I did a livestream of it a couple days ago.
Doesn't go into too much, mainly just first impressions.
www.livestream.com/ichbin
Head to about...25 minutes in if you don't wanna see it install.
I did a livestream of it a couple days ago.
Doesn't go into too much, mainly just first impressions.
www.livestream.com/ichbin
Head to about...25 minutes in if you don't wanna see it install.
What if I'm a Snowstorm burning
What if I'm a world unturning.
yup, i found all that.
but, how do you make it stay in desktop mode permanently? that metro crap is retarded.
There is a setting for it. I read it yesterday. The metro interface is geared towards tablet PCs. There is a setting to get the STD desktop at startup.
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if you can find how to do that i'd appreciate it. if not, i'll hunt down the info myself. that may make me hate it less.
i think i found an easy way to bypass metro.
http://www.ghacks.net/2011/09/15/win...able-metro-ui/
My girlfriend just did this method of installing Windows 8, very interesting if you ask me:
http://blog.concurrency.com/infrastr...windows-setup/
As for my opinion of Windows 8, it's not bad, but it's not great in it's current form. The metro interface is very nice for tablets (although on my girlfriend's netbook, the Metro interface apps won't open because the maximum screen resolution is 800x600!) but for a desktop, I'd prefer to have some desktop setting which brings back the Windows Vista/7 start menu with a button to go into Metro mode.
Additionally, if you have a tablet which isn't working with the pen (My girlfriend has a Wacom Fun Bamboo Pen and Touch tablet, touch was working fine, but the pen wasn't), installing the Windows 7 drivers works fine and will 're-enable' the pen functionality. I wonder if a lot of the Windows 7 drivers will work fine with Windows 8 (if so, this is good news!).
I might give it a go on my netbook soon via the VHD method shown above.
What if I'm a Snowstorm burning
What if I'm a world unturning.
so i downloaded the program from the link above and woo hoo!!!!! no more metro for me! i have a full desktop with full start menu. i'm hating win8 less now.
I tried it and promptly set fire to the disk and installed Fedora. I like my PC much more now.
Also, have you guys looked into that one of the "features" of Win8 may be that there's no ability to install other OSes-on a motherboard level?
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ot-Block-Linux
Last edited by Kayin; 09-29-2011 at 09:51 PM.