Windows 8 & PA

[guido]

Did anyone try PA on Windows 8 yet?

[moles42]

not me ‘guido’…haven’t got my hands on a release of Windows 8 as of yet.

[spwolf]

it should all work fine, according to MS…

[guido]

@spwolf:

it should all work fine, according to MS…

There is a difference between “should” and “Is”.

[guido]

http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-8-dev-preview-download-now-available

Here you go.

[moles42]

someone may find it interesting reading…

thoughts ‘guido’ ?

Windows 8 Developer Preview Shot & opinion

[RJWaring]

I have downloaded windows 8 and created a virtual drive to install it on.

But I have no more time left till october… hopefully, someone here would of given it a go.

To be honest, im not really that bothered about windows 8 from what i know it is a copy of 7 but with more features and system changes for Touch Screen tablets etc…

the odd desktop and login screen change, something they always do on every new version thus to give a user the feeling that its new and fresh.

I am very happy with Windows 7 much better than vista and xp… so i cant see me moving onto 8.

[moles42]

I’m of a similar opinion Richard…more than happy with Windows 7 but I will of course endeavor to test Windows 8…what’s the setup behind the virtual drive option Richard ?

[RJWaring]

@moles42:

I’m of a similar opinion Richard…more than happy with Windows 7 but I will of course endeavor to test Windows 8…what’s the setup behind the virtual drive option Richard ?

Glad someone agrees with me!

Reference the Virtual Drive, i have given VirtualBox a go http://www.virtualbox.org/.

This creates like a sandbox enviroment apparently, you create a virtual drive, then on start it ask for the ISO install file then it would install as you would via boot.

give it a go!

[guido]

Have read anything there is to know about W8. Will definitely go to 8.

7 = vista R2
8 = 7 on red bull.

Have you seen the W8 on the go? Windows on a USB stick.

[davidsplash]

windows 8 has a slightly different interface and has the latest usb support and faster internet connections support.

[guido]

Well it has a lot more. But yes it has a different GUI and latest drivers…

Check http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/