Nismo
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Registered: 12th Sep 02
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Anyone installed this yet? Im just installing it on a VM.
Consumer Preview ISO's
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows-8/iso
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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Not the consumer preview yet.
Been running the previous public version, like 7 but with the annoyance of that stupid metro stuff, hope they've made it easier to take off with this version.
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Daniel_Corsa
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Registered: 21st Apr 04
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Installed this morning on a virtual machine!
April '06' Corsasport Feature Car  | Aug '08' Total Vauxhall Feature Car | Spring '09' Fast Car Feature Car
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Gary
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Registered: 22nd Nov 06
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Tried the dev release a few month back. Wa shite.
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Rob_Quads
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Registered: 29th Mar 01
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Installed the Windows 8 Server as we are going for certification.
Installed the core hyper-v version thinking it was the normal version with hyper-v over the top but its not so will be installing the other version on monday
[Edited on 01-03-2012 by Rob_Quads]
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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Can this be used as a proper OS on my spare laptop?
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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Got it installed on the laptop replacing 7, forced to get acquainted now.
You can use it Jambo yes, it just runs out eventually.
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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had a play, doesnt seem to bad
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John
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I didn't know the server one was available to download until I seen Rob's post above.
Won't be putting it anywhere in production until 2013 at the earliest I'd think, I'll stick it on my home box though and get a play.
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ed
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It doesn't approve of Parallels. I give up.
The picture of a fish looks good though.
[Edited on 01-03-2012 by ed]
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
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My main laptop is due a rebuild, wondering if I bite the bullet and use W8... or shall I jsut wait for the RC...
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ed
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Wait for SP1 
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John
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Is your main laptop your work one Pow or just main home one?
I've got it on my main home one but would be annoyed within 5 seconds if I tried to do something for work and it wasn't in the right place.
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Nismo
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
It doesn't approve of Parallels. I give up.
The picture of a fish looks good though.
[Edited on 01-03-2012 by ed]
Turn off Smart mouse in Parallels settings 
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Daniel_Corsa
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I would install 7 then put 8 on a virtual!
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John
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Got server installed, in place upgrade finished pretty quickly, does look completely different.
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A2H GO
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Registered: 14th Sep 04
Location: Stoke
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I want to try this out but I still get annoyed with office 2010 when it takes me ages to find where stuff is.
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andy_mk3
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Registered: 18th Dec 11
Location: Peterborough
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I've got W8 on a VM, and that's where it's staying for now! Not liking this metro stuff at all tbh.
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pow
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quote:
Originally posted by John
Is your main laptop your work one Pow or just main home one?
I've got it on my main home one but would be annoyed within 5 seconds if I tried to do something for work and it wasn't in the right place.
I only have one computer, that's my i7 Alienware M11x.
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kz
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Registered: 9th Aug 02
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This is awful. Spent the last few days making it as much like Windows 7 as possible! Getting there. Metro is going to be Microsoft's biggest fail ever imo... for the desktop anyway. I can imagine getting a Windows 8 tablet, then docking it into a keyboard for a laptop, or to an external screen for a proper PC, will be good.
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kedowan
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I hated it!
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oceansoul
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quote:
Originally posted by kedowan
I hated it!
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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Has a 'Play To' function that I can just right click and send to TV 
Who needs Apple TV now?
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adiohead
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Registered: 28th Sep 01
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People who don't have a tv connected to their router
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Ian W
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quote:
Originally posted by John
Has a 'Play To' function that I can just right click and send to TV
Who needs Apple TV now?
Can't you do that with Windows 7? My brother has shown me something like that I'm sure?
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