Hi,
Will the games be converted to Microsoft’s upcoming exploitation system ?

Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_8

Thank you,

Goodbye.

As it's written on Wikipedia, Windows 8 for x86/64 processors will run most software compatible with previous versions of Windows, with the same restrictions as Windows 7: 64-bit Windows will run 64-bit and 32-bit software while 32-bit Windows will run 32-bit.

I don't think anything needs to be converted if it already works on Win 7.

And it will run them better, as the OS is even more optimized than Windows 7, and uses less system resources.

and 16-bit software.

Im starting to wonder if your a spokesman for MS mate lol

Even on GOG, there is no 16-bit soft left (gotta love DosBox), that's why I removed that line. :D

True enough. :)

Oh... I am using it as my main OS, is certainly is faster. Also, benchmarks show that.

If the beta is anything to go by, no.

So far I've tried playing The Guild and both Thiefs (the latter with the latest ddfix), both run too slowly to be playable. I think this is due to the fact that Aero cannot be disabled under any circumstances in Windows 8 as it "must be enabled at all times". You can thank Metro for that.

I'll be trying more GOGs in time.

No they just own his soul.

For once I actually agree.
The memory usage (not cache) seems to have dropped significantly. It's now almost comparable to KDE under a heavyweight Linux Distro (although with less eye-candy) at roughly 500mb idle.

Previously in Windows 7, including a lighter replacement shell (bbLean) and without explorer.exe running, I've managed between 900mb and 1.2gb usage at idle just after booting (which is obscenely high).

Memory usage has extremely little to do with performance, just because an application/OS takes less RAM doesn't mean it's actually more performant nor more optimized.

Comparing the memory usage between two different OS is also kind of pointless has they often have different ways of calculating "available"/"used" memory.

kavazovangel, we know by now that you perceive Windows 8 as the next best thing since sliced bread. There certainly is no need to repeat that in every single thread where Windows 8 happens to be mentioned, especially when your praise is (a) actually detracting from the question that the thread asked, and (b) plain wrong in its generality (see TheJoe's statement).

I think grynn already answered the question. In theory, no additional conversion should be necessary - games that run on Windows 7 _should_ run on Windows 8 as well. How it turns out practice, we'll have to wait and see. There may be some roadblocks (TheJoe mentioned a potential one), but we can't tell yet whether these will persist through the official release.

There are games that run on Vista, but don't run on 7. Yet 7 performs better.