Windows 8 Arrives

Re:Windows 8 Arrives by jaybill on Thursday October 25, 2012 @05:01PM (#4699557)

And it STILL doesn't play DVDs without additional software! sigh

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Re:Windows 8 Arrives by MrMember on Thursday October 25, 2012 @05:29PM (#4699663)

This makes sense from Microsoft's point of view. Why would they pay a royalty fee on every copy of Windows when such a small percentage of users play DVDs? Especially when the fix is as easy as just downloading VLC.

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Re:Windows 8 Arrives by freehunter on Friday October 26, 2012 @12:46AM (#4700905)

I have to imagine Microsoft picturing the majority of Windows 8 machines (between tablets and laptops) not including a DVD drive.

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Re:Windows 8 Arrives by potatolicious on Thursday October 25, 2012 @05:08PM (#4699587)

This seems far less egregious now than it was a few years ago...

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Re:Windows 8 Arrives by pkmays on Thursday October 25, 2012 @05:34PM (#4699683)

Oddly, Windows 7 Pro does have DVD support out of the box.

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Re:Windows 8 Arrives by RexRollman on Thursday October 25, 2012 @06:21PM (#4699857)

Windows 7 does play DVDs out of the box. IIRC, so did Vista. I am surprised they went backward on this.

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Re:Windows 8 Arrives by ygra on Friday October 26, 2012 @04:14AM (#4701322)

Licensing fees. Most copies of Windows never play a single DVD, so why let everyone pay?

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