EVE General Discussion

Has anyone had any good/bad experiences with Eve on Windows 8.1? My laptop has Windows 8, and has been asking me to upgrade to 8.1 for ages now. The only real reason I haven't is in case it messes with Eve. Any advice/experiences would be appreciated.

I have Eve on 8.1 works just fine havent had any Problems, but 8.2 should come out soonish so you might just wait for that.

I haven't had any issues. I personally stay away from the "start menu" like it's infected with the Black Death.

Win 8 has caused me nothing but issues. One of the more hilariously aggravating side effects is their touch screen implementation combined with some of the manufacturer's drivers on my laptop. It makes the launcher utterly unusable(the computer thinks the launcher is on the touchpad interface, and the mouse cursor bounces off that portion of the screen while the launcher is the active window), and has relegated that machine to being used mostly for single clients, while my desktop Win 7 still runs like a dream and actually has a start button.

I have yet to find a game which not runs totally fine on Win 8.1. EVE has no problems at all. Even games which "totally require dosbox" like Warcraft I run without dosbox and without any issues at all.

You're an idiot.

Windows 8 is as good, if not better than windows 7 in terms of its UI.

Running 8.1 on my tablet and use EVE on it occasionally, no issues here.

... and the fact that it defaults to downloading fullscreen apps for skype etc even if you have three 30" monitors

- or the counter intuitive way it handles multiple screens

... and the whole closing apps by swiping down and switching by swiping left right is just dumb with a mouse

- or the lack of any indication how many apps are actually still running

- and the way it tries to trick people into logging in with a microsoft account which plays havoc on business lans especially running samba shares

- and the way there is no easy way to tell what desktop programs have been installed on an unfamiliar PC

- the extra mouse clicks to do simple tasks

- defaulting to apps rather than installed full feature desktop versions when opening documents

- a total stuff up with wireless networking where WIN8 cannot communicate with many dualband wireless routers at all

The list goes on.

I work in IT. Most support people hate it. Of course most sales people (cos its all they can get to sell) will tell you its great.

I have windows 8 and I have no problems with eve.

I recently bought a new gaming computer, it came with Windows 8.1.

I dreaded the prospect of using Windows 8 after the little I had seen of the Metro UI abomination, and the horror stories posted everywhere.

But: I'm not sure if it's because of the way the manufacturer had it pre-configured, or because of 8.1, but gaming feels almost like using Windows 7 - that is, I boot right into desktop mode, and I see nothing of the Metro UI nonsense unless I click the Start button.

Well, and aside from that, it boots *MUCH* faster. Windows 7 took ages for me to get started and ready to play.

I've had zero issues running EVE or other games, and feels more solid than Windows 7, so I'm happy with it.

Mind you: I use Windows exclusively to play games, so my interaction with the OS comes down to launching Steam, or clicking game icons. So I cannot say what Windows 8.1 is like for general use and handling normal applications.