Programming in Windows 8

Feb 24, 2013 at 6:10am
Howdy! I'm currently in the process of selling my old decrepit mac and setting up a new desktop. I've got all of my specs figured out, and the only thing left to do is choose an OS: win7 or win8. I've heard that using win7 is much better for developers and programmers (for now), but after a year or so, win8 will become the standard. Is there any truth to this? What are you using now?

P.S. I'm also planning on dual booting windows and linux.
Feb 24, 2013 at 4:13pm
I'm running windows 8, and it is in no way different than developing on win7.
Feb 24, 2013 at 6:30pm
It's pretty much the same as programming on Win7(or Vista, or XP, for that matter), except there is the addition of WinRT, which is something you can mostly ignore if developing store apps isn't your thing.
Last edited on Feb 24, 2013 at 6:31pm
Feb 24, 2013 at 6:39pm
Just go for Windows 8. I also run on Windows 8, and my workflow hasn't changed in the slightest since the move from Windows 7. Except, of course, the improved boot times from 45 seconds in Windows 7 to 10 seconds in Windows 8.
Feb 24, 2013 at 11:25pm
i read somewhere that win 8 does not feature the win32 api. anyone know if this is true?
Feb 24, 2013 at 11:27pm
Yes, it's true; there are no programs on Windows 8 at all because there's no way to interface with the OS.
Feb 25, 2013 at 12:49am
Don't be facetious chrisname; there ARE programs on Windows 8, they've just switched over to the linux kernel.
Feb 25, 2013 at 5:29pm
While Linux now runs atop DOS.
Feb 25, 2013 at 10:10pm
closed account (Dy7SLyTq)
LINUX RUNS ON DOS!!! WHAT MADNESS IS THIS?
Feb 25, 2013 at 11:41pm
... I read 'atop' as 'atoi'

I felt you should know.
Feb 26, 2013 at 2:33pm
I wonder when we'll get the Win64 API.
Feb 26, 2013 at 4:13pm
closed account (z05DSL3A)
I wonder when it will be called Windows API by developers* like it is suposed to be
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc433218%28VS.85%29.aspx


Overview of the Windows API wrote:
The Windows application programming interface (API) .... (Note that this was formerly called the Win32 API. The name Windows API more accurately reflects its roots in 16-bit Windows and its support on 64-bit Windows.)


*That also includes Microsoft.
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