Windows 8 Developer Preview

[bboylalu]

Hi guys. As you all know (hopefully) I'm in love both with Android and with Spica. So it's not about pledging for anything, nor am I a Microsoft employee ).
I just installed Windows 8 Developer Preview and I must admit it's... it's... AWESOME! Not sure it's the perfect product for desktop users at the moment, in matters of UI, but it's definitely usable. The home screen has a metro interface, but you can switch it easily to "desktop" mode.
What's totally annoying, is that the start button becomes something completely different, and it takes you to the Metro interface if you click it.
Now... what can I say? I'm completely surprised of how much I like it and I would definitely love to see it running on my tablet (which would be more like a compact PC - yeap, that's how they call them, PCs, but they look totally like tablets). And to be sincere? As I grew up with Windows and it's the OS which I use the most (besides Android, which I started using only one year and a half ago), and I am counting mostly on Windows applications, thinking that I could have a tablet/hybrid running Windows 8 makes me giggle . Being able to run any *.exe and having a seamless integration with the PC, sounds just marvelous. And yes, sadly if it were for me to choose between having a tablet with Honeycomb or one running Windows 8, I would totally go for Windows 8. It seems just amazing to me. Again, I don't want to discredit Android in anyway, as it's the one I love the most, but in matters of utility... Anyway, they're two totally different things!
Anyway! Besides what I specified earlier, what I noticed is that the Metro apps, after you switch to desktop mode and you go to Task Manager, become "suspended", which looks totally like Android! It's a total ripoff! Also, when looking at task manager, I noticed that the CPU is running at different speeds, depending on what I'm doing (can't remember Windows doing this on its own without the ASUS utility). These two things mean longer battery life and lower power consumption I suppose (for laptops, tablets, portable PCs).
Had no problem with drivers, nor with apps, except for EasyBCD (yeah, this is my 5th OS at the moment, and I really need that, but I'll find a workaround with good ol' Ubuntu ).
If anyone else gives it a try, leave your comments/opinions here, as I'm really curious of your side of the story .
Again, try not to throw stones at me, please . I love Android and this post wasn't about Android vs. Windows.

P.S.: By using a hibernation file / state (I suppose), on my Intel Core 2 Quad 2.3 processor with 2GB of RAM, it loads (from complete shutdown, counting after the POST message) in 6 FREAKIN SECONDS!!! Also, shutdown takes about 3-4 seconds, which is SIMPLY AMAZING!

[dioggo92]

it loads (from complete shutdown, counting after the POST message) in 6 FREAKIN SECONDS!!! Also, shutdown takes about 3-4 seconds, which is SIMPLY AMAZING!

WOW!

[joenie2010]

Yes it is nice, but i don't get those extra apps from the start-screen loaded (the metro thing) do you know how to do that?

[Akinaro]

you cant use any exe on tablet version of win8, and i mean not only amr version. its not hardware problem but software, i dont see using acid music studio on screen.
not everything is good with touch control.

and if you ask me I dont like win8. its best example of "casual" user. we have product that look good, and nothing more. they forget that pc is for work, not for wathing background animations.

you know why people still use xp? because its os for hard work, compatible with programs that are created to do the job, not to show cool icons and animations. friendly user interface is not always minimalistic look.
if they gonna go this way, copying phone ui to pc i can say that windows ended after win7.

[arnelolavides]

Dude I'm still downloading..it..
Can you give me a tip..how do you install..it?I mean..have you dual boot it..I have 2 partitions...of my 500G ..I'm kinda scared to mess up my laptop which is running win 7

Help would be appreciated..
Tnx



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[abhinavjha]

Dude....It's not as awesome as u say.....at least not for non touch versions....the metro suspension thing is weird.....if i am uploading ,say, 500 pics from a metro app, i cannot switch to some other app,as it will suspend my uploading process too......so NO MULTITASKING for metro apps.....secondly, you can't exit a metro app normally....so alt-tab will irritate you...and thirdly, you can NOT run any exe file....try playing Counter- Strike in it...

[stojshic]

If you want old start menu back here's how to do it Hope it helps

[jipo]

Trying to install on Virtual Box 4.1.2
use windows other

after loading cd from image (*.iso), always error
"Need to restarting..."
0xFFFFFFF
0xFFFFFFF

trying on another computer, same results

[arnelolavides]

Yup..me too..got that error..I don't know if my download is broken or what...but..I can't install it with that error

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[jipo]

Just found another solution, install windows 8 using VHD, just try it and 100% works
Dual Boot Windows 8 from VHD using Windows Setup | Concurrency Blog