BUILD: Windows 8 (Developer Preview)

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Originally Posted by Bodon

I do try on many vs available over deviantart such as http://fatezoom.deviantart.com/art/Ueis-251181664 which is similar to Mac OSX.
And I even made one similar to Mac OSX http://phd7.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d3eq70x
But ya must know, it is not fun to customized your "pure" Windows. It feel like you're stripping and rapping Windows.
And I also try this beautiful glass vs for Windows 7. But it is getting boring.
So I think Microsoft should consider the beautiful Mac OSX. For you, Mac OSX might look boring and dull but for me it look so pretty and delicate. Ya should digg it up a bit.

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Your probably the only person I know who supports the Max OSX look :P I don't think Windows will change their popular GUI to copy a GUI which doesn't seem to be asked after, not by the majority at least.

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Originally Posted by Recursion

I have a MacBook and find OS X's interface a lot less efficient than Windows. It's the little things that add up, like not being able to scroll through pictures easily in full screen mode and not having a 'real' maximise button.

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For this part, I'm totally agree with ya.
Like I said, in term of functionality, Windows is sure way advance and better and of course more user friendly.

omfg I hate how it doesn't actually shut down, it only hibernates.

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Originally Posted by J-Raviv

omfg I hate how it doesn't actually shut down, it only hibernates.

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It does shut down where your computer actually turns off.

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Originally Posted by xxMATTGxx

It does shut down where your computer actually turns off.

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Nope, go to Task Manager, then Performance. Check out where it says Up Time.
It's the same as it was with Windows 7, however long the computer has been active since it was last booted is its up time. Hibernating doesn't restart the counter, only a full shut down. :|
My counter: 1d:04h:55m:53s

tbh that explains why it's so fast.

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Originally Posted by J-Raviv

Nope, go to Task Manager, then Performance. Check out where it says Up Time.
It's the same as it was with Windows 7, however long the computer has been active since it was last booted is its up time. Hibernating doesn't restart the counter, only a full shut down. :|
My counter: 1d:04h:55m:53s

tbh that explains why it's so fast.

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You can go back to it shuts down fully and doesn't do that by the way. It is part of why Windows 8 boot up times are faster than previous Windows.

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Microsoft has designed its Windows 8 shutdown to close user sessions but hibernate the kernel session. This reduces the amount of data that hibernation mode needs to write to disk, making it faster to read and resume. Microsoft has tested the feature across a variety of systems and claims it’s 30-70% faster on most systems they have tested. “It’s faster because resuming the hibernated system session is comparatively less work than doing a full system initialization,” explains Aul.

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Stupidly forgot to save passwords, now I don't have them :S

Hey, does SAM Broadcaster work for anyone else on Windows 8?

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Originally Posted by J-Raviv

Hey, does SAM Broadcaster work for anyone else on Windows 8?

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I haven't tried it, does it install and then no open? I would expect some compatibility issues with software in the dev preview anyway. Skype 5.5 works with Windows 8 if anyone had trouble with skype in the past!

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Originally Posted by xxMATTGxx

I haven't tried it, does it install and then no open? I would expect some compatibility issues with software in the dev preview anyway. Skype 5.5 works with Windows 8 if anyone had trouble with skype in the past!

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Installs, opens, crashes. I've even tried it in compatibility mode and no fix.

Not really sure what I'm supposed to use haha...