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I'm jealous--I could have purchased my last laptop with Windows 7 after upgrading from an older Windows 7 system. I went with 10 because I'm a gamer. Really reg

I'm jealous--I could have purchased my last laptop with Windows 7 after upgrading from an older Windows 7 system. I went with 10 because I'm a gamer. Really regretting that now, especially since many of the games I play these days probably would have been fine without it.

antisthenes 10y ago
> I went with 10 because I'm a gamer. This doesn't make any sense. There's nothing in Windows 10 that is a prerequisite for being a "gamer". DX12 certainly isn't it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_games_with_DirectX_12_support https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_games_with_DirectX_12_... It's not a coincidence that most of the DX12 exclusives are published by MS. Also note, that none of those are particularly good games, albeit they probably do work okay in showcasing some of DX12's features. Not only that, but I noticed you purchased a laptop, which makes even less sense, since the most graphically demanding games that require DX12 are unlikely to run at decent framerates on a laptop anyway, without spending $3000+ on it.
- hendersoon 10y ago
  Windows 7 and 8 have the exact same telemetry as Windows 10 now. It was added to those old operating systems in 2016.
  - atesti 10y ago
    Are you sure that this is really the case and that it does send data even if any consumer experience program or error reporting to Microsoft is disabled?
    - hendersoon 10y ago
      I haven't seen anyone closely investigating the telemetry added in 2016 to Windows 7 and 8, now that you mention it. All I've seen are reports it's "the same as Windows 10". I would be very surprised if MS allowed users to disable the newly added Win7/8 telemetry, as they do not allow it on Win10.
CaptSpify 10y ago
FWIW, I have a win7 system that is only used for gaming. I've never had any issues with games not being supported.

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I'm jealous--I could have purchased my last laptop with Windows 7 after upgrading from an older Windows 7 system. I went with 10 because I'm a gamer. Really reg

by shostack 10y ago

antisthenes 10y ago
> I went with 10 because I'm a gamer. This doesn't make any sense. There's nothing in Windows 10 that is a prerequisite for being a "gamer". DX12 certainly isn't it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_games_with_DirectX_12_support https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_games_with_DirectX_12_... It's not a coincidence that most of the DX12 exclusives are published by MS. Also note, that none of those are particularly good games, albeit they probably do work okay in showcasing some of DX12's features. Not only that, but I noticed you purchased a laptop, which makes even less sense, since the most graphically demanding games that require DX12 are unlikely to run at decent framerates on a laptop anyway, without spending $3000+ on it.
- hendersoon 10y ago
  Windows 7 and 8 have the exact same telemetry as Windows 10 now. It was added to those old operating systems in 2016.
  - atesti 10y ago
    Are you sure that this is really the case and that it does send data even if any consumer experience program or error reporting to Microsoft is disabled?
    - hendersoon 10y ago
      I haven't seen anyone closely investigating the telemetry added in 2016 to Windows 7 and 8, now that you mention it. All I've seen are reports it's "the same as Windows 10". I would be very surprised if MS allowed users to disable the newly added Win7/8 telemetry, as they do not allow it on Win10.
CaptSpify 10y ago
FWIW, I have a win7 system that is only used for gaming. I've never had any issues with games not being supported.