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This thread is for intelligent discussion of Windows 8, any apple fanboi crap will be reported. Unless you have something to offer other than "it sucks", "I hate it", or other 3 or 4 word replies, please keep quiet
Here's the first tweak for you geeks, create yourself a couple .reg files and past the below info into them, the first on enables the classic Windows 7 type start menu, the second re-enables the Windows 8 style menu, the change is instantaneous, no reboot required.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer]
"RPEnabled"=dword:00000000
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer]
"RPEnabled"=dword:00000001
Pulled this down last night, and tried to get it running under VMware Workstation 7, no go. This is a VMware 7 issue, not Windows, and is supposedly supported under VMware 8.
I did get it installed in Virtual Box this morning, but it's real unstable (keeps freezing up). I'm pretty sure it's a VB issue, but don't have much experience with VB. VB won't install most of the drivers so I could only play with a few bits. I think I'll burn it to DVD in a few days, and load it onto a clean HDD.
I'm not sure about the Metro UI on the desktop. I think it will rock on a tablet / slate. Where I could see it being super useful is in places where you aren't sitting at a desk (think in the kitchen), of course you'd need a touchscreen.
I do like the live tiles (my son and wife both have Windows Phone 7 phones), and I think that having a mini tile panel (like on a second monitor, or where gadgets are now) would be nice on a desktop.
It does seem much faster, and snappier than Win7, and that's on a single core / 1024 Mb VM. Boot time appears to be dramatically improved as well, but I'll have to see how it performs on bare metal.
No question, I wish I had a touch screen to try it on.
I agree,
I have a touchscreen, but the display seems to have crapped out, and it's not multi-touch.
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