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Windows 8 to have native ISO support

1.1k views · started by Kain ·
#1
Windows 8 to have native ISO support
Windows 8 To Have Native ISO Support


With Microsoft being one of the main antagonists against piracy, I can't honestly see why they'd do this.

Giving people the ability to torrent, and use ISO's more easily seems like the opposite of what they'd want to do.
#2
Well i think they didn't it's people who have been maybe extracting the DVD.
#3
Dummy!! wrote:
Well i think they didn't it's people who have been maybe extracting the DVD.


Which, if you have read the article, it does not support. Why give native support for files that can only be retrieved via downloading, or through programs usually only used by pirates?

I have never seen a single normal user use ISOs to backup their DVD's.
#4
Maybe they got it all figured out :P , I've seen downloaded versions, and my cousin always calls me up to fix it cause they always find out it's cracked and i keep getting Keyloaders like Extream loader which is so far the BEST.
#5
I have no idea what you're talking about.
#6
Windows 8 seems to be OK at the moment. I don't fully understand this. Did they just build a Virtual PC Function into windows? If so, it's about damn time. "Easier to view the contents of the ISO", could have just used Winrar to do so or 7zip. And in all honesty, I think they should have named the drives that were virtual with virtual in the name so it doesn't take up drive names. eg, Virtual _ C wont effect the original C Drive.
#7
ISO is just another method of packing. Its an image file, so maybe they thought that more people would switch from Mac to PC because of simpler native iso support. I'd rather have more customers, what they do is there business. Its all about marketing.
#8
Windows 8 doesn't exist to me just yet, I don't like how they have the tiling setup. But I don't know what they have and haven't changed in it just yet. I'll have to catch up with what they're doing.
#9
What is the difference between 7 and 8 ? o_o
#10
Dummy!! wrote:
What is the difference between 7 and 8 ? o_o

What's the difference between Vista and 7?