software versions for new windows 8 laptop

[chow choppe]

hi everyone

 

i have just received my new gaming laptop

Asus G750JX-CV069P

 

it has windows 8 64bit

 

now i need to install 3dsmax , vray and photoshop on it along with other plugins like multiscatter etc.

can you guys please guide me as to which versions of these softwares will work on this laptop as i have never used windows 8.

currently i was using 3dsmax2011 64bit on my wondows 7 pc

 

thanks

[chow choppe]

please reply guys

[Dimitris Tolios]

Link (like the 3rd result in Google): Windows 8 Support for Autodesk products

[chow choppe]

thanks dmitris for the link

but i am a little confused with the following

"Unless indicated otherwise, this information applies to the 2013-2011 versions of all Autodesk products. Autodesk product versions of 2010 and earlier are no longer supported and are not included in considerations of Windows 8 compatibility."

the list below htis text doesnt show 2011 though.

 

what am i missing?

[Dimitris Tolios]

thanks dmitris for the link

but i am a little confused with the following

"Unless indicated otherwise, this information applies to the 2013-2011 versions of all Autodesk products. Autodesk product versions of 2010 and earlier are no longer supported and are not included in considerations of Windows 8 compatibility."

the list below htis text doesnt show 2011 though.

 

what am i missing?

 

It includes the 2011.

Probably most newer applications - especially 64bit - will work fine with Windows 8.

 

Some maybe won't work, or might work with some issues here and there, and whoever gets affected will start blowing it out of proportion on how crap Windows compatibility is, that they should still be using Windows XP etc.

 

Truth is, the OS maker (Microsoft) has no responsibility or promised to make new OSs compatible with EVERYTHING old. They do their best and we should be happy. It is not better or easier in Linux, it is definitely not better or easier in MacOS (and changes happen often on all).

 

And ofc it is not a usual practice for companies like Autodesk to bother with service packs and major updates on programs that are 3 or more versions (or 3 or more years) behind. Corporations with their on software for certain tasks even hold on to XP cause the don't care about the ancient memory management issues or anything more than having to re-author their homegrown applications.

 

In reality, if the issue is between an expensive upgrade for Autodesk and/or Adobe suites vs. OS, most people would just change the OS (i.e. back to Win 7) but I think outside the cost issue, Win 8 shouldn't be that much of a problem as so may with no experience past a few minutes or no personal experience at all make it sound.