Windows 8 Consumer Preview - Page 9

**lduguay** · 03-05-12, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Redeemed

I was just thinking of grabbing it off my technet... but I haven't even checked if it's available there or not.

Just kinda' assumed it would be.

I have a technet subscription too, but was too lazy to log on to it. I've just downloaded it straight from MS.

**jcrox** · 03-05-12, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Zelda_fan

It takes all of 15 minutes to learn how to use metro.

Hah!

I deal with sales people that haven't figured out how to log into Salesforce.com in 2 years.

I deal with customers that when given a message saying "The file you're attempting to upload exceeds the maximum allowed size..." they try 17 more times and then call screaming that our software doesn't work.

IMO, W8 would be a nightmare for most day to day users.

Zelda_fan · 03-05-12, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Redeemed

Hmm... think I'll DL this one of these nights and run it in a VM. Just to give it a go. But from all the feedback I'm reading I think I'll be rocking Windows 7 untill Windows 8 successor is available.

It's too buggy to run it as your main OS right now. I had it hard freeze on me last night (something that hasn't happened once with windows 7).

**MUYA** · 03-06-12, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by jcrox

Hah!

I deal with sales people that haven't figured out how to log into Salesforce.com in 2 years.

and I am one of them....
...haha no but I know what you mean.

Say if you have experience supporting/customizing/deploying at the enterprise level, can I prvt message you for some ERP...i mean to ask about Salesforce.com

ViN86 · 03-06-12, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by lduguay

The free version of VmWare player 4.0 runs Win 8. But I could not create a VM directly from the iso. I did create a Win 7 64b VM, mount the Win 8 iso and run it from there. You will need the universal Win 8 product key here>
Windows 8 Product key

I got VMWare Workstation 8 to install the ISO. I just created a generic Windows 7 x64 VM and installed the OS after I created the VM (check the "do not install an OS now" option).

**jcrox** · 03-06-12, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by MUYA

and I am one of them....
...haha no but I know what you mean.

Say if you have experience supporting/customizing/deploying at the enterprise level, can I prvt message you for some ERP...i mean to ask about Salesforce.com

PM away, I'd be glad to help

mojoman0 · 03-09-12, 07:50 PM

http://gizmodo.com/5891926/6-ways-to...e-in-windows-8

6 Ways to Totally Avoid Metro and Use Only Desktop Mode in Windows 8

six_storm · 03-09-12, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by mojoman0

http://gizmodo.com/5891926/6-ways-to...e-in-windows-8

6 Ways to Totally Avoid Metro and Use Only Desktop Mode in Windows 8

That's a lot of tweaking to just avoid Metro. I'd rather go with the flow and accept what's there, just my 2 cents.

**Cylphid** · 03-10-12, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by slaWter

Just read the Anandtech preview and the under the hood changes are indeed very nice as expected. Even though I'd barely use them because my PC is just for gaming, those changes are still very welcomed and useful!

But the way they're forcing Metro on everyone (Desktop users) is just a shame.

I totally agree. I thought all the negative feedback so far would sway MS, but apparently they know what we want better than we do.

ViN86 · 03-10-12, 09:57 AM

Honestly, Metro probably is more efficient, but the learning curve associated with migrating from the old UI that we're used to, to Metro is probably more than users want to put up with. I don't really want to learn how to use Metro lol.

six_storm · 03-10-12, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by ViN86

Honestly, Metro probably is more efficient, but the learning curve associated with migrating from the old UI that we're used to, to Metro is probably more than users want to put up with. I don't really want to learn how to use Metro lol.

This. Users for business are going to hate this and I dread the flood of questions and training that comes down the pipe. I still like Metro and it will take some time getting used to, but you can bet that once Win8 goes RC, I'll be using it right away.

mojoman0 · 03-10-12, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by slaWter

Just read the Anandtech preview and the under the hood changes are indeed very nice as expected. Even though I'd barely use them because my PC is just for gaming, those changes are still very welcomed and useful!

But the way they're forcing Metro on everyone (Desktop users) is just a shame.

they might just be forcing it on everyone now in the consumer preview so that they get valuable feedback before everyone just shuts off metro by default

03-09-12, 07:50 PM	#103
mojoman0 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: California Posts: 3,566	Re: Windows 8 Consumer Preview http://gizmodo.com/5891926/6-ways-to...e-in-windows-8 6 Ways to Totally Avoid Metro and Use Only Desktop Mode in Windows 8

03-10-12, 09:57 AM	#106
ViN86 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,486	Re: Windows 8 Consumer Preview Honestly, Metro probably is more efficient, but the learning curve associated with migrating from the old UI that we're used to, to Metro is probably more than users want to put up with. I don't really want to learn how to use Metro lol.