http://www.neowin.net/news/download-windows-8-developer-preview-tonight-at-8-pm-pdt
heres your chance to try out the next version of windows. the links go live at 8pm pacific standard time.
x86 & x64 flavors will be available as well.
let´s give it a try
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let´s give it a try
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yeah i think this will replace my osx86 install. just be aware the servers will be jam packed tonight.
Hell yeah! Can't wait to try this out
Wicked!
Shame there's no ARM support in today's release though, would have loved to see W8 on the Tab, Touchpad or Xoom
Windows 8 ? First cousin to Vista ? Just another new system to have the bugs worked out of it ? No thanks.
XP Pro forever !!!
Cool, I thought they will release it later...
I have a feeling windows 8 is gonna be hard to get used to
If you're a technical person it will take you about 7 seconds.
If you can't get used to it, I'll politely ask you to GTFO and never enter this forum again
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I have a feeling windows 8 is gonna be hard to get used to
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as long as i can shut of metro ill be good to go.
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madafakas said:
Cool, I thought they will release it later...
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this is a pre-release beta, no where near final but suppose to be very stable.
If you can't download it tonight, it sure will be available in torrent form soon enough.
I'm ready. I'm about to format my PC reinstalling W7, and Will make an extra partition for W8.
You can see the keynote speech here: http://www.buildwindows.com/
Looks interesting, but will hold judgement until I can have a play. Not sure how well it will work on a non-touch laptop or pc.
Anandtech's hands on with it. At the start they use it with a bluetooth kb+mouse before switching to touch.
the_scotsman said:
You can see the keynote speech here: http://www.buildwindows.com/
Looks interesting, but will hold judgement until I can have a play. Not sure how well it will work on a non-touch laptop or pc.
Anandtech's hands on with it. At the start they use it with a bluetooth kb+mouse before switching to touch.
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All I have to say is this is horrible, absolutely horrible. What have they done?!
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I_am_Error said:
All I have to say is this is horrible, absolutely horrible. What have they done?!
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We can always switch to apple?
I support users who find XP and Word difficult to use, W8 from a business point of view at first glance is going to be hell.
I can see the support calls now:
"I've lost word, it was there a minute ago and now it's gone"
"Why does this keep appearing when I touch the edge of the screen?"
Or more likely in 2 years time "We've bought a new PC, install XP on it like all the rest"
Someone tell me we can hide Metro, please?
Otherwise MS will have missed the point again. We use interfaces designed for finger input on our phones/tablets because it is practical not because it is the best method (which clearly it isn't) . Likewise we use a keyboard/mouse on a PC rather than touch because they are more efficient.
The download is live on dev.windows.com. Just FYI
The Metro UI in Windows 8 can be deactivated and you can have the "normal" desktop style.
Downloading now!
Not as slow as I thought, sure later when more ppl download will be slower...
Downloading.. Somehow this just doesn't seem so promising as windows 7.. haha
Yep download is up. And is super slow. Chrome tells me 8 hours left lol. A 3.6GB torrent usually takes me about an hour to download
Related
Just came across this in one of my RSS feeds - an interesting 'new' UI for WM6, being released for free tomorrow according to their website.
Original new site (with youtube videos)
http://www.windows-now.com/blogs/ro...iphone-like-interface-for-windows-mobile.aspx
PointUI website
http://www.pointui.com/
its imaginary awesome..and good news is its free..cant wait 13 hours :d
thanx for share
wooo what a nice interface....cant wait to download it
wow, windows mobile look quiet sad next to this. Only thing I dont know is if program for windows mobile will still work correctly on it. or if there is any option for the background colors
Wow...I can't wait
Quite interesting Homescreen for a Windows Mobile phone. Wonder if it runs on Adobe Flash Lite? May try it out.
I saw this a few days ago and nearly wet myself.
I hope it's highly customizable as it looks like it has a lot of potential.
can't wait
some answers to your questions are already available on this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=354855&highlight=pointui
If you change the timezone on your computer to +13 Nukualufa something and go to the countdown site it shows 1H 38MIn
OMG This is sooooo cool! Can't wait 14 (oops 1 hour thanks canadeza )
And FREE??!!
maarch said:
Only thing I dont know is if program for windows mobile will still work correctly on it. or if there is any option for the background colors
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This is "just" a frontend/launcher, so everything will work as usual.
I wonder if there will be something like "S2U" or something else... i LOVE this feature.
Christian72D said:
This is "just" a frontend/launcher, so everything will work as usual.
I wonder if there will be something like "S2U" or something else... i LOVE this feature.
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Waiting till the end of the clock.
nothing showed.
Can't download.
Nadavi
well, clock reached zero, but only the text "pointui.com" appeared. When visited the site, nothing happened, so, i'm guessing the clock has to reach zero in whichever time zone 'they' are....
Will just have to keep waiting until that happens, i.e. keep checking the website
Haha you didn't really believe this would work?
I hope it's skinable, it looks unpleasant
clock is not zero for me.8 hours is remaining
It's there to download!
http://www.pointui.com/Home.aspx
just downloaded and installed.
works a treat, just dont forget to turn off touchflo b4 you install
Would like a black skin, but these guys have done an awesome job. Interface is realy smooth and simple to use.
Good to see the Aussie blokes making it a New Years day present for us.
The rest of the world will catch up soon.
Happy New Year all.
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It's there to download!
http://www.pointui.com/Home.aspx
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Thnx
Running it now on my touch thnx for the dl.
Thanks for the DL link.
Is anyone able to customize this.
Looks like we will be able to mess with full flash support the beginning of 2010! Eat that iphone lol
http://gizmodo.com/5374115/flash-101-full-flash-for-everyone-but-iphone-actually-playable-hd-vids
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Looks like we will be able to mess with full flash support the beginning of 2010! Eat that iphone lol
http://gizmodo.com/5374115/flash-101-full-flash-for-everyone-but-iphone-actually-playable-hd-vids
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this is pretty much old news
flash, ahhh, banners, flashes, and 10x the crap to load - no thanks, i'll skip it.
the 3 websites i cared to actually view in the last year that used flash, i've forgotten about.
Will beleive it when i see it.
X64 users are still waiting for proper flash support (unless its changed recently)
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Will beleive it when i see it.
X64 users are still waiting for proper flash support (unless its changed recently)
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You mean "AMD64"?
Supported in "alpha" since november http://blogs.adobe.com/penguin.swf/
Note: it only took them 5 years.....
When using Vista x64, you are directed to use IEx32 if you want Flash.
-bZj
When using Vista x64, you are directed to use IEx32 if you want Flash.
-bZj
Quit using microcrap... it makes you look retarded
Kind of off topic, but I'm just curious to know if anyone's tried out the Windows 8 developer preview. I'm trying it right now, and it's honestly not that bad. Some things still need work, but it's definitely something I could get use to.
I was curious about it too, got a link?
also can i dual boot it with win 7?
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also can i dual boot it with win 7?
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Yes, and if you really want to get a feel for it lifehacker has an article showing how to share files between the Windows 7 and 8 partitions.
flimsy888 said:
I was curious about it too, got a link?
also can i dual boot it with win 7?
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I havn't tried it yet, trying to get it to work with vmware.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/br229516
I thew it on my 4 year old cheap laptop and after figuring out how to navigate the start menu I really like how fast it is. Only problem is I can't seem to be able to install .net framework, hence phonemypc won't work (I wanted to test drive metro ui on my epic since its touchscreen optimized) I'm gonna keep it on my laptop until the beta expires but I'm sad to say that I want a windows 8 tablet waaaaay more than even an ice cream tablet.
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Yeah I'm using it on a partition on my brand-new laptop. I really like it actually!
Metro UI is a bit to get used to, but I love using the touchpad multi-touch controls to navigate from panel-mode to the standard desktop, bootup is much faster, and I can share files fine between my regular Win7 partition and the Windows 8 partition.
@xopher.hunter, I had an issue with .NET 3.5, but it installed fine after a restart. YMMV...
I bought a Touchpad during the fire sale, and have yet to receive it from HP Small Business (have to wait for the last production run), but I wanna put Win8 on it when the ARM build gets out.
Im waiting for a windows 8 tablet to come out
I do NOT like the UI for desktops :/
WIndows 7 for my PC, windows 8 for tablet.
fk yeah.
Microsoft killed all of my interest in an android tablet when they revealed the metro ui windows 8. PERFECT TABLET OS (atleast based on what ive seen, it has all the right things.)
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actually...i just remembered in a previous video they didnt have metro ui on and it looked like windows 7...so i might just give it a shot if i can take the skin off..
Also, what's phonemypc? Remote desktop thing for the epic im guessing?
Lol you mean android prpo lol you dont get win took the source code rewrote it pstent it and you would fund that lol
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Lol you mean android prpo lol you dont get win took the source code rewrote it pstent it and you would fund that lol
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wut
10char
A_Flying_Fox said:
Also, what's phonemypc? Remote desktop thing for the epic im guessing?
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Its this 10 dollar app in the market, yes it is a remote desktop client but very well done and very simple to set up. Its a freaking life saver if you forget something on your computer.
I still haven't been able to install .net 3.5.1, I even dl'd the standalone but it still wanted to use microsoft update to install, and I rebooted it too. Oh well this is why I put this on my old ass laptop. Runs like a champ though only on 1.86ghz and 1.5gb of ram it seems ready for tablets alredy.
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I personally am hating the metro ui...its to hard to navigate. It's too big of a step. To me, its clunky. People were afraid of vista because of the glossy difference from xp, this is like 100x worse.
ugothakd said:
I personally am hating the metro ui...its to hard to navigate. It's too big of a step. To me, its clunky. People were afraid of vista because of the glossy difference from xp, this is like 100x worse.
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I find it too bland. (still wonder if I can change the green background to another color...)
Idk, I agree it's too tablet-like, but I like how everything is together.
Definitely doesn't make sense for a computer though.
I feel like we're going backwards a bit since we're basing computer UI off of mobile UIs which are meant to be more compact.
Even in OS X Lion, they had the "Launchpad" feature where it looked exactly like you were on an iPad.
Why do companies think people like this?
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I find it too bland. (still wonder if I can change the green background to another color...)
Idk, I agree it's too tablet-like, but I like how everything is together.
Definitely doesn't make sense for a computer though.
I feel like we're going backwards a bit since we're basing computer UI off of mobile UIs which are meant to be more compact.
Even in OS X Lion, they had the "Launchpad" feature where it looked exactly like you were on an iPad.
Why do companies think people like this?
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Idk. Maybe because they think it looks better than just a plain list, but now they're more interested in eye candy than functionality. Why can't we have both.
On the other topic, I would like to try windows 8, but it's not really useful for me since I have a 1024x600 netbook, so Metro Apps don't work. I've tried the hack that makes resolution higher on Windows 7, but it looks horrible with that.
my question is the lifehacker site says you need to burn a dvd or use a thumbdrive, can I also use a SD card? (don't want to waste a DVD and have no RWs at the moment)
Also will doing this erase everything on Win 7? I dual booted Ubuntu once and it didn't but LifeHacker says something about formmating the drive
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my question is the lifehacker site says you need to burn a dvd or use a thumbdrive, can I also use a SD card? (don't want to waste a DVD and have no RWs at the moment)
Also will doing this erase everything on Win 7? I dual booted Ubuntu once and it didn't but LifeHacker says something about formmating the drive
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Will not erase everything as long as you boot to dvd or usb (I don't think SD cards are bootable). You don't need to format, you need to partition (which is like grouping your hard drive, with one group for windows 7 and one for windows 8)
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Will not erase everything as long as you boot to dvd or usb (I don't think SD cards are bootable). You don't need to format, you need to partition (which is like grouping your hard drive, with one group for windows 7 and one for windows 8)
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Thanks. lucky me I found a dvd-rw
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I find it too bland. (still wonder if I can change the green background to another color...)
Idk, I agree it's too tablet-like, but I like how everything is together.
Definitely doesn't make sense for a computer though.
I feel like we're going backwards a bit since we're basing computer UI off of mobile UIs which are meant to be more compact.
Even in OS X Lion, they had the "Launchpad" feature where it looked exactly like you were on an iPad.
Why do companies think people like this?
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But you never actually have to use Launchpad, and its quite nice to find an app quickly without spotlight.
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WOW MICROSOFT WOW. so apparently the windows 8 on arm devices was largely overrated, ONLY METRO APPS WILL RUN ON ARM DEVICES.
guess im still waiting for an x86 tablet to get one
http://www.infoworld.com/d/microsoft-windows/windows-8-arm-chips-it-was-too-good-be-true-173265
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WOW MICROSOFT WOW. so apparently the windows 8 on arm devices was largely overrated, ONLY METRO APPS WILL RUN ON ARM DEVICES.
guess im still waiting for an x86 tablet to get one
http://www.infoworld.com/d/microsoft-windows/windows-8-arm-chips-it-was-too-good-be-true-173265
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I dont think thats true. I dont think they can run Windows 7 apps, but I think they can run any app built for 8 or just windows for arm in general.
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But you never actually have to use Launchpad, and its quite nice to find an app quickly without spotlight.
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True, but I have my trackpad customized with a bunch of additional gestures, so if I just tap the top left corner of my trackpad, it shows spotlight.
Edit: posted and look up, HTC G1?? WTH! not where I wanted to be..oh well.
wow wow wow it very good job
nice, thanks
I FLIPPED OUT when I heard of this on the ubuntu web site. Cant wait to have it running one i save up for the htc one x. Lubuntu seems like a better choice though for distro. hopefully you can run just server and install everything else from bash shell. I think this is simply home folder redirection. the same as my computer but without the reboot.
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I FLIPPED OUT when I heard of this on the ubuntu web site. Cant wait to have it running one i save up for the htc one x. Lubuntu seems like a better choice though for distro. hopefully you can run just server and install everything else from bash shell. I think this is simply home folder redirection. the same as my computer but without the reboot.
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+1 for looking forward to this with the one x. I can't understand why there isn't any bigger excitement for this. The xda threads are few and not much of a discussion in them. I've been dreaming of something like this for years, ONE unit for everything basic. I had put my hopes to MS to make a solution like this but there's nothing implying that there will be win 8 phones in the near future.
This is great. Would love to use Ubuntu from my phone.
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All details here.
zomg so epic
btw anyone knows if there is a live stream from the presentation?
http://www.windows8news.com/2012/02/28/live-webcast-windows-8-beta-launch/
Now however ComputerWorld are reporting that Microsoft will not be streaming the event live, and it is unclear if it will be shown afterwards either.
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waaaaaaaaaaaiting)))
1 hour to go...
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/iso
32bit: http://iso.esd.microsoft.com/WCPDL/...18/Windows8-ConsumerPreview-32bit-English.iso
64bit: http://iso.esd.microsoft.com/WCPDL/...18/Windows8-ConsumerPreview-64bit-English.iso
Someone care to put some torrent online? My connection is so slow it takes many hours. Torrents are usually quite fast.
And no, these are the _consumer_ previews not the _developer_ ones.
Consumer Preview is out.
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32bit: http://iso.esd.microsoft.com/WCPDL/...18/Windows8-ConsumerPreview-32bit-English.iso
64bit: http://iso.esd.microsoft.com/WCPDL/...18/Windows8-ConsumerPreview-64bit-English.iso
Someone care to put some torrent online? My connection is so slow it takes many hours. Torrents are usually quite fast.
And no, these are the _consumer_ previews not the _developer_ ones.
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do not forget this one: DNJXJ-7XBW8-2378T-X22TX-BKG7J
otherwise i think it will not be so fun to have installed
msdn download is very fast
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http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/iso
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tnx for the link! it contain all aviable languages. german, french, english ....
From what I've seen so far a lot of it's just Microsoft taking things that were broken in the Developer Preview and fixing them. But the new features look really good.
More infos
Download Windows 8 Consumer Preview or Download Windows 8 Beta
I like it so far
Is it locked to metro or are you able to use "classical" UI?
1.7/2.5 GB DL'd so far @ 700 kB/sec
You can use both Metro UI and the classic desktop (that's how it's always going to be on Windows 8 except for Windows on ARM)
Dexter_nlb said:
do not forget this one: DNJXJ-7XBW8-2378T-X22TX-BKG7J
otherwise i think it will not be so fun to have installed
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You saved me from pulling out my hair
I tried using the product key on the bottom of my laptop...I'm such a noob sometimes.
Should I use Unetbootin to make it into a bootable USB? Thats how Im used to do it but with Linux
MarkInDaPark said:
Should I use Unetbootin to make it into a bootable USB? Thats how Im used to do it but with Linux
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http://www.clubic.com/lancer-le-telechargement-320298-0-windows-7-usb-dvd-download-tool.html
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You can use both Metro UI and the classic desktop (that's how it's always going to be on Windows 8 except for Windows on ARM)
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No, desktop will be available on ARM as well. Therefore Windows 8 will come out like Windows Phone - choose whatever device, its all the same. So if you're buying a new tablet or computer, choose one, its still Windows 8.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/windows-8-on-arm-the-desktop-is-still-there/11845