Windows 8 released for all to try

[Fjordmonkey]

Originally Posted by machoo

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/br229516

It's BETA but it's rock solid. The UI is different but overall pretty impressive.

This is NOT the Beta-version. This is the developer preview-release that was released at this year's Build-conference. Beta 1-release isn't until later this year, at which we'll really start to see how the system performs.

I've run it on an older box, and the system seems faster. The new layout is a bit to get used to, however, but it only takes a slight adjustment of thought, from PC to tablet, to get comfortable with it. And besides, how many of us spend our days staring at the desktop, anyway?

[Ailantd]

Originally Posted by Fjordmonkey

This is NOT the Beta-version. This is the developer preview-release that was released at this year's Build-conference. Beta 1-release isn't until later this year, at which we'll really start to see how the system performs.

I've run it on an older box, and the system seems faster. The new layout is a bit to get used to, however, but it only takes a slight adjustment of thought, from PC to tablet, to get comfortable with it. And besides, how many of us spend our days staring at the desktop, anyway?

People like me that use it to work, not only gaming, and that are opening and closing heavy programs all the day.

[Fjordmonkey]

Originally Posted by Ailantd

People like me that use it to work, not only gaming, and that are opening and closing heavy programs all the day.

I'd actually be one of those, myself. I spend by day buried in various server-consoles, network traffic-reports, Excel spreadsheets and a horde of other muppetry. With the ability to create my own start-page, like you can once Win8's beta actually gets here, I can have what I need at my fingertips, and I don't need to minimize anything to get hold of them. A which jab at the Windows-key gets me the startpage.

We'll have to see how the system works once the Beta gets here. I'll render my final judgement at it then.