Building Windows 8

[danpaul88]

If he is using some sort of leaked Win8 build I am not surprised if he has problems, it's still in development! You can't judge the performance or compatibility of an OS based on a leaked development copy thats probably chock full of bugs....

[BaDFiShy]

Guess you didnt read a previous post. He is a developer for microsoft. Part of his work is to test on multiple machines which is why im able to get a few keys when it gets to that point.

[danpaul88]

It's still a development build, of course its not going to be as stable as a full release...

[BaDFiShy]

For anyone looking into a dev build of windows 8 free.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/13/wind ... -download/

[danpaul88]

*fires up the virtual machines*

[darkdarr]

meh would love to have it but will probably wait till a stable build because i dont know how to make that partition so i can install it then choose to boot in win8 or win7...

[Epsilon]

*fires up the virtual machines*

Same...

[Epsilon]

meh would love to have it but will probably wait till a stable build because i dont know how to make that partition so i can install it then choose to boot in win8 or win7...

Use A Virtual Machine.

[darkdarr]

how...

also as a side note i only have win7 home edition...

EDIT: so by the look of this windows 7 home can run virtual machines and the upgrade key is 80 bucks so this is not happening for me

[Epsilon]

Well I use VMware Workstation Witch is $180, But VMware also has a player edition that also uses Virtual Machenes and this is free.

I never used this but I know Sun has a program called virtual Box that might work.

[danpaul88]

http://www.virtualbox.org/

Free virtual machines for any OS. It's owned by Oracle these days since they bought Sun.

[danpaul88]

In Windows 8, 16 years after the taskbar first hit our computers, we'll finally be able to span the taskbar across multiple screens, without needing third party applications or special drivers.

Instant Buy right there!

Although... can't say I am keen on the new start... thing.... that replaces the venerable old start menu, but I shall reserve judgement until I have chance to actually try it tonight....


Some writeups of both the PC and tablet based aspects of Windows 8 interfaces;

PC: http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2 ... pc-age.ars
Tablet: http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2 ... et-age.ars

[Epsilon]

Although... can't say I am keen on the new start... thing.... that replaces the venerable old start menu, but I shall reserve judgement until I have chance to actually try it tonight....

It looks too simple :S. I'm going to try it once I get home from school...

[danpaul88]

Ironic.

Windows Virtual PC cannot run Windows 8 (x86)

Oracle VirtualBox can run Windows 8 (x86)


....

[Slayde]

Windows 7 works pretty well. 32 bit is ok, but 64 is where its really at. Especially if you are running a higher end gaming rig. Can get more usage out of your hardware with x64