - 4541 days | #6 | |
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Rudigar (0)
Active User Posts: 13 Registered: Apr 03, '11 Location: Sydney |
While I'm not sold on Windows 8 for desktop this is a non issue. Just install VLC or a host of other players. WMP belts for DVD playback anyway. | |
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| 06-09-12 06:48am - 4541 days | #7 | |
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Cybertoad (0)
Disabled User  Posts: 2,158 Registered: Jan 01, '08 Location: Wash |
Looking at MS history 8 will be a waste. Windows 2.0 awesome Windows 3.0 sucked Windows 3.11 awesome Windows 95 sucked Windows 98se awesome Windows Millennium sucked Windows XP awesome Widows Vista Sucked Windows 7 awesome. Windows 8 is sealed. It will suck. Seems by fate everyother OS sucks, I left out windows 1.0 as it was a dos shell program and not a true GUI. it was more like Mac back then and not a windows format per-say CT. Since 2007 | |
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| 06-09-12 07:00am - 4541 days | #8 | |
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jberryl69 (0)
Disabled User  Posts: 1,000 Registered: Nov 27, '10 Location: neverland |
Just to reiterate the financial position which fueled Microsoft's decision to not include the ability to decode DVDs - they don't want to pay for the licensing fees - they want the consumer to pay. It will become like any other software "add-on". . . . . Or to put it in terms that we all can understand, it's sort of like when Netflix decided to "un=bundle" it's services (streaming & usmail) and doubled the price for both. It's interesting, because it begs the question, how does one install software on a computer (other than downloading it) - what are the software manufactures going to do with all those plastic discs - hell, what am I going to do with all those plastic discs? If it ain't grits, it must be a Yankee. If you're going to lay her head over the pool table and fuck her throat, get your fucking hand off her throat! | |
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| 06-09-12 09:26am - 4541 days | #9 | |
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Ergo Proxy (0)
Active User  Posts: 52 Registered: Dec 22, '07 Location: Germany |
I just took these statements as exemplary source for my question. To be honest, I am just a user. I install the operating system and my programs which I need and that's it. Used Win95, WinXP, WinVista and now Win7 and never had any complaints or issues. Where do these general execrations for certain Windows versions come from? All hail to the hypnotoad! | |
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| 06-09-12 05:05pm - 4541 days | #10 | |
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exotics4me (0)
Active User  Posts: 664 Registered: Jan 12, '07 Location: USA |
I doubt I will know much about Windows 8. Just bought a new PC about 6 weeks ago with Windows 7 on it. And I agree with the others about how buggy it is. I didn't have hardly any problems with Vista, but 7 is still giving me problems. I wouldn't say it's terrible or anything like that. My main problem with it is when I bootup, probably 1/10 bootups, it takes me to a screen that says something about Intel. The PC is an AMD based machine. I don't even think it has anything Intel in it. I have to hard shutdown and restart. Just off the top of my head, I don't think I have ever watched a DVD on my PC so it wouldn't bother me too much, but I really can see the no DVD option being frustrating for laptop owners who use their laptop to watch DVDs when they are on the go. My first time I jacked off, I thought I'd invented it. I looked down at my sloppy handful of junk and thought, This is going to make me rich. - Chuck Palahniuk | |
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| 06-09-12 10:08pm - 4541 days | #11 | |
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hodayathink (0)
Active User Posts: 312 Registered: Mar 27, '09 Location: Illinois |
It will still read data DVD discs. It just won't read DVD movie discs. | |
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| 06-10-12 12:12am - 4540 days | #12 | |
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Ergo Proxy (0)
Active User Posts: 52 Registered: Dec 22, '07 Location: Germany |
Microsoft's decision will be beneficial for producers of DVD software which you actually have to buy. But who does this anymore since there is VLC, MPC etc. available? Every multimedia program is out there as public domain. All hail to the hypnotoad! | |
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| 06-10-12 02:18am - 4540 days | #13 | |
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Ed2009 (0)
Suspended Webmaster  Posts: 509 Registered: Sep 12, '09 Location: Wales, UK |
Neither of my last two PCs have had optical drives so it's really not a feature I would miss. Webmaster of StripGameCentral and A Measure of Curiosity. | |
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| 06-10-12 02:28am - 4540 days | #14 | |
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Ed2009 (0)
Suspended Webmaster Posts: 509 Registered: Sep 12, '09 Location: Wales, UK |
My memory of Windows through the years seems to be somewhat different. Windows 2.4 - pointless Windows 3.1 - poor Windows 3.11 - better (networking a plus) Windows 95 - Massive improvement - finally felt like an OS. Windows 98se - Good Windows XP - Unstable, had to reinstall every few months Windows Vista - Much better Windows 7 - Magic I got to Vista about 15-18 months after it was released so I missed out those problems it had a launch. Currently I've got one PC on Vista, one on Windows 7. Both get very heavily used (12+ hours per day) Windows 7 simply does not crash, Vista is a big improvement on XP. I've got an old laptop still on XP (sp3) and it's a nightmare - crashes daily when used. Webmaster of StripGameCentral and A Measure of Curiosity. | |
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| 06-10-12 09:50am - 4540 days | #15 | |
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hodayathink (0)
Active User Posts: 312 Registered: Mar 27, '09 Location: Illinois |
You know, there's a lot of people (and I'm occasionally one of them) that think XP is the best operating system that Microsoft has ever put out. Doesn't mean it never crashed (I had a friend once have XP crash like 3 minutes after a clean install, before he had a chance to install everything else), but the improvements from 2000 (which was so much better than ME it was ridiculous) made it the best out-of-box OS experience I've ever had, and my go-to operating system until after Windows 7 came out. | |
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| 06-10-12 10:45am - 4540 days | #16 | |
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Cybertoad (0)
Disabled User Posts: 2,158 Registered: Jan 01, '08 Location: Wash |
Hi Ergo, they come from two sources. One myself being a programmer of old, had experiences with all of these OS. That my own take I can make for another discussion. the second is usability, many OS's are just not user friendly at the bases if a person surfs and type a few letters watches a few porn files most any OS will do. Personally I consider myself a power users. I run about $20,000 in software on my pc and demand the OS perform to my standards. The ones I listed where hard to make do anything more then basic tasks. XP I am on the fence on as it was and is a great OS but the memory balancing is just as bad as 98se and windows vista. So I guess my own experience and wanting to have and OS push it self to the end tells me what breaks and what does not. I find Windows7 Ultimate pro 64 the best for me . My past love was XP Pro and 98SE Since 2007 | |
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| 06-10-12 11:57am - 4540 days | #17 | |
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t9chome (0)
Active User Posts: 78 Registered: Oct 30, '10 Location: usa |
 CT, but you missed Windows 2000, which was the best at the time. Many companies still use it as their server OS.I do hope Win 8 will buck the trend overall, but not having a DVD player won't kill the deal for me. I'd like to see improved file & folder operations. It's gotten closer with meta tags, but even that needs a lot of expansion and useability. | |
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| 06-10-12 12:59pm - 4540 days | #18 | |
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pat362 (0)
Active User Posts: 3,575 Registered: Jan 23, '07 Location: canada |
I loved XP but it had one gigantic problem and it was the swiss cheese of OS when it came to viruses, trojans and what not. I wish I could blame someone else but it really felt like every dickhead with a computer could create a virus that could screw with my day. I haven't had one issue since I've been using Win7 and just that is great. I find that the way it stores data is a little complicated sometimes but I can live with that. Long live the Brown Coats. | |
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| 06-10-12 01:25pm - 4540 days | #19 | |
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Cybertoad (0)
Disabled User Posts: 2,158 Registered: Jan 01, '08 Location: Wash |
This is true, But Windows 2000 was basically the NT version of Windows 98. I agree it was a great OS, but for personal use it often lacked driver and software. But I agree many banks and businesses still use it. Was pretty good virus wise too. Since 2007 | |
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| 06-10-12 10:42pm - 4540 days | #20 | |
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slutty (0)
Active User Posts: 475 Registered: Mar 02, '09 Location: Pennsylvania |
I don't recall anything ever not working right in win2k, I think it was pretty much Microsoft's best OS ever, far more stable than any of their "home" products of the late 90's or their "pro" or whatever the hell products of now. I'm hard pressed to think of any feature a newer OS has that win2k didn't that I would need. Bunny Lebowski: I'll suck your cock for a thousand dollars. Brandt: Ah hahahahaha! Wonderful woman. We're all, we're all very fond of her. Very free-spirited. | |
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| 06-10-12 11:38pm - 4540 days | #21 | |
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Capn (0)
Active User Posts: 1,740 Registered: Sep 05, '09 Location: Near the Beer! |
I use Win7 at work but do not find it user friendly. It may be partitally due to the restrictions placed upon me as a user, but I can find my way around much quicker & easier on my XP64 Pro home computer. Cap'n. Admiral of the PU Hindenburg. 2009 PU Award Hilarious Post of the Year 2010 PU Award ( I would have preferred it to be Helpful Post of the Year for Guys who Hate 'Retail Therapy' ) :0/ Sanity is in the eye of the Beholder! | |
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| 06-11-12 11:00pm - 4539 days | #22 | |
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Cybertoad (0)
Disabled User Posts: 2,158 Registered: Jan 01, '08 Location: Wash |
As mentioned win2000 did not have good driver support. Even basic printers were at times not compatible. Since 2007 | |
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| 06-11-12 11:01pm - 4539 days | #23 | |
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Cybertoad (0)
Disabled User Posts: 2,158 Registered: Jan 01, '08 Location: Wash |
I miss my old xp friend but I needed 64bit win7 for software that only works on win7 64 and up. Since 2007 | |
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| 06-11-12 11:35pm - 4539 days | #24 | |
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Capn (0)
Active User Posts: 1,740 Registered: Sep 05, '09 Location: Near the Beer! |
The XP I use is 64bit, would that not run the programs you refer to, CT? Cap'n.  Admiral of the PU Hindenburg. 2009 PU AwardHilarious Post of the Year 2010 PU Award ( I would have preferred it to be Helpful Post of the Year for Guys who Hate 'Retail Therapy' ) :0/ Sanity is in the eye of the Beholder! | |
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| 06-12-12 12:46am - 4538 days | #25 | |
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slutty (0)
Active User Posts: 475 Registered: Mar 02, '09 Location: Pennsylvania |
Curious, I ran win2k on my home computer for 5 years or so before finally switching to XP and I never had any driver problems. I guess perhaps I was just lucky, then again I have never owned a printer so that might be it as well. Bunny Lebowski: I'll suck your cock for a thousand dollars. Brandt: Ah hahahahaha! Wonderful woman. We're all, we're all very fond of her. Very free-spirited. | |
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| 06-12-12 08:15am - 4538 days | #26 | |
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Reveen (0)
Active User Posts: 96 Registered: Apr 06, '09 |
Even if it dosen't run them natively then you could use them in compatibility mode or set up a virtual machine to run them with microsoft virtual pc http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/default.aspx or another virtualisation program like vmware player. | |
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| 06-12-12 08:29am - 4538 days | #27 | |
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Cybertoad (0)
Disabled User Posts: 2,158 Registered: Jan 01, '08 Location: Wash |
Sadly Capn, the Adobe version I run required the 64 bit on windows 7. I tried Windows Xp 64 but would not work. I am getting used to Win7 but it way different then XP my opinion. Since 2007 | |
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| 06-12-12 08:33am - 4538 days | #28 | |
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Cybertoad (0)
Disabled User Posts: 2,158 Registered: Jan 01, '08 Location: Wash |
That was the one thing I noticed was peripherals, sorry I should said that in the beginning more clearly. sorry about that. Scanners, Printers, even external scuzys I had issues with. But seemed to revolve around the manufactures not MS, making them compatibly. Funny to this day I find printers at Walmart that will work on 98 and XP I bought one for my SO, and it would not work on Win2000 she had at work. For what ever reason there is difference in how it works. Since 2007 | |
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| 06-12-12 08:45am - 4538 days | #29 | |
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Cybertoad (0)
Disabled User Posts: 2,158 Registered: Jan 01, '08 Location: Wash |
This is true, however Adobe product as well as movie production software I use will not work on XP, Why XP will accept the ram I have. XP does not have drivers for my mother board to take advantage of the quad-core I have. So works but not efficiently. So upgrading my bios did not help XP 64 run my programs. It did however hep my Win7 fly in 64bit with the mobo upgrade. I guess I should be really clear, I know you can run multible programs in other OS's . I was not just trying to run them, I need them running at peak. As said I love the XP 64 pro sweet program, but just not enough power processing the software. Why ? Upon research I think I will stick with again the driver issues. My video card upgrade will not work on XP64, my USB upgrade will not and then of course most of my Adobe and others take advantage of my video card and mobo upgrades that XP cannot nor has drivers for. There are a huge amount of OS's and all vary in someway. Ubuntu is about the best OS you can get, and yet again drivers will keep it from ever entering the realms of Mac and MS at least for now. But talk about power. Run Ubuntu even on a single core Pentium and it will run just fine. ( minus the driver issues ). Hope this helps. Since 2007 | |
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| 06-13-12 08:20am - 4537 days | #30 | |
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cjd2004 (0)
Active User Posts: 5 Registered: Sep 20, '11 |
Windows XP wasn't able to play DVDs out of the box either... | |
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| 06-14-12 11:23am - 4536 days | #31 | |
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Ed2009 (0)
Suspended Webmaster Posts: 509 Registered: Sep 12, '09 Location: Wales, UK |
I guess it depends on what you're used to, but I find going back to WinXP really irritating due to all the interface features which are missing. Throwing windows, the show desktop hover function, filetype filters etc. are all things I used frequently and it's annoying to go back to not having them. And Win7's taskbar is a colossal improvement - even Vista's is annoying in comparison. It took a while to get used to the new approach but once you get there it's a much slicker experience and much quicker to use. Being able to pin files to applications, for example, is such a time saver. Webmaster of StripGameCentral and A Measure of Curiosity. | |
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| 06-14-12 12:00pm - 4536 days | #32 | |
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bibo (0)
Suspended Posts: 179 Registered: Sep 16, '10 Location: GER |
I don't see the problem. There are so many good freeware players around that the Windows defult player is utterly redundant. It's not like people are oblieged to use M$ tools. | |
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