Windows 8

[Joe_S]

Has anybody esle tried the Windows 8 developer release yet? I just loaded on th a Virtual Hard Disk and dual boot it with Windows 7. I hate the opening page with all the tiles. I'll play with it a bit I guess. The Vrtual Hard Disk allows you to create a bootable virtual partition is just a file and not actually format the drive.

Joe

[cuernudo]

I have, I played a bit with this release,  I agree, they need to do something with the opening page, beside that, I really like how my system is handling Windows 8........

[Bill_S]

Besides the opening window, do you guys know what major differences there are between it and 7?

[Joe_S]

I just started with it last night. Just like with Vista they've hid some things like run and command prompt. It's similar to Windows 7 and I found a utility to get to the desktop and avoid the Metro mess.I created a Virtual Hard Drive instead of partitioning. It's just a file but gets treated like a drive. I've noticed Fire Fox works but isn't fully functional. You can't change the font size.

Joe

[Bill_S]

I've heard that one of its main features will be for running eslates and epads.  Maybe that's why it's opening window looks like that.

[ThePizzaMatrix]

Yep! It's a new interface replacing Windows explorer called "Metro", but the old Windows explorer will still be present in the final build.

[Joe_S]

I found a utility that bypasses Metro goes straight to desktop and gives you the regular start menu. Over all I'm not that excited with Windows 8. Vista was pretty doggy and Windows 7 was a noticeable improvement even the first public beta. I don't see a big change in Windows 8 except for the Metro annoyance. The Virtual Hard Disk in Windows 7 is handy it avoids the need to actually partition to dual boot and you can just delete the file when you are done. I haven't loaded much software yet some of it was troublesome to get it going on Windows 7.

Joe

[Awopero]

The Windows 8 GUI is awesome, I got the chance to play all the weekend with it and I just love it. 

[Bill_S]

What are some of the things you love about it?

[ThePizzaMatrix]

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Bill_S wrote:

What are some of the things you love about it?

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I love that is not like Lion and didn't kill industry standard protocols in favor of proprietary protocols that made 99% of 3rd party devices incompatible

Oh wait.... So Lion = Vista?

I just hope that the final build of W8 doesn't go that route...