AutoCAD LT 2013 + Windows 8 = ?

[dhacht]

Has anyone tried running AutoCAD '13 in Windows 8? I know it's not on the list of supported OS's, but I'm curious if anyone's tried it and if they've had any luck. I have an old copy of LT '08 at home and it works just fine after I upgraded to Win 8 there, but I'd like to get some opinions before I make any recommendations here at the office one way or the other. Is there anything in Windows 8 that might keep AC from running properly? Has there been any official word from Autodesk about a compatibility patch for the program?

Thanks.

[pendean · Accepted solution]

I installed the Win8 preview on a Win7 PC with LT2013 already installed and had no issues. But the combo is still not officially supported and some users are reporting difficulties actually installing 2012-2013 on new Win8 (software is not recognizing the OS).

I'd wait for official word and possibly patches first.

[dhacht]

Okay, thank you Dean.

[JHoogstede]

I installed a fresh install of the final Windows 8 Pro last week (bought it online). I also installed my LT2013 which seems to work fine. However there's a very annoying thing and that is that my window-top (which has the login data etc.) is clearly white, also the text so it is very hard to read.

I also tried to install the Service Pack 1.1 but that doesn't work. It keeps giving an error (can't access/find a file) and quits installing.

But besides that...it works fine for me at the moment.