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| [WIN8] Want to use Windows 8 Developer Preview as main OS Would I want to use the Windows 8 Developer Preview as my main OS and dump Windows 7 Home Premium for good???
Would all my current installed software such as Steams games, CyberLink Blu-ray Disc Suite, and so forth all still work???
Will I have any hardware compatible issues??? |
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 redxiiPremium,Mod
join:2001-02-26
Sherwood, MI
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| No that's a bad idea. It's a beta.
Betas have a timebomb (stop working after a certain date), and for any bugs that arise you won't be able to patch them. You won't be able to update to the final release. The Preview's timebomb has just a bit over a month left now, after that it'll force you to reboot every 2 hours.
It happens all the time, people ask how they can update from a beta to the final release without losing all their data or reinstalling/redoing everything. Usual response being they shouldn't have used it in the first place.
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davePremium,MVM
join:2000-05-04
not in ohio
kudos:7 | Good advice, but I'd add that it's not even a beta - it's a developer preview. The point of that is to give people a jump-start on working with the APIs. The OS doesn't have to even try to be complete, unlike a beta release. |
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 OctaveanPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-31
New York, NY
kudos:1 | reply to floydb1982
I just add that the actual Windows 8 beta will presumably be released later this month and should be more feature complete then the earlier preview. Even then its not a good idea to use it on an every day production or mission critical box. |
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| I bet he will ask the same thing again after some time. |
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 DarkLogixPremium
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX
kudos:3 | reply to floydb1982
Simple answer NO.
longer answer, what they said.
answer #3, you'll regret it.
forth answer, micosoft doesn't want you doing that.
5th answer, only use purchased software or linux as your main OS. |
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 imtim83Premium
join:2001-06-03
Kenner, LA | reply to floydb1982
Bad idea install it in a VM. |
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 LeeBeeIt's Dark Out There
join:2003-06-18
Swissieland | if you're asking the question here, the answer is no. Don't do it. |
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 Link LoggerPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-29
Calgary, AB
kudos:3
·Shaw
| reply to floydb1982
Hold on there sparky, the preview isn't even an alpha version, so while its good for giving developers a heads up that change is coming, I wouldn't use for my main OS. Hold off a bit there might be something a little more complete coming down the pipe soon. I suspect that Windows 8 is a lot more then what was in the preview 
Blake
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Vendor: Author of Link Logger which is a traffic analysis and firewall logging tool |
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| reply to floydb1982
Is this the line to get in to tell him not to do it? |
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 PeteC2Got Mouse?Premium,MVM
join:2002-01-20
Bristol, CT
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| reply to floydb1982
said by floydb1982:Would I want to use the Windows 8 Developer Preview as my main OS and dump Windows 7 Home Premium for good???
Would all my current installed software such as Steams games, CyberLink Blu-ray Disc Suite, and so forth all still work???
Will I have any hardware compatible issues???
1. No.
2. Probably not. Even when it gets to BETA, and it isn't there yet, there will likely be a number of anomalies to deal with
3. Most likely! Even upon release, you may run into hardware driver issues...often it takes time before hardware drivers are developed/finalized for a new OS...before release? Count on it.
For those who have extra, or secondary boxes, and want to get a jump on what is being developed, fine, if that is your thing, but for a computer that you actually want to count on? Even running a true BETA makes minimal sense.
A lot of folks will not even install a new production OS until it has had a Service Pack release (SP1), as often arcane glitches only manifest themselves after truly large amounts of users install the retail product.
A substantial number of XP users never even installed Vista, leap-frogging it altogether and waiting for Win 7. Way too early to tell what the value of Win 8 is going to be.
If what you have now works well, what is the advantage to replacing it with a not-ready-for-prime-time pre-production OS?
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OctaveanPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-31
New York, NY
kudos:1 | reply to howardfine
said by howardfine:Is this the line to get in to tell him not to do it?
Quite funny,….
Your comment reminds me of that bit in the movie “Airplane” (Calm Down, Get ahold of yourself!):
»www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYiv76qRCkA |
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| reply to howardfine
Yes. Go all the way back around the corner and two blocks down. |
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Link LoggerPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-29
Calgary, AB
kudos:3 Reviews:
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| said by printscreen:Yes. Go all the way back around the corner and two blocks down.
And you can only slap him around until Feb 28th after that it will be OK to install it.
Blake
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Vendor: Author of Link Logger which is a traffic analysis and firewall logging tool |
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