When does Windows 8 release? Thinking about getting it when I upgrade my computer.
[QUOTE=redBadger;36814235]When does Windows 8 release? Thinking about getting it when I upgrade my computer.[/QUOTE]
october
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;36801228][url]http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/04/windows-8-on-the-desktopan-awkward-hybrid/[/url][/QUOTE]
You, sir, are an idiot and a moron. If you took ANY TIME AT ALL to research the software, you'd find that you can, in fact, unpin things from the start menu, move them around, and arrange the Start Screen to your heart's content.
So I installed the release preview and I am thoroughly enjoying Windows 8.
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Only one thing that bugs me, is there a way to modify the search so that if I want to get to a setting say user account control settings, I don't have to click on settings every time I search for a setting.
On Windows 7 I could hit start type in something say "uac" for user account control settings and hit enter to open it instantly. Now I have to type uac and click on settings before it will show it.
It works for some things like mstsc, cmd, services.msc etc etc.
[QUOTE=reevezy67;36821572]So I installed the release preview and I am thoroughly enjoying Windows 8.
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Only one thing that bugs me, is there a way to modify the search so that if I want to get to a setting say user account control settings, I don't have to click on settings every time I search for a setting.
On Windows 7 I could hit start type in something say "uac" for user account control settings and hit enter to open it instantly. Now I have to type uac and click on settings before it will show it.
It works for some things like mstsc, cmd, services.msc etc etc.[/QUOTE]
I believe there was a shortcut for searching in Settings rather than Files. I think it was Win+I but I'm not sure about that.
Still not as convenient as just having to press the start button, I don't know why they cant have it search apps/settings/files in that order and just display them in different groups. There is plenty of room in metro and searching one at a time would prevent any search speed issues.
I did find a way to add them manually though, I just made one for device manager by creating a shortcut named Device Manager with the whole path "mmc devmgmt.msc" and putting it in C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
It's a little more convenient typing in "dev" than "mmc devmgmt.msc".
[editline]18th July 2012[/editline]
I do miss aero peek too :( even though it wasn't all that useful.
[editline]18th July 2012[/editline]
Pro's outweigh the con's still.
It's Win +W to open the settings search screen, yes. I actually like this way of finding stuff.
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;36801228][url]http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/04/windows-8-on-the-desktopan-awkward-hybrid/[/url][/QUOTE]
I'm all for bashing bad software and all, but god you ought to shut the fuck up and test what you're talking about once in a while. It gets old.
[QUOTE=reevezy67;36822041]Still not as convenient as just having to press the start button, I don't know why they cant have it search apps/settings/files in that order and just display them in different groups. There is plenty of room in metro and searching one at a time would prevent any search speed issues.
I did find a way to add them manually though, I just made one for device manager by creating a shortcut named Device Manager with the whole path "mmc devmgmt.msc" and putting it in C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
It's a little more convenient typing in "dev" than "mmc devmgmt.msc".
[editline]18th July 2012[/editline]
I do miss aero peek too :( even though it wasn't all that useful.
[editline]18th July 2012[/editline]
Pro's outweigh the con's still.[/QUOTE]
You don't have to have the mmc before devmgmt.msc just so you know. devmgmt.msc will still open it.
How does this release preview work if they are charging for an upgrade from 7 to 8? Is there a time limit or any limitations with this preview?
Also, if I disliked, would I be able to go back to Windows 7 without having to install it again?
I'm new to 8 so forgive me :P
[QUOTE=Mr. Agree;36825061]How does this release preview work if they are charging for an upgrade from 7 to 8? Is there a time limit or any limitations with this preview?
Also, if I disliked, would I be able to go back to Windows 7 without having to install it again?
I'm new to 8 so forgive me :P[/QUOTE]
You can use it just fine until Windows 8 is released, then you get 30 days (which you can re-arm twice (so 90 days if you'd bother to do that) before it'll start restarting every 2 hours.
[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;36825559]You can use it just fine until Windows 8 is released, then you get 30 days (which you can re-arm twice (so 90 days if you'd bother to do that) before it'll start restarting every 2 hours.[/QUOTE]
Can I delete it when Windows 8 is released and go back to Windows 7? Someone told me that you get option at boot?
[QUOTE=Mr. Agree;36825751]Can I delete it when Windows 8 is released and go back to Windows 7? Someone told me that you get option at boot?[/QUOTE]
You can install Windows 8 on a second drive and then you can choose between 7 and 8 at each boot. You can also just uninstall 8 and reinstall 7.
[B]ATTENTION ATTENTION[/B]
Mark your calendars, cause its official. Microsoft announced that Windows 8, is releasing on [B]OCTOBER 26th 2012[/B]
Oops, forgot to paste the source link: [b][url=http://news.yahoo.com/microsoft-windows-8-launches-october-26th-203033765.html]News Source[/url][/b]
Every once in a while, tech rumors turn out to be true, and this happens to be one of those instances. Microsoft’s Tami Reller, Corporate Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Windows and Windows Live, confirmed at the company’s Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in Toronto something most tech observers already believed to be the case: Windows 8 will be available to the general public sometime in late October.
Prior to the general release, Reller said Windows 8 will be released to manufacturers (RTM) the first week of August, which means upcoming PCs sporting the new operating system (OS) should arrive before the dog days of summer are over, and well in time for the back-to-school shopping season.
[I][B]Buy now or wait?
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That shouldn’t prevent you from buying a PC today if you simply can’t wait a moment longer, yet also want to invest in Microsoft’s latest (and greatest, according to Redmond) OS. Microsoft announced in June that people who buy a new PC with Windows 7 Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, or Ultimate will be eligible to [B]upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for $14.99[/B]. The upgrade program kicked off on June 2, 2012 and will run through January 31, 2013.
[I][B]Try before you buy and save
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Another (legal) way to avoid paying full price is to take advantage of Microsoft’s[B] $40 Windows 8 Pro upgrade offer for existing Windows users[/B]. This promotion also runs through January 31, 2013 and provides a discounted upgrade path to owners of licensed copies of Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7, no matter how old your PC is.
Even better, Microsoft recently confirmed it will make the $40 upgrade offer applicable to users of the Windows 8 Release Preview. That means you can kill two birds with one stone by giving Windows 8 a free test run to find out if you want to upgrade in the first place, and if so, an opportunity to make the jump to the final build at a significant discount. This effectively means the cost of Windows 8 — if you’re willing to install the Release Preview first — is just $40.
[I][B]Simplified choices
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Unlike Windows 7, Microsoft is making things relatively easy with Windows 8 by limiting the OS to just four versions, one of which applies to systems based on ARM architecture (Windows RT). The other three editions include Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro, and Windows 8 Enterprise. Home consumers will choose between the vanilla build and Pro version, the latter of which adds things like Remote Desktop server, BitLocker, and other odds and ends detailed in a [URL="http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive/2012/04/16/announcing-the-windows-8-editions.aspx"]Microsoft blog post[/URL].
So what's a win7->win8 upgrade gonna cost?
[QUOTE=Im Crimson;36829733]So what's a win7->win8 upgrade gonna cost?[/QUOTE]
$40, between now until January 31st, 2013.
Will it be on MSDNAA?
[QUOTE=woolio1;36814982]You, sir, are an idiot and a moron. If you took ANY TIME AT ALL to research the software, you'd find that you can, in fact, unpin things from the start menu, move them around, and arrange the Start Screen to your heart's content.[/QUOTE]
Uhh, I wasn't even criticizing Microsoft for that in the first place, retard. Whether or not you can move around the icons in Metro doesn't matter because either way the Office 2013 icons look like shit in Metro.
You'd think Microsoft would at least not half ass their own products and make them look presentable on their flagship OS.
If the problem is that desktop apps can't have nice icons, that's still Microsoft's fault for being inconsistent as fuck. Why force desktop users to use the Metro Start Screen if all their desktop apps are going to look like shit compared to the metro stuff? Yeah I get the legacy apps would look shitty either way, but new desktop apps made in 2012 should not be constrained by this.
Is the Windows 8 Consumer Preview stable enough to use as my only OS? I'm considering doing a Windows 7 reinstall soonish because I like doing a bi-annual reformat and I'm wondering if I should start using 8 now to get used to it
[QUOTE=zerotwelve;36831850]Is the Windows 8 Consumer Preview stable enough to use as my only OS? I'm considering doing a Windows 7 reinstall soonish because I like doing a bi-annual reformat and I'm wondering if I should start using 8 now to get used to it[/QUOTE]
Yes.
Consumer Preview wasn't, but Release Preview is.
I'll probably throw Windows 8 on my laptop, and keep my gaming rig on 7 (Some games, like KOTOR, run worse on 8 than 7).
I'm *fingers crossed* finally going to be building a PC here in a few months. Unsure if I should get Win7 and see preliminary results with Win8 or just wait and go straight to Win8 from the start.
I mean, it's only a $15 upgrade at this point.
[QUOTE=Mr. Bleak;36832898]I'm *fingers crossed* finally going to be building a PC here in a few months. Unsure if I should get Win7 and see preliminary results with Win8 or just wait and go straight to Win8 from the start.
I mean, it's only a $15 upgrade at this point.[/QUOTE]
I say 7, then buy the 8 upgrade and dualboot. Like I said, a lot of older games, DOS-emulated stuff, that sort of thing doesn't run as well in 8 (as of Consumer Preview. I haven't tested RP yet).
It's up to you, though.
-snip- nevermind I didn't go deep enough.
[QUOTE=ShaunOfTheLive;36832835]Consumer Preview wasn't, but Release Preview is.[/QUOTE]
yeah that's what I meant, okay I might give it a go sometime today or I might just put it on my laptop instead because that's currently having w7 activation issues
[QUOTE=ShaunOfTheLive;36832835]Consumer Preview wasn't, but Release Preview is.[/QUOTE]
I've been using the consumer preview right up until today, I can safely say it is [I]incredibly[/I] stable
I've been using the Release Preview for maybe 2 months now. Only issue I have is that my USB ports sometimes don't work when I start my laptop.
Just installed the RP on an SSD, first time using it.
Loooooove it, so sleek. Going to format my other drives now and install Mint on one, and use the other as storage (3xSpinpoint F3)
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