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For those of you who have an MSDN subscription, Windows 8 (the RTM build) is now available.  Have you tried it? If so, what’s the verdict?

I’ll have my thoughts later this week.


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on Aug 16, 2012

let the raving begin ...

Personally ... I can't see any reason to upgrade from W7, tried out Metro and it's something I can do without. Might miss some good tech that is going into W8, but W7 does its job and I am more than happy with it.

I use my computer (and phone) as a tool, not a social accessory ...

on Aug 16, 2012

I do not have MSDN as yet so I'm going to have to wait a while, but I'll be keeping a keen eye on this thread to keep abreast of what the RTM has to offer.

Hopefully it's good rather than bad news.

on Aug 16, 2012

W8 reminds me of ME and we all know what that was like.

on Aug 16, 2012

Downloading it now and I may check it out when I get time, but I do not hold any hope for it unless I can get it to look and function exactly like Windows 7.

on Aug 16, 2012

lol

on Aug 16, 2012

Please keep it classy at least. 

on Aug 16, 2012

Island Dog
Please keep it classy at least. 

Did you say classy?

on Aug 16, 2012

It's not the UI or the tech, it's the Microsoft Store that will be the biggest issue.

on Aug 16, 2012

Island Dog
Please keep it classy at least. 

For me, that was some classy crap. And it was just my true opinion of Windows 8.

 

Oh well, they say shit happens. I guess not on this thread.  

on Aug 16, 2012

W8 H8.

on Aug 16, 2012

Is this classy enough?

 

 

 

This is a little more colorful than Windows 8...hehe.. 

 

 

on Aug 16, 2012

I like your visually acute political commentary.

on Aug 16, 2012

Daiwa
It's not the UI or the tech, it's the Microsoft Store that will be the biggest issue.

Absolutely. An essential part of the Apple ecosystem is the App Store.

The same is true for MS... and they aren't making a comfy environment for the devs.

on Aug 16, 2012

I installed win8 RTM Win

I had been playing with the beta the RTM is about the same. I like the OS. The new start screen is easy to customize and

 contrary to what everyone says you only see the start screen when you open a program.

Other than that it's like being on windows 7. all the software I use most is pined to the taskbar.

 So I hardly see the start screen. All in all I like it                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

 

 

 

on Aug 17, 2012

I only have it running in a VM, but I'm just getting used to Metro for now.

 

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