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Should I Use Windows 8 Release Preview?

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Kristijonas

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Hello, I'm currently am building a new budget PC for casual stuff and gaming. I will have it this week or the next week.
Windows 8 release preview will supposedly be released on the first week of June.

Do you think I should give it a try? Is there a reason to do it? Is there a reason not to do it? I've heard rumors that in windows 8 some programs will run faster, boot is faster and games provide with more fps?
Fact: I do not care about the user interface.
 
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Sure try it, but you will probably have to reinstall the final build or Win 7 once the preview ends. If you are OK with that hassle, then go for it.
 
Yes, it's not a problem, I will probably have this PC only temporarily (certainly not longer than a year).
Just curious: what happens when the preview time ends? I remember with windows 7 it only put out warnings and didn't really shut-down or fail to start. So it was a little annoying but still very useful.
 
The Consumer Preview stops working on January 13, 2013, so I would expect the a release a preview to continue working for that long. But sometime from now until then, you should plan on a complete re-install of the OS to RTM. Microsoft will not support any upgrades from the Release Preview to RTM since that is an update scenario than will rarely happen after release.
 
Kristijonas said:
Yes, it's not a problem, I will probably have this PC only temporarily (certainly not longer than a year).
Just curious: what happens when the preview time ends? I remember with windows 7 it only put out warnings and didn't really shut-down or fail to start. So it was a little annoying but still very useful.
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It will nag you until you buy Windows. When you open up a browser it will send you to a upgrade page, some programs won't install iirc, etc..
 
The release preview will be fully featured right? As in, the last version before RTM.

So I'll probably download it. I may even use it as my primary OS. I'm not a big fan of Windows 8 so far, but sometimes software can grow on you. Hopefully this is one such time.
 
I've been using the Consumer Preview on a spare PC and it's not too bad once you get used to using some keyboard shortcuts in lieu of the traditional start menu. I look at it like getting a free OS until January 2013. Hopefully I'll be able to upgrade directly from the CP to the Release Preview without having to do a clean install.
 
kurt454 said:
I've been using the Consumer Preview on a spare PC and it's not too bad once you get used to using some keyboard shortcuts in lieu of the traditional start menu. I look at it like getting a free OS until January 2013. Hopefully I'll be able to upgrade directly from the CP to the Release Preview without having to do a clean install.
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You will not be able to upgrade from the CP to RP or RP to RTM. Period. And any hacks to attempt to do so will be met with system instabilities.
 
I do not know why anyone would want to try this piece of crap operating system. They have made the interface near unusable on desktop computers. I have a feeling Microsoft will not be around on the consumer side in 10 years.
 
yinan said:
I do not know why anyone would want to try this piece of crap operating system. They have made the interface near unusable on desktop computers. I have a feeling Microsoft will not be around on the consumer side in 10 years.
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I am not happy at all with the Metro crap, but I wouldn't say that the interface is unusable. One click of the "desktop" tile (whatever you call it) on the Metro screen takes you to the traditional desktop where it is business as usual. The lack of a start menu is a little disconcerting but a few keyboard shortcuts gets around that problem for the most part. Windows 7 won't be supported forever, and if you hate Windows 8, just imagine what Windows 9 is going to be like. I do wonder how this Metro junk will play out in the business community? I can just envision the typical office employee seeing Metro for the first time.
 
yinan said:
I do not know why anyone would want to try this piece of crap operating system. They have made the interface near unusable on desktop computers. I have a feeling Microsoft will not be around on the consumer side in 10 years.
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Yep, everyone is going to switch to a Mac or Linux box. *rolls eyes*


kurt454 said:
I am not happy at all with the Metro crap, but I wouldn't say that the interface is unusable. One click of the "desktop" tile (whatever you call it) on the Metro screen takes you to the traditional desktop where it is business as usual. The lack of a start menu is a little disconcerting but a few keyboard shortcuts gets around that problem for the most part. Windows 7 won't be supported forever, and if you hate Windows 8, just imagine what Windows 9 is going to be like. I do wonder how this Metro junk will play out in the business community? I can just envision the typical office employee seeing Metro for the first time.
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Does the typical office user not have a computer at home? Consumers upgrade operating systems far faster than businesses do.
 
Someone (be it a third party, or Microsoft itself swallowing their silly pride and admitting Metro isn't for everyone) will simply release a fix that makes using Metro completely optional in Windows 8 and restores a logical start menu. Mark my words, that's what needs to and will happen.

Trying to force Fisher Price kludge on everyone pretending the 'future' is a computer designed for toddlers is just silliness designed by people jealously fawning over iPads and not really understanding human interface design or even the iPad itself. It'll blow over and sanity will rule the day once again. Those that want the CHOICE of a Fisher Price interface can have one, those that don't can use what they prefer.
 
Yeah, I wonder what was going on at the turn of the 20th century.

Probably people demanded that there will be an option to replace the car's steering wheel with Reins, and the accelerator with a Whip.

After all that is the way we did it with horse carriages.

We got used to the cars, and we will get use the next generation of computers' interface.

It is Not that hard, it will take less time to get adjusted than the time wasted "Crying" over it.


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kurt454 said:
I do wonder how this Metro junk will play out in the business community? I can just envision the typical office employee seeing Metro for the first time.
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It's my worst nightmare. I don't see any reason for metro on the business side of things. We'll be sticking with Windows 7 and Office 2010 until there is a compelling reason to upgrade. No way I'm going to fragment our environment by tossing a few Windows 8 machines into the mix. Users will be lost and we're busy enough as it is, we don't need to get called down every 10 minutes. However, I do think that it will do fine on the consumer side, but I think MS is making a bad choice alienating the business/enterprise market. And now the developer community. As much as I'd like it for MS to remove metro, I just don't think it's possible. Metro is way to far engrained into the OS. Metro isn't the outer shell, the desktop mode is.
 
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I really don't understand why they just wont add a start button to their desktop "app". I'd be happy then. They can do whatever they want with Metro. Have a party. Marry it. Have spawn with Metro and they can all have a metro party. I wouldn't care but forcing me out into it constantly makes me a sad little panda.

Apparently Metro is quicker or something. Although I don't see how it is any quicker than pinning your apps to the taskbar.
 
JackMDS said:
Yeah, I wonder what was going on at the turn of the 20th century.

Probably people demanded that there will be an option to replace the car's steering wheel with Reins, and the accelerator with a Whip.

After all that is the way we did it with horse carriages.

We got used to the cars, and we will get use the next generation of computers' interface.

It is Not that hard, it will take less time to get adjusted than the time wasted "Crying" over it.


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you're making it sounds like the new interface is an improvement. it isn't. it adds more clicks to get to where you want to go. it's not intuitive (check youtube for videos) and it's simply a PITA. it's crap for the desktop as it's change for the sake of change.

the under the hood improvements in win8 may be great but the UI doesn't belong there.

Jack, it might be best to not post on these topics, especially with pushy comments like saying people are "crying" over this. it just makes you sound like a corporate shill.

i'll be sticking with win7. any UtH improvements have been cancelled out by this idiotic UI as it'll take me longer to launch a program. move mouse down and click. vs what in win8? i move the mouse where to get the stupid start screen up? then scroll around and find the programs menu? i can't recall really, i tried it a few months back for half a day and thought "never again".
 
StinkyPinky said:
I really don't understand why they just wont add a start button to their desktop "app". I'd be happy then. They can do whatever they want with Metro. Have a party. Marry it. Have spawn with Metro and they can all have a metro party. I wouldn't care but forcing me out into it constantly makes me a sad little panda.

Apparently Metro is quicker or something. Although I don't see how it is any quicker than pinning your apps to the taskbar.
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This is my chief gripe. Just give us the option to disable the Metro UI and revert to the classic desktop. I havent followed the dvelopment at all, I ran the Consumer Preview for 2 weeks, even installed a 3rd party program to give me start menu.

Has Microsoft ruled out an option for a classic desktop(remove Metro)?
 
All the horse/car buggywhip nonsense is tired.

This isn't a new invention we're talking about, or even a major innovation. It's a stupid downgrade to a user interface system that's been around for decades.

Cars replaced horses and carragiages- IE: it was a new invention replacing an old one. Microsoft hasn't invented anything, and they sure as hell haven't introduced a replacement to the personal computer. They aren't and really never have been capable of that sort of innovation. They make operating systems for SOMEONE ELSE'S INVENTION.

So can we knock off all the lame analogies now?
 
Looks like it's coming today: http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/201...hen+pulls+blog+post&utm_campaign=social+media

I don't understand all this whining. I haven't tried the Win8 UI, but judging from videos on youtube, I'll love it. Of course I'll disable all kinds of aero thingies, but the fact that there's no start menu is not troubling. There are many alternatives (with keyboard) that can help access everything in a more quicker and better-overview fashion. Of course as someone mentioned, I'm sure there will be a "patch" that will allow users to make a decision to disable metro. Windows 8 is not released yet.
Anyway, what matters to me the most are the below the carpet (or whats the saying) changes. Can't wait to see release preview benchmarks!
 
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