Windows 8 BETA download

[Tecnho]

Hello compañer@s, well today is the day of the presentation of windows 8 consumer preview and it is already available for download to see who wants to try it, I will try it on the second pc out of curiosity and I will comment on it.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/download

[Franziskaner]

hello we start with the test
step 1 download and compatibility check result :wall: he doesn't like either Pure in demo or AutoCAD (by eye in the patch, like 7) :wall:
step 2 select the language :wall:
if you are not:
german
english
french
chinese
japanese
you DON'T EXIST spanish is NOT the third most spoken language in the world :wall:
step 3 write down the code on a piece of paper that refuses to let you copy and paste

to be continued….

in half an hour, which is running on a quad core with 4 gigs of ram and a raid 0 :triston:

[Tecnho]

It's logical about compatibility, the language thing is already normal like anything else and more so being a newly released BETA, and well the key thing, I don't know about that XD, it's just to check it out a bit, I don't think it will stay installed for long, maybe once installed there's some language pack or something.

[Franziskaner]

@Tecnho:

It's logical about compatibility, the language thing is already normal like anything and more so being a BETA that just came out, and well the key thing, I don't know what to say XD, it's to check it out a bit, I don't think it will stay installed for long, maybe once installed there's some language pack or something.

well Tecnho I understand that I have reservations with the autocad (although I shouldn't) I understand that I have reservations about the Pure ¿? no, what's going on is that since it's not made in bill gates it's time to complain ¿no? that wasn't unfair competition or something like that ¿? about the key issue ….. it's something common in many programs so I don't say anything. but about the language...... I'm not asking for Catalan or Basque (which they could do so well) I'm asking for the third most spoken language in the world ¡¡¡ and the language of the country where those idiots presented the 7
P.D as I have 20 minutes left I'm going to do my name honor and do the same then I'll continue, we'll see how long it takes for me to get tired ;D

[amd125]

I am delighted with Windows 7. I went from XP to Windows 7 and I feel like Windows 8 is a skip for me.

[Sylver]

@amd125:

I'm delighted with Windows 7. I went from XP to Windows 7 and I feel like Windows 8 skips me.

+1

If anything, I'll try it out of curiosity.
Right now I'm not in a position to play around with testing operating systems, I'm maxed out on resources in the student dorm but when I get back to the base of operations on the weekend we'll try playing around with that BETA, see what it brings and what it looks like…
By the way, has anyone already tried to meet the minimum requirements? I think it was estimated that it asked for any micro at 1 GHz, 1Gb of RAM for 32 bits and 2Gb for 64, but in practice you know how it is... And I'd try it on the company's PC3 xD

[cobito]

Apart from the new interface, does anyone know what practical/technical/functional new features it brings?

[Bm4n]

None, honestly I care about both the W8 and the Me;D

[psgonza]

I downloaded it so I could criticize it with some basis

I haven't installed a single Windows Vista or 7 on my PCs (the last thing I had on the desktop was an XP, and that was many years ago. On the work laptop there's no choice, so I don't count that), and I think this one isn't going to be an exception...

Anyway, don't you think they make things more and more for "idiots" every day (sorry for the expression)... This way the species isn't going to improve at all (have you seen idiocracy?? Idiocracy (2006) - IMDb)

[Nemo]

Psgonza, I think that an operating system that wants to succeed in the world, the first maxim it must have is "the user is not an expert" therefore it must have that point of "computer science for dummies". To give an example, Android devices do not come with an instruction manual, will it be because of its simplicity of use?
However, I think it must be scalable enough to also satisfy the "Power Users"
A system that initially was not governed by that maxim were the different Linux, from a while ago they seem to have rectified and they are making them more "usable" for the general public, without losing that potential for advanced users.

Best regards

[Bm4n]

I don't believe it, I recently tried the new windows phone 7 and it's not bad, but it's also not the pinnacle. Windows 8 is simply a w7 with a pinch of the wp7 interface, so it doesn't interest me (maybe I'm not a new me, but it's just a change in appearance). True, the appearance is impressive, but I think it can get tiring quickly.

And the fact that android doesn't come with an instruction manual doesn't mean it doesn't need one. If we were still talking about iOS, which is simpler and good, and even then many people have trouble... if we're talking about a PC OS, there's nothing for dummies and even less for windows.

PD. My Windows from 2 years ago :troll:

[Nemo]

@Bm4n:

I don't believe it, I recently tried the new windows phone 7 and it's not bad, but it's not the bomb either. Windows 8 is simply a w7 with a pinch of the wp7 interface, so it doesn't interest me (maybe I'm not a new Me, but it's just a change in appearance). It's true that the appearance is impressive, but I think it can get tiring quickly.

And that android doesn't come with a user manual doesn't mean it doesn't need one. If we were still talking about iOS, which is simpler, well, even then many people have trouble... if we're talking about a PC OS, there's nothing for dummies and Windows less so.

Honestly, I don't know if they've done some kind of acrobatic marvel, but the previous version of windows 8 that I tried, didn't interest me at all, in fact, I even thought it was a bit messy.

We accept iOS as an example too ;D.

As you rightly say, Operating Systems have to have that balance point between users who don't know where the start button is and the great hacker. But I don't think Windows 8 will be a revolution, rather a transition. I hope for something better than Vista :wall:
Regards

[psgonza]

It's clear that I don't think an OS has to be complicated by nature...

Access to computing seems fundamental in these times, and you don't have to be a hacker (I hope I don't go to jail for using this word on the internet, things are very tense :P) to handle an OS.

Probably this is an exclusively my vision, and mainly due to spending too many years with linux, but I think they are simplifying so much, that in the end they are not going to let you do anything but watch...

Salu2