Anyone download the Windows 8 Developer Preview?

[spookyturtle 9,465]

Anyone here check this out yet?

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/br229516

[rsn 135]

Anyone here check this out yet?

http://msdn.microsof...s/apps/br229516

I keep telling myself i will, but I haven't yet. My computers at home are a bit antiquated, so perhaps I'll give it a whirl at work. I'd strongly recommend running it on a VM since it's not even beta (it's a developer's build).

[spookyturtle 9,465]

I keep telling myself i will, but I haven't yet. My computers at home are a bit antiquated, so perhaps I'll give it a whirl at work. I'd strongly recommend running it on a VM since it's not even beta (it's a developer's build).

A friend of mine is running on his Mac with Parallels. I thing Metro UI is going to be great for a tablet. It really is a new and refreshing look, something different from iOS and Android.

I've downloaded it, but I haven't installed it yet. How much trouble can I get into if I run it on a separate partition? Could I mess up my main drive?

Edited September 22, 2011 by spookyturtle

[MyLittlePony 340]

I was going to buy a new laptop soon but ill wait for new windows 8.

[spookyturtle 9,465]

I was going to buy a new laptop soon but ill wait for new windows 8.

It won't be out for about a year or so.

[MyLittlePony 340]

It won't be out for about a year or so.

I still have windows vista lol.

[rsn 135]

I downloaded it and attempted to install it using VirtualBox. It crashed VB in the same place, early on in the install, each time. Guess it needs some work.

[웃 910]

You've got to be sh!tting me..I think I'll switch to Apple next time around. I'm due for an upgrade in about a year.

[rsn 135]

You've got to be sh!tting me..I think I'll switch to Apple next time around. I'm due for an upgrade in about a year.

I doubt this is anything to worry about. It's a developers build, that is, pre-beta. For all I know it could be an issue with virtual box. Expect anything pre-beta to potentially have show stopping issues. Besides, anything apple is Hella overpriced. I'm sure win 8 will be fine.

Edited September 30, 2011 by rsn

[Dakine10 5,452]

I installed it on an old pentium-D/1GB/DDR1 system I had sitting out in the garage. Just to see how it ran.

So far it looks like Windows 7 after you get past the metro UI. Messed around with it for about half an hour or so, and have to say I don't like the metro UI at all. I couldn't find a way to reenable the old start menu, supposedly there is a registry hack to do this but I didn't try it. Hopefully they have the option to enable this in the final build.

It automatically detected and set up my USB wireless adapter (which Windows 7 didn't do), and then downloaded some drivers online. Found everything except the video card driver, which I couldn't find manually either. Installed sound drivers but couldn't windows audio service to start. Overall install was pretty quick, 10-15 minutes or so on an old setup like this was impressive. Start up and shut down is quick too.

I'm sure a lot will change before the release, but overall, nothing here so far that's worth paying the $200 or so to upgrade on a desktop computer. Maybe better on a laptop or tablet I guess.

[spookyturtle 9,465]

I installed it on an old pentium-D/1GB/DDR1 system I had sitting out in the garage. Just to see how it ran.

So far it looks like Windows 7 after you get past the metro UI. Messed around with it for about half an hour or so, and have to say I don't like the metro UI at all. I couldn't find a way to reenable the old start menu, supposedly there is a registry hack to do this but I didn't try it. Hopefully they have the option to enable this in the final build.

It automatically detected and set up my USB wireless adapter (which Windows 7 didn't do), and then downloaded some drivers online. Found everything except the video card driver, which I couldn't find manually either. Installed sound drivers but couldn't windows audio service to start. Overall install was pretty quick, 10-15 minutes or so on an old setup like this was impressive. Start up and shut down is quick too.

I'm sure a lot will change before the release, but overall, nothing here so far that's worth paying the $200 or so to upgrade on a desktop computer. Maybe better on a laptop or tablet I guess.

Metro is ideal for a tablet with a touchscreen. I hope they have a way to toggle it on/off for desktop use. Right now it's kind of crazy to go from the desktop start menu back to Metro to select an app. There is a hack to change this, so hopefully the retail version will fix this.