Microsoft has "no plan" to release DirectX 11.1 for Windows 7

I always laugh when I see the boot times argument brought up.

This isn't windows 98! do you shutdown your pc and boot it up everyday?

I haven't had a need to do that since window XP.

On or sleep or hiberate and that's it.

You guys must have some unstable computers if you need to shut it down all the time!

Breaking news just in...

Things run faster on SSD.

I think M$ will change their minds when they see the sales of Windows 8 go flat. Either way I don't care. It's too small of an update. 3D is not a selling point, because 3D is garbage.

"My windows 8 boots in <10 sec on a ssd"

"Mine boots in 13 seconds on an SSD. I couldn't agree with you more"

Alright, my pc using win7 home premium 64bit boots in 13-15 seconds on a HDD.. Funny to hear those comment, the main factor why your win8 boot faster isn't because you're using win8 rather because your SSD

Why are you insinuating our PC's must be unstable, if we choose to shut it down each night? I never have used standby and don't care for hibernation. I either keep my PC running 24/7 or I shut it down.

If we choose to shut it down, doesn't mean our computer is unstable. If you think that way, that means there's something unstable within your head

Thanks for the update. As often happens, turns out it's much ado about nothing. Windows 7 will get the DX11.1 updates like Vista got the DX11 updates, I.e., most of them except what requires a new driver model.

I have a feeling that Microsoft won't do this mistake again in next Windows, they will jump full version numbers even with "minor" enhancements.

Why would you do a full shutdown instead of just sleeping the computer. It takes 2 seconds to wake up from sleep.

It's not about dual booting between Windows and Linux, it's about dumping Windows and only running Linux. With Steam releasing a Linux client and some games for Linux, this is more of a reality. Will it take off quickly, most likely it will take time however I'm sure some companies will do some test runs and if it makes money they will continue, if not, they won't support it. It's all about the money and yes most of it is in Windows but doesn't mean it has to stay there.

I think you are lying or you think user selection screen is considered fully booted.

it's pretty much why everyone hates it. I can handle the bad mouse and keyboard controls, but the fullscreen on "windows" is what's so annoying. the only time I use metro is when I search and I don't like it at all.
I used to use the start menu to check on what files I've used in the past with certain programs, now I can't do that anymore and it helped a lot while I was working.

This just makes me even less likely to buy windows 8 , I'm not having it forced down my throat.

Dont worry folks because OpenGL DOES now work faster. Nvidia working with Steam are bringing PC gaming mainstream on Linux and it IS the future.