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  1. 2011-09-13, 07:12 PM #1
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    Windows 8 available for download in 8 ish hours!

    http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/13/w...e-to-download/

    Got a brain full of Windows 8? Can't stop obsessing about it? Fret not -- as of 8PM PT this evening (just under eight hours from now), you'll be able to download a copy of the Windows Developer Preview to your 32- or 64-bit x86 machine (no activation required) from dev.windows.com. Sorry, ARM hopefuls! Per usual, we'd recommend doing so on a separate partition (or a spare machine altogether) in order to prevent unforeseen conflicts, and we'd also suggest having a stiff glass of patience waiting nearby. Something tells us Redmond's servers are going to be hammered.
    Going to be downloading that

    'Something tells us Redmond's servers are going to be hammered'

    Yeaaaaa, no.
  2. 2011-09-13, 07:32 PM #2
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    hmm, tempted to take a peeky at it, will have to install it on my storage drive i guess, got enough room at least
  3. 2011-09-13, 07:36 PM #3
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    Windows 8? Has it been that long since 7 came out?
    ಠ_ಠ
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hoticehunter View Post
    Windows 8? Has it been that long since 7 came out?
    Almost 2 years now.
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    already? :L im tempted to try it, but not much room left on my hd for another partition
  6. 2011-09-13, 07:38 PM #6
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    I feel more comfy with the Windows 7 UI and taskbar, Windows 8 looks way too basic for my likings.
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    Time to boot up my old laptop and install this. Hopefully it isn't as terrible as it looked when I originally looked at Win8. Hopefully the interface is customizable like crazy because it looks just plain terrible for PC but looks like it would be incredible on a tablet.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NatePsychotic View Post
    I feel more comfy with the Windows 7 UI and taskbar, Windows 8 looks way too basic for my likings.
    Same, I hope my work place and the university I lecture at don't change their operating system.
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    Oo cool. me and my dad have a tradition of testing or at least previewing new windows versions when they come out. my dad has been testing since XP.
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    Well, thats pretty fast...
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    I'm tempted to try this, but I'm at work and I could possibly screw it up and well... bad things will happen; Guess I'll grab this when I get home to see what it looks.

    Thanks OP!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fysi View Post
    'Something tells us Redmond's servers are going to be hammered'

    Yeaaaaa, no.
    why do you not think they will be hammered?
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    Quote Originally Posted by llDemonll View Post
    why do you not think they will be hammered?
    Because they use Akamai, no mass downloads from Redmond
    Never going to log into this garbage forum again as long as calling obvious troll obvious troll is the easiest way to get banned.
    Trolling should be.
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    mayhap he thinks they'll have anticipated the volume and compensated? still, guess we'll find out
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    From a usability perspective, I'm curious as to how well (reliably) the settings sync works. I've already used MS's 'Mesh' service extensively to keep my desktop and laptop's documents synchronized. (And it already handles IE & Office settings as well)

    Then onto playing a bit with VS2011...

    The only thing I dread currently is the complete removal of the Start Menu. Thats going to take some getting used to.
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    xp was great, vista was crap (at the beginning), 7 was great, 8 is going to be crap
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    Nice gonna download this also, just freed up some space and made a new partition for it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by vesseblah View Post
    Because they use Akamai, no mass downloads from Redmond
    interesting little piece of software/hardware/whatever-its-classified-as. kinda figured that companies already did that and redmond was just a 'term' for mother russ-- where microsoft is.
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  19. 2011-09-13, 08:12 PM #19
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    Quote Originally Posted by bizzy View Post
    xp was great, vista was crap (at the beginning), 7 was great, 8 is going to be crap

    XP was great now? XP was crap for about 2 years then it become good.

    Edit: PC spazzed and quoted the wrong guy, fixed it.
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    Oooo can't wait


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