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Was just about to post a link to this, thanks for getting it out there. Have you ran it yet? I am halfway down with the download and planning to fire it up on a VM box.
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Not yet. I would love to put it on a touchscreen device though, but that would mean buying something.
That has to be the quickest windows install I think I have ever seen. I did it in about 15min during my lunch break, and edited the boot menu to give the option of windows 7 or Windows 8.
I haven't really played with yet, so the jury is out at the moment.
I haven't really played with yet, so the jury is out at the moment.
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I tried booting the ISO in Virtualbox (VM) and it did not like it. VirtualBox would not even boot it. Going to have to see if it will work with another VM software, has anyone done that yet?
I was really trying to avoid making another partition and burning a DVD, but I may just have to.
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That definitely helps, thank you very much!
I will report back and let you know how it works, in case anyone else wants to give it a try.
I will report back and let you know how it works, in case anyone else wants to give it a try.
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How about Microsoft Virtual PC? I would assume that would work.
I made several attempts to install it in VirtualBox but it would hang while expanding the files. I've read others have been successful getting it to run in VB.
It installed fine on a physical machine though. The new Metro gui is certainly going to take getting used to, it's essentially a smartphone front-end running on top of Win 7. Your apps are "tiled" on the Start page (and tiles are "live" so they are constantly being updated). When you select a tile to run an app, it runs full screen just like on a phone.
It installed fine on a physical machine though. The new Metro gui is certainly going to take getting used to, it's essentially a smartphone front-end running on top of Win 7. Your apps are "tiled" on the Start page (and tiles are "live" so they are constantly being updated). When you select a tile to run an app, it runs full screen just like on a phone.
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I'm thinking about throwing it on my junker laptop. Have to check the graphics card on it - I'm not sure I've got anything here with much in that department. Not going to download till I check that. I wonder if my wife would appreciate me installing it on her old netbook...probably not.
Good to hear your guys' feedback on it. I'm pretty curious.
Why does it say it needs a DL burner? The ISOs are <4.7GB.
Good to hear your guys' feedback on it. I'm pretty curious.
Why does it say it needs a DL burner? The ISOs are <4.7GB.
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I think that only applies to the one that includes the dev kit, as that is larger than 4.7.
If you download just the OS, you can put it on a single layer DVD
Here are the system requirements:
Windows Developer Preview works great on the same hardware that powers Windows Vista and Windows 7:
1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
Taking advantage of touch input requires a screen that supports multi-touch
Windows Developer Preview works great on the same hardware that powers Windows Vista and Windows 7:
1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
Taking advantage of touch input requires a screen that supports multi-touch
You can access the desktop just like any normal PC aswell.
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Ok, tried installing in VMWare 7 - No go, had to get VMWare8 for it to work.
Virtual PC (on a Win 7 Ultimate)didnt entertain it ?? Strange!
Virtualbox 4.1.2 installs it.
The new 'tile' system takes some getting used to. Still not found how to get to a standard 'Start-Programs' list yet.
Just me but I dont like the new format at all.
Underneath after digging is as has been said std Win7
Virtual PC (on a Win 7 Ultimate)didnt entertain it ?? Strange!
Virtualbox 4.1.2 installs it.
The new 'tile' system takes some getting used to. Still not found how to get to a standard 'Start-Programs' list yet.
Just me but I dont like the new format at all.
Underneath after digging is as has been said std Win7
There is a tile called Desktop, click that and it takes you too the standard desktop.
I think it's really meant for tablets and devices with touchscreens.
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You know what it was 2am when I playing with the Virtualbox. I just recalled it asked me to update when I first launched it, but I declined in a frenzy to start with Windows 8. Let me try to update it first before I try another software. Thanks for the indirect reminder
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You know what it was 2am when I playing with the Virtualbox. I just recalled it asked me to update when I first launched it, but I declined in a frenzy to start with Windows 8. Let me try to update it first before I try another software. Thanks for the indirect reminder
You need the Expansion pack as well! Until I installed that it played up a bit with devices. Just install from Virtualbox site
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