Windows 8

[dud]

Bring back Windows ME!

 

[Oil]

I'll upgrade for Win 9 when they work out the kinks with Metro UI

 

[ViviTheMage]

You're missing the obvious "I'll get it when it comes on my new computer" option. Most people never install an OS on their computer... they just use what's already there.

Hell, many of them never even bother uninstalling the bloatware.

This is AT though ... those kind of bloatware users aren't here

 

[Spikesoldier]

Seems like the mods are letting more and more bullshit threads like this slide. Too busy I guess...

Wrong section.

seems like apple fags cant stay in their own section.


Note: see PM about this infraction of the rules here.

 

[thescreensavers]

if its listed in MSDNAA for free Ill get it.

 

[gothamhunter]

Downloaded it last night but it didn't want to install on VMware fusion with win7 settings. Going to try it with boot camp and see if that works.

Put it on workstation 8:
http://brandonscott.co.uk/windows-8-developer-preview-on-vmware-workstation-8/

 

[phreaqe]

i have it running on vmware and all i can say is wow. they are going for the gold with this release. its a very bold move and i really think it will pay off in the long run. i am not crazy about all the changes, but i have found many things that i look forward to having on my desktop when it get released next year. i am not all that crazy that the start menu doesn't exist any more though....

 

[FoBoT]

i made my DVD this morning, but haven't got the guts of the computer assembled yet

also, for those with MSDN, Windows SERVER 8 preview is available today

 

[JulesMaximus]

I'm running Windows 7. No plans to upgrade at this time.

 

[lxskllr]

Windows? Is that anything like Debian? :^D

If I don't get a copy free, I'll download a copy to get familiar with it for support purposes, but I use Linux pretty much exclusively.

 

[hclarkjr]

have technet account so as soon as it is posted there i will have it installed

 

[alfa147x]

seems like apple fags cant stay in their own section.

btw your computer sucks.

 

[dud]

i have it running on vmware and all i can say is wow. they are going for the gold with this release. its a very bold move and i really think it will pay off in the long run. i am not crazy about all the changes, but i have found many things that i look forward to having on my desktop when it get released next year. i am not all that crazy that the start menu doesn't exist any more though....

Your words provide contradicting information.

Please provide clarification ...

 

[mnewsham]

Seems like the mods are letting more and more bullshit threads like this slide. Too busy I guess...

Wrong section.

Alright where should I post a poll gauging off topic's view on something... The poll is for ATOT not other boards.

 

[alfa147x]

Alright where should I post a poll gauging off topic's view on something... The poll is for ATOT not other boards.

Not in OT...? How fucking hard is that.

 

[boomhower]

When it comes out if I am still with MS. I am a sucker for new OS's, I even had ME and Vista. Considering giving MacOS a shot with my next notebook. We'll see in a year or so.

 

[Spikesoldier]

btw your computer sucks.

I knew you would get mad after getting your ego kicked in.

Btw, that rig is a secondary rig in sig. It will still kick the Shit out of all your macs, despite being put together out of all spare parts.

 

[alfa147x]

I knew you would get mad after getting your ego kicked in.

Btw, that rig is a secondary rig in sig. It will still kick the Shit out of all your macs, despite being put together out of all spare parts.

Oh yeah?!? I'm calling bullshit. There is no computer faster than a Mac Pro!

 

[rockyct]

Microsoft is going big with Win8 and they deserve a lot of credit for that. If they can pull off a UI that uses touch, voice, mouse, keyboard, or kinect (?) all effectively, then they will have pulled off a massive accomplishment. I think it's a good sign that they've seen touch and lower end devices like tablets are going to be a big part of the computing landscape.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

I'll probably upgrade to Windows 8 as I've managed to skip Windows 7 altogether.

 

[alfa147x]

I'll probably upgrade to Windows 8 as I've managed to skip Windows 7 altogether.

Vista ftw!

 

[ethebubbeth]

I've installed it in a VirtualBox VM. Not liking the Meto UI thus far.

 

[davmat787]

I'm actually pretty psyched about it. It runs on 1GB of RAM, can run on ARM processors, and Balmer hired coders that were under 60 years old to build it.

Now that is just not nice, but an lol. I worked with many of those guys in the NT Base Group, for about ten years, and it is very hard to get new NT Kernel devs. Especially when NT was those guys baby from the get go. Now if you are talking about the UI group, that is a different story. You want those crusty old guys owning the kernel, the more robust it is, the more can run on top of it.

I will run W8 when it RTM's, I have done more than my fair share of running dev builds. Hell, I remember installing the new builds of W2K, XP, Vista, the week after we RTM'ed. Not much time to run the fruits of your labor so to speak, although usually everyone did on their laptop for corpnet access reasons.

 

[dwell]

Desktop operating systems are so 2006.

 

[Lonyo]

Another one already? Am I getting old or is the release cycle speeding up? It seems like I used XP forever.

You're just stuck a small way into the past, but not that far.
Rather than being stuck in the past where there was a 3 year release cycle, you're stuck in the past with the gap from XP to Vista.
We're now back to the 3 year release cycle of the 90s, so there's nothing odd about it, and it's not speeding up, it's just at the same rate it's been for almost 20 years, excluding XP to Vista (and ignoring Win ME as a horrible abortion which never existed).