Xbox controllers for Windows

I have Win 8 gaming laptop.  I just picked up Assassins Creed I & II.  Kind of apparent when you play the game it was designed to be played on a console.
All that aside. I would like to get an Xbox style Controller for my laptop.  I understand you can use your Wireless Xbox controllers on our PC or wired for that matter.  You just need an adapter.
Any thoughts and or experience.
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Hi bobberuchi,
<ramble>
Lots of PC games are coming this way now. The interface for Skyrim was absolutely made for consoles and not for old school PC gamers like myself, much more so than Oblivion. Once upon a time PC games like Oblivion were ported over to consoles, but now I think we PC gamers are on the outside looking in.
</ramble over>
To your point, I’ve actually been able to use my Xbox 360 controller in my PC without any trouble at all. Just plug and play; Xbox controllers speak both Xbox and Games for Windows fluently. I haven’t tried it for Assassin’s Creed, but it’s worked for every other cross-platform game I’ve tried in the last year or two without any funny business: Batman Arkham City, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Fallout 3, Skyrim, Halo 2, and Dishonored. 
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