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Gary:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows-8/consumer-preview

A preview of Windows 8 for consumers has been released. View the page to the details.

How many people have tried it already?

My initial reaction to Win 8 remains the same, I don't like the new Start Screen system they have, it's intended more for tablets then desktops. It also seems to me that anything in the start screen can only read from the Documents, Music, Video and Pictures folders, rather than elsewhere on a harddrive, I couldn't set a personal picture from an external drive.

I'd use it, as the traditional desktop is there, and looks okay, but that desktop doesn't get it's traditional start menu, a very bad call in my opinion. So unless MS changes Win 8 drastically, I won't be upgrading to it, and if when I get laptop 5, it comes with Windows 8, I'll downgrade to 7.

K@:
It wants me to install Silverlight. So, basically, they can bugger off!

I played with a preview of W8, a while back. My observations tally, pretty-well, with yours.

Impressed, I wasn't.

I certainly wouldn't pay for it.

ethankcvds:
From the FAQ that is provided it does not even sound user friendly at. Also I laugh at this
--- Quote ---Internet Explorer 10 provides an “add-on free” experience. It supports HTML 5 for video content, but you can't install toolbars and add-ons in Internet Explorer 10.
--- End quote ---

Um Microsoft you do realize that the HTML 5 video tag is not finalized yet.


Edited due to google chrome.

青山 素子:
There are two versions of IE, actually. The traditional desktop version, which supports addons, and the Metro-version which does not. Note that Windows on ARM doesn't have the desktop version.

I'm not a fan of the new interface. Sticking touch-friendly interfaces into a classic desktop environment may be the rage, but it's just not friendly for mouse and keyboard. Kudos to Microsoft for trying something new, but I think the forcing of it on Windows as default will do them a lot of harm.

warnerbob18:
Window is coming with some additional features as all other windows came.
In a Microsoft support program there was a discussion about very new feature that is going to introduce in win 8.
Th feature is named as "Kill switch".
Kill switch will provide you the facility of taking remote access of others computer on which win 8 is installed. So there is no need to install any software to take remote access of others computer if you already install Win 8 on your system.

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