Popular Post Dos_Box Posted February 16, 2012 Popular Post Posted February 16, 2012 It looks pretty unanimous, the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona will see the launch of the consumer preview on the 29th Feb according to these sites: It’s Official, Folks, Windows 8 Consumer Preview at MWC, Barcelona*|*TechLeash Windows 8 Consumer Preview arrives February 29th Windows 8 Consumer Preview due February 29: why it's not called beta | ZDNet Windows 8 Consumer Preview launching at MWC | News | TechRadar Just in case you didn't know yet 5
Gatt Posted February 16, 2012 Posted February 16, 2012 So hope this isn't true: Microsoft removes Start button from Windows 8...really?
Arthur Posted February 16, 2012 Posted February 16, 2012 The Start button is now on your keyboard... http://i.imgur.com/M8GKN.jpg
john Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 The Start button is now on your keyboard... http://i.imgur.com/M8GKN.jpg Where it has been for the last 15 years at least!
Arthur Posted February 18, 2012 Posted February 18, 2012 The point I was trying to make is that it will be quicker to press the Windows key on your keyboard to bring up the Start Screen, type the first few letters of whatever you are looking for and press Enter, than it would be to move your mouse all the way to the bottom left corner, wait until the Start Screen appears and then click on a tile or scroll right until you find what you are looking for. Fear not though, the Start button functionality isn't as dead as it seems. We have confirmed with sources close to Microsoft's Windows 8 development that a hot corner has replaced the Start button orb. (Source) In essence this will equate to moving the mouse pointer (if on a PC) into the corner which will fire up the new full-screen Metro-style start screen. Tablet users will be able achieve the same result by flicking their finger to the same bottom left corner of the screen. (Source)
callmetom Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 The point I was trying to make is that it will be quicker to press the Windows key on your keyboard to bring up the Start Screen, type the first few letters of whatever you are looking for and press Enter, than it would be to move your mouse all the way to the bottom left corner, wait until the Start Screen appears and then click on a tile or scroll right until you find what you are looking for. Yes it would be quicker to use the Windows button from the keyboard, but I'm so used to the start button that I'd still drag my mouse across the screen to click the start button.You know what they say; old habits die hard...
Little-Miss Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 Whats with the little running man on the spacebar?
Dos_Box Posted February 24, 2012 Author Posted February 24, 2012 Does anyone know where the download page will be yet? I'm guessing it may be in the same location as the Developers Preview on the Windows 8 news page here: Windows 8 news - Microsoft Windows but if anyone knows any different please let us all know. I know there are quite a few builds circulating on various torrents, but given the almost daily build that goes on I'd avoid these with so little time to wait.
Arthur Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 (edited) I think a link will be posted on dev.windows.com when the Consumer Preview is available. What's with the little running man on the spacebar? Not sure. I have never seen him on any other laptops before. Maybe it is because you typically use the spacebar to jump in games Edited February 24, 2012 by Arthur
RabbieBurns Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 right cmon its the 29th now wheres my beta!!
Arthur Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 We should be able to download the CP shortly after 2.00 p.m. GMT I think. The download is expected to go live around 9 AM EST and we highly expect the severs to get slammed with traffic. While we do not have any specifics, we have heard that the download size for the x64 build is a little over 3GB in size, which is quite a bit larger than Windows 95 which weighed in at 19 megabytes. (Source)
zag Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 Downloading now at a massive 150kb/s lol. 3hrs to go
RabbieBurns Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 Downloading now at a massive 150kb/s lol. 3hrs to go from where?
Dos_Box Posted February 29, 2012 Author Posted February 29, 2012 (edited) The RSAT or Preview? If the preview, do you have a link? Edited February 29, 2012 by Dos_Box
zag Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 (edited) edit: see couple of posts down for the iso's Edited February 29, 2012 by zag 4
Arthur Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 (edited) You might want to wait for the ISOs? The ESDs can't be decompressed. forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/32336-Feb-29-Windows-8-Consumer-Preview-build-8250 http://i.imgur.com/w10nG.png Edited February 29, 2012 by Arthur 1
ZeroHour Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 64bit version here http://ak.or.esd.microsoft.com/pr/WCPDL/8A9D4FDFF736C5B1DBF956B89D6C8FDFD925DACD2/Windows8-ConsumerPreview-64bit-English-x1794226.esd 32bit version here http://ak.or.esd.microsoft.com/pr/WCPDL/8A9D4FDFF736C5B1DBF956B89D6C8FDFD925DACD2/Windows8-ConsumerPreview-32bit-English-x1794225.esd esd?? I am get 1.6mb a sec from the 64bit.
Dos_Box Posted February 29, 2012 Author Posted February 29, 2012 ESD looks to be a virtualised image: Electronic Software Distribution-Based Scenario
Arthur Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 What's the point of downloading the ESDs if you can't do anything with them (see link above)?
ZeroHour Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 What's the point of downloading the ESDs if you can't do anything with them (see link above)? I have stopped my download. I just wanted to get my place on the servers in case it could be used
Popular Post AngryTechnician Posted February 29, 2012 Popular Post Posted February 29, 2012 Windows Server 8 Beta official page up NOW: Download Windows Server "8" Beta 5
zag Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 Direct links 32bit http://iso.esd.microsoft.com/WCPDL/BD1B8A49393E30CC9C4E5C88457D73E964F1F3B18/Windows8-ConsumerPreview-32bit-English.iso 64bit http://iso.esd.microsoft.com/WCPDL/BD1B8A49393E30CC9C4E5C88457D73E964F1F3B18/Windows8-ConsumerPreview-64bit-English.iso Coming down at a nice 3.5mb/s 1
AngryTechnician Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 Started out similar to the above but now it's at 250k and dropping. The ROW has cottoned on!
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now