Anyone using Windows 8 Consumer Preview?

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  1. chickenmatt5 Community Development Team

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    I am, and it's actually not half bad. IE Metro app mode is actually an acceptable for of IE, but no Metro apps can run on my netbook's 10" screen, so I had to edit the Registry to allow for a slightly larger screen resolution. Lag is a lot less, sleeping & waking is much faster, and everything from Windows 7 seems to be working. First thing I installed was Chrome. :p Desktop-only, though. The desktop isn't as hidden as I thought it'd be. Pretty integrated in my opinion. Anyone else using the Win 8 Consumer Preview? Anyone have questions about it?
    chickenmatt5, Mar 1, 2012
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  2. Airion Well-Known Member

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    Would it work on VMWare, or any other virtual machine software? I dual-booted Ubuntu with Win7, so I don't want to delete any OS's.
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  3. chickenmatt5 Community Development Team

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    You can trio-boot, I am with Win7, Win8, and Ubuntu. You just need enough partitions. Anyway, I've seen many how-tos to set it up in VirtualBox. Google it.
    chickenmatt5, Mar 1, 2012
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  4. Cwazywazy Well-Known Member

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    only on my laptop since sound and wifi dont work on my desktop. but, my laptop is broken.
    Cwazywazy, Mar 1, 2012
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  5. Jake0604 Well-Known Member

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    Are you using the right drivers on your desktop?
    Jake0604, Mar 1, 2012
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  6. Tkf1 Community Development Team

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    I love it, I upgraded from the Developer Preview this morning. Windows 8's multitasking is superb, it's just to bad that my screen resolution doesn't support it natively.

    The betta fish is a piss off.
    Tkf1, Mar 1, 2012
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  7. chickenmatt5 Community Development Team

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    I agree, if only the apps would stop crashing...

    What's wrong with the fish? D:
    chickenmatt5, Mar 1, 2012
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  8. Cwazywazy Well-Known Member

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    no. couldnt find any for win 8.
    Cwazywazy, Mar 1, 2012
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  9. Tkf1 Community Development Team

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    Use Windows Vista/7 drivers. If they don't work use compatibility mode.
    Tkf1, Mar 1, 2012
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  10. Jake0604 Well-Known Member

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    what he said ^
    Jake0604, Mar 1, 2012
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