[Joseph_sw]

So, trying to merges CE & NT ?
I dub this windows NT 6.2.xx version as: Windows CENT.
which is microsoft product to recover every possible cents that loss to its competitors.

[Tripredacus]

Searching file contents doesn't seem to work...

I did find that installing a program makes it appear (as well as the uninstall option) on the Metro desktop.
Also, the CPU beat me in Chess.

[Tripredacus]

If anyone wants to install their DevPreview in audit mode...

Spoiler

ProductKey is the install key from the DVD.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
    <settings pass="windowsPE">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <UserData>
                <ProductKey>
                    <Key>6RH4V-HNTWC-JQKG8-RFR3R-36498</Key>
                    <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
                </ProductKey>
                <AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula>
            </UserData>
            <ImageInstall>
                <OSImage>
                    <InstallTo>
                        <DiskID>0</DiskID>
                        <PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
                    </InstallTo>
                    <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
                </OSImage>
            </ImageInstall>
            <DiskConfiguration>
                <Disk wcm:action="add">
                    <ModifyPartitions>
                        <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Active>true</Active>
                            <Extend>true</Extend>
                            <Format>NTFS</Format>
                            <Label>System</Label>
                            <Letter>C</Letter>
                            <Order>1</Order>
                            <PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
                        </ModifyPartition>
                    </ModifyPartitions>
                    <DiskID>0</DiskID>
                    <WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>
                    <CreatePartitions>
                        <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Order>1</Order>
                            <Size>20480</Size>
                            <Extend>false</Extend>
                            <Type>Primary</Type>
                        </CreatePartition>
                    </CreatePartitions>
                </Disk>
                <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
            </DiskConfiguration>
        </component>
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <SetupUILanguage>
                <UILanguage>en-us</UILanguage>
            </SetupUILanguage>
            <InputLocale>0409:00000409</InputLocale>
            <SystemLocale>en-us</SystemLocale>
            <UILanguage>en-us</UILanguage>
            <UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <settings pass="oobeSystem">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Deployment" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <Reseal>
                <Mode>Audit</Mode>
            </Reseal>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="catalog:d:/sources/install_windows vista business.clg" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />
</unattend>

[joe43wv]

MagicAndre1981, on 15 September 2011 - 05:30 AM, said:

the new startscreen is a disaster I never had such an bad UX I have to search several minutes to do the simplest basics. Hopefully we can select which startmenu we want to use on desktop systems. On touch based tablets it may be really cool but it sucks completely with Mouse and keyboard.

It also runs with VMWare Workstation 8. I have no issues with VirtualBox.

I agree, it looks like they are trying to compete with Apple and instead of creating two different OS platforms, one for tablets and one for desktops, they are trying to cram everything into one. Mark my words if / when Windows 8 flops because of this, the next gen OS will have two different platforms.

[CoffeeFiend]

My 2 cents:

• the new explorer UI is somewhat nicer, and so are the improved copy dialogs (especially for those who of us who move many large files around all the time)
  
• task manager isn't quite process explorer but it's nicer
  
• hyper-v brings a better VM environment to the desktop. Although I will keep vmware instead, in part due to using vsphere/vcenter and workstation at work.
  
• mounting ISOs and VHDs is nice to have but it's too basic

Metro is beyond awful though.

Edit:

Mr Snrub, on 15 September 2011 - 12:22 PM, said:

editing documents with vi or EDIT.COM

Pfft, edit.com! Edlin is where it's at... Ok, not. That was truly horrific (although I've seen worse), especially compared to qedit!

[helpdesk98]

I am not nuts about the start screen, but I do strongly agree with your last two statements I like the idea of having hyper v! and I really like the fact that you can mount vhds and iso. I like to move back and forth between the real system and the VMs. Another thing I like is how at times explorer is like MS Office I use office a lot so it feels familiar.

[ChiefZeke]

The November 2011 issue of "PCWorld" has a 'review' of the Widows 8 Developer Preview.

[MagicAndre1981]

Hyper-V sucks. The guest perf is terrible and a lot of users can't use it because of the SLAT requirement if they use Intel CPUs becasue only the Intel i Core CPUs support it. Also the mouse pointer lags extremely. There is still no WDDM guest driver. They use the software rendering driver from Windows 8. VMWare Player 4 wins on the desktop!!!!

VHD and ISO mounting is bad, because you can specifiy a fixed driver letter and there is no automount feature. Some software require a reboot and next drive is gone and install fails. Explroer sucks completely because of vertical space wasting. The ribbons is too large. Look at the blog entry and you can see that most users have 768 or 800 vertical pixels. so the ribbons waste to much space and the QAT only allows 6 commands to be added

I'll skip "Windows Telebubby" completely. This large compromise of mixing Desktop and tablet UI into 1 Windows is terrible to use. I now installed Ubuntu 11.10 and played a bit with it. I like it much better compared to the new Teletubby Windows. I'll only use the new tools (ADK, WPT) with Vista Sp2 and Win7 Images.

[johnhc]

I have noticed that drag-n-drop into a command prompt (to insert the path) does not work in W8. A search revealed this did not work in Vista. Has it reverted or is there a work around? Thanks and Enjoy, John.

[wuliyymk]

Thank to share