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Microsoft Makes Direct X 11.1 a Windows 8 Exclusive

Posted by Unknown on Monday November 12, 2012 @01:11PM from the year-of-the-linux-desktop dept.

BluPhenix316 writes "Microsoft has made Direct X 11.1 a Windows 8 Exclusive. I think this is merely an update to make Direct X more integrated with Windows 8. Is this going to be the trend? To lock you into the OS updates so Windows 7 doesn't last as long as Windows XP has?" The update is pretty minor, but it does add Stereoscopic rendering, and there seemed to be an implication that no new DirectX updates after this will be made for Windows 7.

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Let's hope Steam on Linux gathers... steam by e065c8515d206cb0e190 · 2012-11-12 13:13 · Score: 5, Interesting

and we won't have to put up with this anymore.
Re:What do you expect? by number6x · 2012-11-12 14:26 · Score: 5, Interesting

I use Linux so I'm no longer an authority on Windows, but why switch? Can't you just use Windows 7 for a few years? You don't have to get a new computer or update your OS just because something new has come out. If Windows 7 works for you keep using it.
In Linux land gnome 3 was a terrible interface. However each month developers came out with tweeks, applets and extensions that made it useful for users. I just kept using XFCE, but the point is don't worry about Windows 8. Either it will become workable, or it will be replaced by Windows 9.
Windows XP didn't hit it's stride until SP2, so relax. Use what you are using and wait it out.
It could also be that this version of Direct X is Windows 8 specific. I don't use Windows, but is it common to have that small 'a' subscript in a release. It sure seems odd to me. Like it is some kind of sub-release targeted ad a specific sub architecture of Windows.