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Windows 8 Released To Manufacturing

The Verge reports that Windows 8 will be available to MSDN and TechNet subscribers August 15th which sounds about right, Windows 7 became available on MSDN and TechNet two weeks after RTM.
 
Good to know. Is Server 2012 in tow as well? I'll be upgrading my newly built mini-server from 2008 R2 to 2012 & my main desktop from 8 RP to 8 RTM.

To acknowledge all of your battling out with people, I decided to go all out & use 8 RP for daily use. The start screen is growing on me a lot. My 2 main issues - I can't pin internet shortcuts (ex: Steam games) & renaming of pinned shortcuts seems impossible.
 
CrimsonKnight13 said:
Good to know. Is Server 2012 in tow as well? I'll be upgrading my newly built mini-server from 2008 R2 to 2012 & my main desktop from 8 RP to 8 RTM.

To acknowledge all of your battling out with people, I decided to go all out & use 8 RP for daily use. The start screen is growing on me a lot. My 2 main issues - I can't pin internet shortcuts (ex: Steam games) & renaming of pinned shortcuts seems impossible.
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Hmm I have pinned Steam games on my Metro screen, so I know it's possible... Can't remember if I put them there or if Steam put them there though...

I'll admit the renaming thing is a little annoying, maybe we'll get lucky in the RTM
 
All one can do is give it a shot to see if they like it. I do agree with you on these two limitations. There doesn't seem to be a technical reason why it can't be done and indeed I'm curious to see what's been added to the RTM, there had to be some enhancements along these lines or even perhaps post-RTM enhancements before GA.

Give the controversial nature of Metro I have a feeling that Microsoft is going to respond as quickly as it can to at least some input.
 
Mister Natural said:
I already got it covered. I installed an old version of AOL on a Windows ME machine. I'm good.
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I'm not looking forward to 8 on the desktop, but dude. ME was...a master piece of fail. I had to support it, and it was an absolute piece of shit.

I'm not sure it'd be possible for MS to put out something like ME anymore.
 
No plans on installing it on my desktop machine, but I'm excited to try it out on one of those Surface tablets.
 
Have my MDSN account (the last 5 years) ready to go. I will install Windows 8 onto an SSD drive that I have lying around to play with it. Will def NOT install onto my raid until the 1st service pac this time around.
 
I'll probably not be installing Windows 8 at all unless dockable x86 Windows Phones come out. Barring that, Windows 8 will probably be the first Windows release that I completely skip over (not counting Windows Me)
 
Domingo said:
No plans on installing it on my desktop machine, but I'm excited to try it out on one of those Surface tablets.
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It will be interesting to see if attitudes about Windows 8 with mice and keyboards change as more and more people start using hybrid devices like the Surface.

As Metro opponents point out the vast bulk of Windows 8 users will be using non-touch devices but I do think that that's going to change substantially over the life of Windows 8 as more Windows 8 hardware comes on line and you don't need a touch screen to benefit from touch, track pads should be much better in Windows 8 devices as Microsoft's has set specs for touch pad hardware and performance for Windows 8 certification.

When one starts using Windows 8 in a hybrid nature, Metro and the Start Screen make a lot of sense. One UI that works with whatever input method you're using is more straightforward than having on UI for touch and then another with using the device in a traditional keyboard and mouse driven way.
 
heatlesssun said:
It will be interesting to see if attitudes about Windows 8 with mice and keyboards change as more and more people start using hybrid devices like the Surface.

As Metro opponents point out the vast bulk of Windows 8 users will be using non-touch devices but I do think that that's going to change substantially over the life of Windows 8 as more Windows 8 hardware comes on line and you don't need a touch screen to benefit from touch, track pads should be much better in Windows 8 devices as Microsoft's has set specs for touch pad hardware and performance for Windows 8 certification.

When one starts using Windows 8 in a hybrid nature, Metro and the Start Screen make a lot of sense. One UI that works with whatever input method you're using is more straightforward than having on UI for touch and then another with using the device in a traditional keyboard and mouse driven way.
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I've found that I can switch to other apps & the start screen pretty damn fast by clicking the corners of the screen w/o really looking. Once I learn all of the shortcuts, I think I'll be a definite fan of Metro (as far as navigation & start screen customization).

The start screen really needs more customization options (shortcut renaming, color scheme, & background). Built-in Metro apps also need more options for me to customize how they respond to my input devices & preferred interface features (ex: mouse scroll for photos within a folder instead of having to use the arrow keys & the ability to set the desktop background - which is definitely missing).
 
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