windows 8 beta is now out

[cabinfever1977]

windows 8 beta is now out and i downloaded it,it is available from the microsoft site,2.3gb,took me 15-20minutes at 2mb per sec,thats fast.
im going to put it on a flashdrive and install it on a spare harddrive to try out,its good until jan 2013,thats like a year.

anyone else download it and try it out yet?

 

[voyagerfan99]

The internet connection at school is too crappy. It said it would take 10 hours. So I'll wait until this weekend. John downloaded it. Don't know if he got around to doing anything with it yet or not.

 

[wolfeking]

going to download it now. will post any major issues or qualms when I install it.

 

[jamesd1981]

Got windows 8 installed no problems so far, index score all up and the maximum score has been raised from 7.9 to 9.9, i am getting faster internet connection.

still a pain to navigate to places like control panel.

You do need the product key to install so take note of it when you download.

You can install from boot disc or from within windows.

 

[cabinfever1977]

if you download the setup file you wont need the key but may have to install from within windows.
i downloaded the iso so i could boot from a thumb drive and install o na spare drive, and microsoft provides a key on the site where you downlaod and i also wrote it down.

but i have not tryed it yet,i will when i have time later.

 

[Kesava]

How usable is the beta, in general?

I just did something that effected the stability of my Windows 7 and so if I have to reformat, I wouldn't mind giving Windows 8 a try, but only if it's worthwhile...

Do most programs run on it?

 

[Hyper-Threaded]

Look it up on you tube, they ruined it. It looks like an I phone, no desktop, only "tiles" filled with adds and apps, its terrible. I wouldn't run it on a phone let alone a computer. And its designed for touch screen and tablets.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd1wvZvarFM&list=HL1330562056&feature=mh_lolz



Id rather run windows 2000 or 98 than this bs. And I really want to tap 3 fishheads to unlock my computer? come on.

 

[Kesava]

That's what I was thinking, it definitely does seem to benefit touch screen users and although everything is displayed in a pretty way, it actually seems like more work to get anything done.

 

[cabinfever1977]

When i used win xp it was good all around not many problems but started to run slow, now i just started using windows 7 and runs faster and pretty good except for a few bugs even after updateing, but i would only use win 8 on a spare drive,it sounds pretty bad, but could be ok if you could mod it a little.

 

[Hyper-Threaded]

Exactly, for a tablet it looks good, I think apple will still prevail, but for desktop and business computers, come on are you serious? XP is great, heck my grandma can figure it out easy, and Ive heard good things from 7 from friends. But this looks so complicated.

Also, I want to play BF3, not cut the rope, they made a simple flash game look like its a technological marvel. And to get into someones account press all over the photo and your bound to get it right...

 

[johnb35]

John downloaded it. Don't know if he got around to doing anything with it yet or not.

Not yet, won't be getting to that for awhile yet. I did try the developer preview and hated it. Frankly, I don't see any reason for this version to be available for desktops/laptops. Should be for tablets and similar. I mean, what's wrong with Windows 7 that they had to come out with a new one within 2 years?

 

[strollin]

For those that don't like the new Metro interface, it's simply 1 mouse click from there to the desktop.

 

[strollin]

Got windows 8 installed no problems so far, index score all up and the maximum score has been raised from 7.9 to 9.9, i am getting faster internet connection.

still a pain to navigate to places like control panel.

You do need the product key to install so take note of it when you download.

You can install from boot disc or from within windows.

You can setup a shortcut from the Start Screen to Control Panel very easily. Right-click, select AllApps, find Control Panel icon, right-click, select Pin to Start and now you have a "tile" on the Start screen that takes you directly to the Control Panel.

 

[cabinfever1977]

i still would have liked to see windows 7 bugs fixed before coming out with windows 8,lol.
I like windows 7,it makes my old computer that had xp faster,windows 8 should have been better and i hate to see what they did to it,i hope theres options to make it look normal,lol

 

[Shane]

I think its horrible,I can see why microsoft gave it the Metro GUI if they really want to push windows 8 to Tablets,But for a regular desktop i think all that metro crap would get annoying to be honest.

Just looks like a re-skinned version of windows 7,Very much doubt i will upgrade.

 

[DMGrier]

i still would have liked to see windows 7 bugs fixed before coming out with windows 8,lol.
I like windows 7,it makes my old computer that had xp faster,windows 8 should have been better and i hate to see what they did to it,i hope theres options to make it look normal,lol

Bug fixes? I think Windows 7 is more stable then XP was when Vista came out.

Plus what is everyone complaining about, from my understanding you do not have to use the Metro UI. I am going to give it a shot tomorrow.

 

[cabinfever1977]

Ok i went and loaded the win 8 iso using a virtual drive on a spare harddrive.
Around 15-20minutes to install.
During install needed to use e-mail,tryed to use a aol e-mail but it wouldnt let me,so i was forced to register a microsoft live account,no big deal,but a pain in my butt.
Once windows 8 loaded i see the Metro interface hello win 3.1 ugly,cartoon crap,ok maybe with a tablet but i dont have one.
Then by acident i found that you can turn the Metro interface off by pressing the windows key on keyboard and now it looks like windows 7 without a start button.
I was going to fool around some more but i didnt feel like loading all the drivers for my computer. so i yanked out that harddrive and switched back to my windows 7 harddrive for now.

* windows 7 bugs: mouse cursore freezes in place during typing,1 random blue screen,2 or 3 computer freezes when viewing pics with win viewer,never happened in win xp

 

[wolfeking]

ok, here is what I think so far.

1. metro has changed much from the DP when I tried it before. The tiles are far smaller.
2. The options in the installer did pretty much nothing. I choose keep nothing, but it kept everything, so now I literally have 300 MB of free space. I don't have space to download the .iso to format the drive so I am screwed in this regard.
3. the windows store IS STILL DOWN. That was my main reason for trying this, to see how it worked, see what is there. but nope. it is down, so it is a useless tile.
4. Setup speed. double the time of windows 7 on this laptop (HP G61).
5. The fish tile during installation. If you are a multi billion dollar company, hire a god damned artist to draw your aquatic life, not a third grader. Or better yet, put your company badge.
6. its not really a windows 8 qualm, but IE10 needs to be a touch more conventional. It has never, in 15 or so years of using a computer, taken me more than 10 seconds to figure out how to browse the net before.
7. There are xbox things on the tiles. this is connected to xbox live, right? Do I need to do anything else to set this up? some documentation would be nice mr. gates.
8. Had to download the installer 3 times to get it to work. Might be my internet, but given the issues I have ran across I do not feel like trying again to see if it was just a bad internet connection.

Good things.
1. I see IE10 ha spell check. Bout time M$.
2. recognized all the hardware out of the box.
3. Does not seem to take quite as much power to run, but I am basing that onon the reduced CPU fan speed on IE10 just typing this.
4. It is redundant, but files are there if there was anything you forgot to back up. But that wasn't a problem with me, so WTF M$ keep nothing is not keep everything.

 

[DMGrier]

Ok i went and loaded the win 8 iso using a virtual drive on a spare harddrive.
Around 15-20minutes to install.
During install needed to use e-mail,tryed to use a aol e-mail but it wouldnt let me,so i was forced to register a microsoft live account,no big deal,but a pain in my butt.
Once windows 8 loaded i see the Metro interface hello win 3.1 ugly,cartoon crap,ok maybe with a tablet but i dont have one.
Then by acident i found that you can turn the Metro interface off by pressing the windows key on keyboard and now it looks like windows 7 without a start button.
I was going to fool around some more but i didnt feel like loading all the drivers for my computer. so i yanked out that harddrive and switched back to my windows 7 harddrive for now.

* windows 7 bugs: mouse cursore freezes in place during typing,1 random blue screen,2 or 3 computer freezes when viewing pics with win viewer,never happened in win xp

Very interesting, After having five computers in the house running Windows 7 have never seen the bugs you describe and they are all different models. Plus you have to be joking to compare XP to 7, have you used XP since it was released? I bought a desktop on the day XP was released and that thing was so buggy and to be honest was one of my worst Window experiences. Took about a year or two for them to get XP running right in my opinion. Not to mention security was so bad on that thing the moment you click on IE you where bound to catch a viruse.

As for the look of Windows 8, I am going to be installing it when I get home from work today but I think the look we are just going to have to get use to. It does not look bad and honestly I think it was one of the better decisions MS made considering they say the Tablet market is going to out sell laptop's in about the next 2-3 years and as for the desktop market well laptop's already out sell those on the personal consumer level.

 

[wolfeking]

ok, I am going to give it another try. Got the German 32 bit and English 64 bit downloading right now (glad I am at school, averaging 600+ Kb/s downloads). Just one question, I noticed, quite by retarded accident, after writing them down, that they both have the same key. Do all of them have the same key?

and another thing, is there a article or something giving an ETA on more languages? or are we stuck as is till market release?