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Udi wrote on 11/20/2012, 6:01 AM
Works fine for me.

Udi
The Kid wrote on 11/20/2012, 6:27 AM
Works in my windows 8 as well no problems so far
T Reynolds wrote on 11/20/2012, 12:22 PM
So far OK
danv wrote on 11/20/2012, 12:30 PM
Why would you go with windows 8? Everything I have heard puts it as useful only to kids and tablet doodlers....certainly not to Video Editing....Did I miss something ? :-)
edenilson wrote on 11/20/2012, 12:42 PM
dvd architect pro 6 perfect w8 ,my pc
ddm wrote on 11/20/2012, 3:32 PM
Also good here on W8.
NickHope wrote on 11/20/2012, 11:35 PM
Why would you go with windows 8?

I've read it's faster.
Terje wrote on 11/21/2012, 5:21 PM
Win 8 is leaner and meaner than Win 7 and at least for me, noticeably faster on some things.

I also develop software for Windows 8, and then I have no other options :-)
ushere wrote on 11/21/2012, 6:05 PM
no flaming intended.....

win 8 faster?

any empirical measurements anywhere?
john_dennis wrote on 11/21/2012, 8:15 PM
Read the November issue of MaximumPC hard copy. Windows 8 won a number of the performance benchmarks. The difference may not meaninful considering most editors will be staring at a Vegas Pro timeline all the time, anyway.
ushere wrote on 11/21/2012, 9:53 PM
thanks jd, interesting read....

i suppose for those who reckon a few seconds saved in boot / app start up time / a few extra fps in halo, etc., then 8 might have some appeal. likewise those who feel everything new is better will also find some happiness since it is new....

frankly having tried it three times now (original beta release, rtm, and on a new laptop) all i can say is what's already been said. suffice to say everything is back to win 7 and i might just revisit 8 when the first sp1 comes out (apparently sometime around 2014?).

john_dennis wrote on 11/21/2012, 11:26 PM
I downloaded the Windows 8 beta .iso, burned the DVD, wrote the license key number on the sleeve and forgot the whole thing.
Fingerstoo wrote on 11/23/2012, 7:35 AM
Bought upgrade from Win 7. I found that WMC was missing but free until January. However, it kept stopping at 17% install and refused to install successfully. The XP emulator has gone AWOL and no longer available (yup, I still have some legacy progs that need XP), The tablet style front end made finding all my apps a night mare. I did not want to spend hours setting up the environment for them to appear as great big tiles (on my large monitor screen).

And start-up time was longer than Win 7. The PC is under a year old and built specifically for video editing. There is not a lot of crap-ware. It is a clean machine. Start-up from an SSD took nearly 2 minutes whereas Win 7 is 35 seconds! Where is all this speed, eh?

I asked MS for a refund, which I got with virtually no questions asked, just "Have you uninstalled Win 8?". I am wondering if I am alone? I am really glad to be back with Win 7. I am normally a late adopter, but this experience will make me go back to being on the trailing edge!
ddm wrote on 11/23/2012, 5:31 PM
My startup from an ssd to w8 is a whopping 5 seconds from cold boot. w7 was in the 25-30 second range.