Windows 8

[mgirdwood]

Hi All

i haven't been able to find a specific post on this so i will ask in the hope that the knowledge is out there 

just about considering the move to a new Windows machine which probably have to be Win 8,   given the problems i had switching away from XP to 7 with our software does anyone know if the standard tools are compatible or need a heap of tweaking

Ascom,

phd, ( i can't get phd 2 to run on my win 7 machine )

nebulosity,

astro tortilla

CdC

Artemis Capture

PI

Cheers

Mark 

[Yoddha]

Hi Mark,

My development machine is with Win 8, so it is not seen much star light. I have checked ASCOM, CDC, PI, PHD, PHD2 and of course APT On dry tests everything looks fine, but on my observing machine I still keep the Win 7...

[AstroGZ]

I just made the leap to Windows 8.1 too, bit of a shock at first but am now used to it! ASCOM and PHD 2 work with no problems, as does EQMOD and CDC. The others I don't know about. 

Hope this helps

[bobmoss]

If you can't get it all running under Windows 8 you could always consider running a Windows 7 virtual machine. I do that for my software development tools as it also means I can quickly move it onto another machine if my main laptop dies without having to re-install everything!

[wuthton]

I can confirm that everything on your list works fine with Windows 8/8.1.

The only trouble I had was with the driver for a Phillips spc900 and I had to buy the new version of the Eqdir cable.

[mgirdwood]

Thanks everyone, 

camera test underway and at least if there are still issues i can jump to Win 8

Mark

[Davey-T]

Been having problems with Stellarium and Win 8.1 downloaded V 0.13.0 and fixed one problem and gained a new one.

Dave