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| Windows 8 RTM relased to MSDN; Evaluation version released |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2012-08-15 21:30:05 |
| Microsoft has made Windows 8's final release available to MSDN and TechNet subscribers, so if you are one of those - have fun. The 90-day trial has also been released, so us mere mortals can have a go at it as well. The evaluation version is Windows 8 Enterprise, so it contains a number of features regular users normally won't see. As far as I can tell - it's a bit unclear - the trial version cannot be upgraded to a final version a few months down the line. Happy testing! |
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| Pass |
| By Lorin on 2012-08-15 21:44:29 |
| For the first time, I will pass |
 - Score: 11 |
| RE: Pass |
| By mkools on 2012-08-15 23:15:34 |
| Same here. I wouldn't even run it if they gave me a free copy + $200. |
| - Score: 8 |
| Why would you want it on your PC? |
| By kragil on 2012-08-16 00:16:20 |
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Is there anything you really need that it does noticably faster or better than Windows 7? Going from XP or Vista to 7 is a move I can understand. Going from 7 to 8 .. not so much. Ideas? |
| - Score: 2 |
| RE: Why would you want it on your PC? |
| By WorknMan on 2012-08-16 00:44:16 |
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Well, there's a little more to Windows 8 than Metro: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fea... Granted, this isn't mind-blowing stuff, and you can get most of this functionality with 3rd party apps, but for a $40 upgrade, I'll probably bite. At least it's a few less apps I'll have to install, and I'm sure there'll be a few interesting apps for Metro... er, I mean Windows 8 over time :) If it's not any slower than Windows 7, I think it'll do all right. If you install a launcher or something, you'll never have to look at Metro once you're booted into classic. |
| - Score: 4 |
| To PAE or not to PAE? That is the question! |
| By tomchr on 2012-08-16 01:02:23 |
| Could someone check the status on PAE/NX requirement this time around and report back? |
| - Score: 1 |
| RE[2]: Pass |
| By JeeperMate on 2012-08-16 01:23:32 |
| What if they gave you more than that, say a big house and a fancy car, but you must actually use the OS day in and day out exclusively until a newer version is released, would you change your mind? |
| - Score: 3 |
| RE[2]: Pass |
| By aligatro on 2012-08-16 01:35:52 |
| I would take the 200 dollars and never run it. xD |
| - Score: 9 |
| RE: To PAE or not to PAE? That is the question! |
| By malxau on 2012-08-16 02:37:05 |
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Here's the official story: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/... PAE/NX/SSE2 are enforced requirements now. |
| - Score: 2 |
| Comment by Drumhellar |
| By Drumhellar on 2012-08-16 03:16:43 |
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Well, it's not available via MSDN-AA yet. EDIT: Well, Ars says that it'll take time for it to propagate through all of Microsoft's mirrors, so that may be why. Edited 2012-08-16 03:21 UTC |
| - Score: 2 |
| RE[2]: To PAE or not to PAE? That is the question! |
| By kaiwai on 2012-08-16 04:13:45 |
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> Here's the official story: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/... PAE/NX/SSE2 are enforced requirements now. Interesting that PAE is mandatory which will probably mean that any drivers targeting Windows x86 and looking for certification will have to be PAE compatible - I wonder what pushed that, customers wanting to keep with Windows x86 but needing support for more than 4GB? |
| - Score: 2 |
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