Microsoft DirectX 8.1b is the latest version of the DirectX technology, an important and significant part of the Windows operating systems. This version of DirectX can replace the all previous released versions of DirectX. It includes several critical fixes for Direct3D and DirectShow components. In related news, industry sources have confirmed that Microsoft’s DirectX 9 is likely to arrive in October, quite a while later than ATI’s R300 Nvidia-buster.
DirectX 8.1b Runtime for Windows 98/Me
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And doing stuff like what is mentioned in the DirectX 9 link about earlier releases could (and should) turn the R300 into an ATI-buster. For shame!
And doing stuff like what is mentioned in the DirectX 9 link about earlier releases could (and should) turn the R300 into an ATI-buster. For shame!
Sorry, but why would it be a ATI-buster? Because Windows isn’t the future of computing? Which explains them still having 95% of the world’s desktops. If any OS would to get that amount of market share fast, perhaps all countries would make it compulsary to use it 🙂
Which explains them still having 95% of the world’s desktops. If any OS would to get that amount of market share fast, perhaps all countries would make it compulsary to use it 🙂
Maybe you should spend more time learning about different versions of Windows rather than looking at market statistics.
The core of 98 and Me is no longer being developed and is about 2/4 years old now so it really isn’t the future of computing.
Geez..
Maybe you should spend more time learning about different versions of Windows rather than looking at market statistics.
The core of 98 and Me is no longer being developed and is about 2/4 years old now so it really isn’t the future of computing.
IIRC, DirectX 9 was made for Windows NT, I don’t see the whole big fuss. Geez!
Besides, in a year or two, Windows XP would have outnumbers 98 or Me or 95.
The “Future of Computing” comment was sparked by the follwing thought: A blurb about a minor “b” release of a OS component for a dead-end OS line (Win95/98/ME) (that confusingly mentioned several fixes related to Windows 2000), seemed particulary un-newsworthy. For better or worse, Windows XP and its offspring are the future of computing for the Windows platform.
Thought two:
IMHO Hardware makers shouldn’t be including OS components with thier products. This kind of thing was/is the major cause of DLL hell with software makers. They especially should not be doing this if:
– The components are not the official release versions
– You can’t upgrade said components to the newer official components, as was apparently the case with ATI’s DX8.1 release.
Vendors that do this kind of thing deserve to be shunned.
Bundling OFFICIAL DX updates with the HW (or game) is OK in my book, since the download can be daunting for some users, but it should be the OFFICIAL RELEASE and should be a noticably separate option (even if required) during install of the HW/game.
Windows XP may outperform Windows 98/Me, but Microsoft still has to support them for 3 more years. That’s what I like about Microsoft, they support their software with upgrades for 5 years, something it’s stiffest competitor don’t do (all new Apple software would be Jaguar only)
Isn’t that about 1/6 of how long IBM will support OS/2?
Maybe we have just been conditioned to think 5 years is a long time considering how often MS expects us to buy a new OS from them. It is really a short time. We are too easily pleased.