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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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| RE[3]: Pass |
| By ze_jerkface on 2012-08-17 03:22:29 |
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Here is the short list: Infrequently used start menu items Recent documents Being forced to boot into the metro VM hot spot problem Poor organization of start menu items And worst of all, the malware Metro screen that animates every time you want to do something simple like search or run a program from the start menu. But if you spend all day in a browser then you won't notice the difference. |
 - Score: 1 |
| RE[3]: Why would you want it on your PC? |
| By ze_jerkface on 2012-08-17 03:35:43 |
| It's also a fast boot into metro. |
| - Score: 1 |
| RE[4]: Why would you want it on your PC? |
| By bassbeast on 2012-08-17 04:53:57 |
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You mean TIFKAM, The Interface Formerly Known As Metro? Well you can kill it like Raid kills bugs with Classic Shell friend. That said the ONLY reason i'm getting a copy is because its cheap and I'll end up having to repair the retarded mess so having a version in a VM would probably be smart but for my day to day? Windows 7 is a little slice of heaven. |
| - Score: 2 |
| RE[3]: Why would you want it on your PC? |
| By WorknMan on 2012-08-17 04:57:51 |
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> Especially the removal of WMC and gadgets as this lets them turn right around and charge you for what was once a free part of the OS Media Center comes free with the $40 upgrade. And gadgets? Who the hell uses those? Besides, Metro is like one big gadget, if you're into that kind of thing :) |
| - Score: 3 |
| RE: Pass |
| By UltraZelda64 on 2012-08-17 06:19:11 |
| Yup. Same here. But don't worry... I tried the release preview and trust me, you're not missing much. Except maybe getting pissed off and banging your head against the wall at the stupidity of the interface if you attempt to run it on a machine with a normal screen, keyboard and mouse. |
| - Score: 3 |
| No need to pass Windows 8 |
| By twitterfire on 2012-08-17 11:27:58 |
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First thought was to pass Windows 8 due to its dreadful interface on desktop but as I gave it another thought I've realized it is easy to hack Windows 8 and write and add-on to provide classic start menu & interface. So when someone will release such an add-on either for free or for 5-30€, I will be happy to switch. |
| - Score: 2 |
| RE[3]: Pass |
| By twitterfire on 2012-08-17 11:30:13 |
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> I would take the 200 dollars and never run it. xD I will gladly pay 200 dollars not to be forced to use Metro on the desktop. :P |
| - Score: 1 |
| RE[3]: Pass |
| By twitterfire on 2012-08-17 11:33:11 |
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> > Same here. I wouldn't even run it if they gave me a free copy + $200. As a Mac user who is tempted to jump ship after giving the 90 day trial an install, I can't work out where what all the hatred is about - honestly. I'm sitting here on my iMac running Windows 8 and sure it is a bit different but holy shitballs the way some people react around here is as though Steve Ballmer with Steven Sinofsky in tow both took pot-shots at your mother. Compared to previous releases it finally appears that Microsoft understands the concept of fit and finish rather than previous releases looking little more than quasi distributions resulting from the haphazard amalgamation of different groups works into a single distribution. You see, that's the problem: we are Windows users and this one seems to be a release targeted at Mac users & demographics, that's why we hate it so bad. :) |
| - Score: 2 |
| RE: No need to pass Windows 8 |
| By twitterfire on 2012-08-17 11:58:10 |
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> First thought was to pass Windows 8 due to its dreadful interface on desktop but as I gave it another thought I've realized it is easy to hack Windows 8 and write and add-on to provide classic start menu & interface. So when someone will release such an add-on either for free or for 5-30€, I will be happy to switch. In fact I didn't research but after a quick google I've found: http://www.howtogeek.com/107711/... so I will probably switch to Windows 8. |
| - Score: 2 |
| Found a good one |
| By twitterfire on 2012-08-17 12:08:58 |
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Just found a good and free start menu alternative for windows 8: https://code.google.com/p/power8/ |
| - Score: 2 |
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