Windows 8 Preview Build

Forums › Microsoft Windows › Windows 8 Preview Build

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

490 posts

Ultimate Geek

Reply # 521031 14-Sep-2011 16:22
I have a WP7, dont think it helps. I guess you really have to have a touch screen device to properly get the feel of how this will work. Like anything new it will take a bit of getting used to. The ribbon in Windows Explorer is a good example.

tonyhughes

Hawkes Bay
8481 posts

Uber Geek

Mod Emeritus

Trusted

Subscriber

Reply # 521032 14-Sep-2011 16:23
xpd: Getting the same speed here off our Orcon DSL line - grabbing the full package.... Visit http://www.thecloud.net.nz for New Zealand based Hosted Exchange, Virtual Servers, Web Hosting, FTP Backup & more. (1GB free FTP storage, or larger plans from $5.75) - Setup your own mailserver at home on Ubuntu Server - full step by step howto here. - Have you seen this: Nathan "KFC4LIFE" Dunn.

billgates

2555 posts

Uber Geek

Trusted

Reply # 521049 14-Sep-2011 16:50
Downloaded the 64bit and 32bit version at work at combined speed of 10MB/s Microsoft\|Outlook\|Skydrive\|Windows Live Admin Center\|Skype\|Office Web Apps\|Office 365\| Windows Phone\|Windows 8\|Xbox\|Hyper-V\|Office2013\|Bing\|Security Essentials\|Server 2012

timbosan

472 posts

Ultimate Geek

Reply # 521050 14-Sep-2011 16:52
tonyhughes: xpd: Getting the same speed here off our Orcon DSL line - grabbing the full package.... Tony your such as showoff! Don't you have VDSL2?

timbosan

472 posts

Ultimate Geek

Reply # 521055 14-Sep-2011 16:53
P1n3apqlExpr3ss: timbosan: downloading the 32 version now - plan on running it off USB to preview it. How you planning to do that? The same tool linux uses? Only going around 490-530 KB/s here, should be done in 30mins You can install all modern Windows OS's to a USB and boot from them as long as the host supports booting from USB. http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/bbird/archive/2008/10/01/making-a-usb-stick-bootable-for-vista-or-server- 2008.aspx

blakamin

1245 posts

Uber Geek

Trusted

Subscriber

Reply # 521065 14-Sep-2011 17:00
So it's not running in a virtual machine for anyone??? Dont really want to upset another pc for it,. ("Windows Phone 8 for PC" is my official title)

timbosan

472 posts

Ultimate Geek

Reply # 521071 14-Sep-2011 17:10
blakamin: So it's not running in a virtual machine for anyone??? Dont really want to upset another pc for it,. ("Windows Phone 8 for PC" is my official title) I'll try in on Virtual PC on my XP laptop....

freitasm

BDFL
43761 posts

Uber Geek

Administrator

Trusted

Geekzone

Subscriber

Reply # 521077 14-Sep-2011 17:18
No luck with VMWare Player: HAL INITIALIZATION ERROR... I CAN NO PLAY WITH WINDOWS 8. Mauricio Freitas (Geekzone Admin, Devil's Advocate, my blog, technology disclosure, my tweets, Web Performance Optimization) Geekzone Price comparison \| Amazon Kindle order page \| How to get the best out of Geekzone \| New Zealand IT Jobs \| Geekzone News \| Jinglebugs

ferg_nz

140 posts

Master Geek

Reply # 521083 14-Sep-2011 17:28
Seems to like the HP EliteBook with 4gb of ram and SSD HDD just booting up for the first time now. I also had issues with VirtualBox

P1n3apqlExpr3ss

679 posts

Ultimate Geek

Reply # 521084 14-Sep-2011 17:33
Running off W8 now, time to go play around with it some more... First thing; it don't like my wireless card (some netcomm pci thing) Second thing; Metro UI and traditional desktop CO-EXIST WITH EACH OTHER. Other: perceived browsing space is bigger due to taskbar appearing down the bottom then and again, requires right click to change tabs, other stuff Technology Journalist for Mobile Kiwi Twitter: @ArchSerpo

porche20002

62 posts

Master Geek

Reply # 521086 14-Sep-2011 17:37
Works fine with Parallels on mac, up and running but parallels tools doesn't install and weirdly can't change the resolution on it to widescreen. It only gives me 1400 by 1050 but my MPB is 1400 by 900. Clicking on the start button on desktop and going back to metro is annoying the hell out of me!

nathan

939 posts

Ultimate Geek

Trusted

Microsoft NZ

Reply # 521089 14-Sep-2011 17:41
It won't run in VPC sorry timbosan: blakamin: So it's not running in a virtual machine for anyone??? Dont really want to upset another pc for it,. ("Windows Phone 8 for PC" is my official title) I'll try in on Virtual PC on my XP laptop....

timbosan

472 posts

Ultimate Geek

Reply # 521090 14-Sep-2011 17:43
nathan: It won't run in VPC sorry timbosan: blakamin: So it's not running in a virtual machine for anyone??? Dont really want to upset another pc for it,. ("Windows Phone 8 for PC" is my official title) I'll try in on Virtual PC on my XP laptop.... Even the 32bit version of 8? Does it give errors or is it just a no go?

blakamin

1245 posts

Uber Geek

Trusted

Subscriber

Reply # 521091 14-Sep-2011 17:44
Time to find my other HDD... pretty sure there's a 250gb floating around here somewhere!

Poll

186 posts

Master Geek

Reply # 521094 14-Sep-2011 17:47
I've got it working in the latest version of Virtualbox however the mouse intermittently jumps half way across the screen making it essentially useless. I'm not familiar enough with Virtual box to know if it is a virtual box or windows 8 problem.

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8