Just Installed Windows 8 on an RM Slate

[hfnistelrooy]

Ah ha! I didnt think of that... will do next week

[coffeehoues]

how is windows 8 running on the slate? i was thinking of installing it to my slate. did you get directions written up

[nickbro]

You can download the Windows 8 Developer Preview from Windows Dev Center

 

Windows 8 Beta is due out next month though

 

Windows 8 runs soo much better on my Atom slate than Windows 7 ever did. Just wish the screen rotation stuff would work though, bit it is a developer preview

[Dos_Box]

how is windows 8 running on the slate? i was thinking of installing it to my slate. did you get directions written up

 

It runs fine, there are a couple of graphical limitations in a few of the demo Metro apps due to the 'not-very-good' integrated graphics, but everything driver-wise installed straight from the install dvd. I did install some of the RM (Pegatron) drivers just to ensure the most up-to date drivers and features were there.

We shall have a couple of Windows 8 slates on the stand at BETT if anyone wants a look and play with it, and trust me when I say it is rather good, even in the developers preview edition on a tablet.

[j_the_geek]

Don't suppose you managed to get the auto-rotate to work? We've got the ZooStorm SL8, and I'm having fun (!!!!) getting the auto-rotate to work. All drivers are installed, but can't find anything to auto-rotate the display.

In Windows 7 there was a "Location and Sensors" part to Control Panel, now it's just "Location". The last time I tried to get the auto-rotate to work, it was down to the sensor not being enabled.

[hfnistelrooy]

installed the consumer preview on the RM Slate and it runs fine, the buttons are nice and big and is simple to use, however I just dont see this as a desktop OS, no start menu is the biggest loss

 

The app store is a bit rubbish too, no progress bar to tell you how much its downloaded etc

 

No rotate for me either