Yes. It's called Windows 7.
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| Author: | Caleria [ Tue Apr 03, 2012 11:32 am ] |
| Post subject: | Windows 8 Consumer Preview |
Microsoft has release a Consumer Preview edition of Windows 8. Been checking it out at work today. It's a little...weird. I like it, and could see it working very well with a tablet or some other touch screen device. I'm just not sure how well it will work in a mouse/keyboard desktop environment. Still getting used to it. Anyway, check it out if you get a chance. Get it here |
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| Author: | Mookhow [ Tue Apr 03, 2012 11:33 am ] |
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I'm interested in trying it out, but I don't want to deal with reinstalling any of my computers. |
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| Author: | Midgen [ Tue Apr 03, 2012 11:35 am ] |
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Run it in a VM |
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| Author: | Lenas [ Tue Apr 03, 2012 11:36 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Windows 8 Consumer Preview |
Been running it for a while on my MBP in dual boot. Runs great, looks great. Can't wait for full functionality on some kind of touch panel. |
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| Author: | Mookhow [ Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:42 pm ] |
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I decided to reinstall my HTPC today with Windows 8. Spent a couple of hours downloading the Win8 installer and running it. The install was pretty straightforward and problem free. However, when I rebooted to start into Windows 8, I suddenly found a gamebreaking problem. I couldn't remember the password for 'htpcuser'. Oops. I spent about an hour trying different passwords, and trying to get a DVD drive attached to the box so I could reinstall. I finally remembered the password, so now I'm in. Yay! |
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| Author: | Kaffis Mark V [ Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:54 pm ] |
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I fiddled around with the developer preview back in.. January? at work. It's a little funky and has definitely gotten its tablet UI in my keyboard & mouse peanutbutter, but didn't immediately seem grossly offensive as a piece of technology. I'm a little curious as to whether I need to be concerned with how coding programs for Windows 8 will shift given its memory management, tile widget, and task-switching practices, but only time will tell on that one, right? |
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| Author: | Müs [ Wed Apr 04, 2012 1:01 am ] |
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Will there be a version for people that use real computers? |
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| Author: | Kaffis Mark V [ Wed Apr 04, 2012 5:58 am ] |
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Yes. It's called Windows 7.
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| Author: | Jeryn [ Wed Apr 04, 2012 10:15 am ] |
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I have a Mac Mini hooked up to a Samsung TV that I use as an HTPC. Installed Win 8 consumer preview under VirtualBox on it, and I've toyed around with it a little bit. It seemingly doesn't want to display in any resolutions other than ones in 4:3 (1024x768, 800x600, etc). Not a dealbreaker or anything, but it's definitely a little annoying having to deal with sidebars. I'll probably just go ahead and boot camp it to get a better feel for the OS. Has anyone tried to play around with it with a Kinect sensor? Edit: found this at http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/kinectfo ... s/faq.aspx Quote: Kinect for Windows works on the Windows 8 Developer Preview for desktop applications only. We haven’t tested Kinect for Windows on Windows 8 Consumer Preview. However, once the final Windows 8 operating systems are available they can be used with the Kinect for Windows SDK and sensor. Then they're all touchscreens, sorta. I like that for an HTPC. The Apple Magic Trackpad is pretty decent for not really having a solid surface on the couch for peripherals, but waving your hands around would beat that. |
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| Author: | Lex Luthor [ Thu Apr 05, 2012 7:50 am ] |
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Windows 7 is still a great operating system. If Windows 8 is a big failure, Microsoft will still do fine in the desktop realm. |
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| Author: | Rorinthas [ Sun Apr 08, 2012 9:05 pm ] |
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Yeah, windows 7 is likely to have some legs for a while no matter what happens to win 8. Even if win 8 is a blazing success out of the box (I can't believe I typed that with a strait face), It doesn't appear to be significant enough to the desktop realm to really press people who use regular old every day desktops. |
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| Author: | Midgen [ Mon Apr 09, 2012 1:20 am ] |
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I'm quite happy with Windows 7. I can't honestly think of any significant problem I've had with it since I started using it. The UI itself isn't perfect, but it's pretty damned good. The one thing that would get me to upgrade is some dramatic performance improvement, or possibly hardware compatibility issues (i.e. not being able to get a printer driver, or something along those lines.) |
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| Author: | Khross [ Thu Apr 12, 2012 9:20 am ] |
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Midgen wrote: I'm quite happy with Windows 7. I can't honestly think of any significant problem I've had with it since I started using it. I can think of a huge problem with Windows 7...The UI itself isn't perfect, but it's pretty damned good. The one thing that would get me to upgrade is some dramatic performance improvement, or possibly hardware compatibility issues (i.e. not being able to get a printer driver, or something along those lines.) NTFS is still a shitty, shitty, shitty file system. |
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| Author: | Stathol [ Mon Apr 16, 2012 6:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Windows 8 Consumer Preview |
This is truth. Also, in spite of their valiant effort to make the Windows boot chain less...full of ***, it is still extremely brittle and fragile in general. |
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| Author: | Shelgeyr [ Tue Apr 17, 2012 8:39 am ] |
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Installed the Consumer Preview over the weekend and totally agree with Kaffis: Kaffis Mark V wrote: It's a little funky and has definitely gotten its tablet UI in my keyboard & mouse peanutbutter, but didn't immediately seem grossly offensive as a piece of technology. Not really liking the omission of the start menu from the desktop environment, but so far that's my only big complaint. |
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| Author: | Lenas [ Tue Apr 17, 2012 11:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Windows 8 Consumer Preview |
What are you looking to do with a start menu that you can't already do? If only to launch apps, you can do that easier than ever in W8 (since you don't have to hit 'start' before typing). |
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| Author: | Kaffis Mark V [ Tue Apr 17, 2012 12:16 pm ] |
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The Start menus is somewhat different from a list of your installed applications. It's a list of your installed applications with the option of hierarchical organization. |
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| Author: | Khross [ Tue Apr 17, 2012 12:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Windows 8 Consumer Preview |
I just want to know why we're excited about 20 year old UI features. |
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| Author: | Lenas [ Tue Apr 17, 2012 12:36 pm ] |
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Kaffis Mark V wrote: It's a list of your installed applications with the option of hierarchical organization. Hierarchical organization isn't very useful when you can hit a single letter and have the system filter it for you. Edit - besides, the hierarchy is the same as start menus have ever been... Alphabetical. |
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| Author: | Khross [ Tue Apr 17, 2012 1:06 pm ] |
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Lenas wrote: Edit - besides, the hierarchy is the same as start menus have ever been... Alphabetical. Negative, actually. Windows XP implemented user defined menu locations for the Start Menu. Windows 7 actually has a better start menu implementation and state recall system than XP.
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| Author: | Kaffis Mark V [ Tue Apr 17, 2012 2:09 pm ] |
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Lenas wrote: Kaffis Mark V wrote: It's a list of your installed applications with the option of hierarchical organization. Hierarchical organization isn't very useful when you can hit a single letter and have the system filter it for you. Edit - besides, the hierarchy is the same as start menus have ever been... Alphabetical. The hierarchy I was referring to was the ability to create folders to group things according to my tastes. |
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| Author: | Lenas [ Tue Apr 17, 2012 2:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Windows 8 Consumer Preview |
You can group and label things in the Windows 8 start screen. |
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| Author: | Midgen [ Tue Apr 17, 2012 3:48 pm ] |
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i was a bit concerned about the lack of a start button as well, but then I started paying attention to my current usage habits, and I almost never navigate to anything off of the start menu any more. Commonly used stuff is launched from the taskbar shortcut (or desktop tile in Win 8). If I need to find something buried in the control panel or some other menu, I just open the run bar and start typing whatever I'm looking for. I can always find what I'm looking for that way, including calendar entries, documents (titles or content), even emails (subj, author, body). The menu is an outdated concept for me. |
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| Author: | Khross [ Tue Apr 17, 2012 3:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Windows 8 Consumer Preview |
CTRL+T > Enter <command> > Enter Results |
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| Author: | Midgen [ Tue Apr 17, 2012 4:21 pm ] |
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I'm all about <Command/Windows Key> + <Enter> Not sure what <CTRL-T> + <Enter> is though. When I press CTRL-T it opens a new tab in Chrome.. which is easier to do with a mouse :p |
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