SO16_Saint Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 Anyone downloaded and used the Windows 8 Beta? Interested in seeing what it works like. Looks very unlike Windows from the promo videos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdearlove Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 yes - used the developer and consumer previews - hate it! It will be very good for touch screens, but it doesn't lend itself well to being used with a mouse. Lots of people who get their new PCs next year will be frustrated trying to find anything familiar about it to begin with. Its all still there but hidden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 yes - used the developer and consumer previews - hate it! It will be very good for touch screens, but it doesn't lend itself well to being used with a mouse. Lots of people who get their new PCs next year will be frustrated trying to find anything familiar about it to begin with. Its all still there but hidden. Just like the latest versions of Excel and Word then. F**king infuriating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_Jonny Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 I've had it on my laptop for months and its fine. You can change everything back to how you expect it to be if you want, and some of the little changes improve its functionality quite nicely. As usual though there will be a hoard of ignorant morons who **** and moan about change, and after a few months realise it is so much better than what went before. (vista excepted!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted 18 March, 2012 Share Posted 18 March, 2012 I've had it on my laptop for months and its fine. You can change everything back to how you expect it to be if you want, and some of the little changes improve its functionality quite nicely. As usual though there will be a hoard of ignorant morons who **** and moan about change, and after a few months realise it is so much better than what went before. (vista excepted!) That's fine, but why do Microsoft assume most PC users are morons? Generally users are far more savvy than they were 15-20 years ago, yet they want to dumb things down. Surely they learned the lesson with Vista when W7 was introduced. Why not have the default setting as being open and usable, instead of being closed and controlled. If people want that environment, they can always buy a mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 18 March, 2012 Share Posted 18 March, 2012 That's fine, but why do Microsoft assume most PC users are morons? Generally users are far more savvy than they were 15-20 years ago, yet they want to dumb things down. Surely they learned the lesson with Vista when W7 was introduced. Why not have the default setting as being open and usable, instead of being closed and controlled. If people want that environment, they can always buy a mac. I believe that considering the success of the Apple OS and related products in recent times, they are simply going with the market trends.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_Jonny Posted 19 March, 2012 Share Posted 19 March, 2012 I believe that considering the success of the Apple OS and related products in recent times, they are simply going with the market trends.... I believe on first boot you will be able to choose your preferred lay out. Having that touch centric metro layout on a desktop, for use with a mouse, is a pants idea, pretty as it might be. It will be great to use with touch, however. Will be great to see what people do with it on tablets given Microsofts more open ended approach to software development on their platforms, rather than the all seeing eye that is Apple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_stevo Posted 26 March, 2012 Share Posted 26 March, 2012 It looks like X-Box live threw up on my hotmail account. Not really 'used' it as such though. Be more interested in how 8 server does Hyper-V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martyg1950 Posted 27 March, 2012 Share Posted 27 March, 2012 Why on earthy has Windows server 8 (beta) got the Metro interface on it? I can't imagine a more bizzare way to interface with a server ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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