Is there anyone out there running minecraft on a Acer Iconia? I played minecraft on it before running windows 7 but now i cant get it to work with windows 8. And i know how to run minecraft in windows 8 since i have been doing so on my desktop pc since the first leaked version of win8. But for some reason I just cant make it work. However I modify settings and drivers and so on either faults occur: * Downlads minecraft but stops at black screen before menu (as the opengl issue) * Can't connect to minecraft.net (at all) * Java error code and shutdown (this is fixed though) The thing is i've tried various drivers including the ones that I had before OS change. So the OpenGL like fault should not be an OpenGL fault. Not that it makes any difference but I got the 3G version w501. -------------------- Sorry for my bad english and thanks for any help provided!!
Seems a widespread problem, and I'm afraid I can't help. Full info's here: http://empireminecraft.com/threads/windows-8-minecraft-do-not-update.17132/
Also, you seem to be good with computers. If you are, i suggest making your PC dualboot with a version of linux, and play MC on there until the W8 error is fixed. Of course, make sure you know what you are doing if you do it
The problem isnt windows 8 itself. its a usually a handtwist to make it work on win8. the problem i got is the iconia. I would agree that windows 7 is better than windows 8. but if you would have done your homework jkjkjk182 you would know that the w501 is a touch interface pc, wich gives windows 8 an extreme advantage in user interface. and on the plus side it actually needs less of the icona to run than win7 and leaving more resources for other programs. And i wont dualboot it cause its a pain to make linux stable on it. It screws up the 3g modem, the bluetooth, screenrotation, ect...
