windows 8 preview

Post by **nikos** » 2012 Mar 02, 17:14

has anyone managed to install windows 8 on MS virtualPC?
it looks ok in virtualbox though

Post by **nikos** » 2012 Mar 02, 19:27

I spoke too soon. Win8 installs and runs on VB but the virtual box additions won't install so you can't pretty much do anything with the darn thing

I am sure oracly guys are aware of this and will retry in a month or two!

fgagnon · Post by **fgagnon** » 2012 Mar 02, 19:52

I will likely set up w8 as a dual-boot with its own partition sometime in the next few weeks. Just to satisfy my curiosity. I have no driving need for it.

Tuxman · Post by **Tuxman** » 2012 Mar 03, 00:35

I won't try W8 before its final version, too many bugs left to fixed according to first reports. Also, the missing start menu is a thing that makes me hesitate. (On the other hand, I've been using Launchy and a number of "pinned" applications for a while now.)

However, it seems that my Stardock Tiles license will be deprecated with W8. I still don't know if I should like that.

Post by **nikos** » 2012 Mar 03, 05:50

i am not in any mood of trying win8 either but i have to do it to try xplorer2 in detail on it. Laggard's chore

Post by **nikos** » 2012 Mar 07, 07:48

tips to shutdown etc without start menu
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wik ... -pros.aspx

Post by **nikos** » 2012 Apr 03, 06:08

if you thought xplorer2 was evil for including lite/pro/ultimate, see this
http://www.osnews.com/story/25670/Micro ... 8_versions

Tuxman · Post by **Tuxman** » 2012 Apr 03, 09:28

Still, there is a good chance that you invent another x² edition. Or several.

xplorer² lite, pro, ultimate, hyper, bacon

Kilmatead · Post by **Kilmatead** » 2012 Apr 03, 14:55

Does Cheese & Onion come before Bacon?

At least this one's already been copyrighted, whatever it is...

(And seeing as Win8 isn't designed to be used on real computers anyway, the word seems to be that Win7 is the new XP, and the infamous Windows Tick/Tock cycle is going to bite them again, so unless you're desperate for a no-name tablet, Win8 is probably a non-event.)

Tuxman · Post by **Tuxman** » 2012 Apr 03, 15:44

So we'll probably have a Kilmatead Edition first?

Kilmatead · Post by **Kilmatead** » 2012 Apr 03, 16:02

My own drug line? Sure, why not... Kilmaceutical Research isn't as well funded as it could be (considering I'm not 16 anymore, and "grew up" somewhere in the intervening years), but capitalism is always most successful in the hands of the unbeliever. Maybe a line of herbal coffees, which curiously all seem to have an interesting after-taste of Horsey-Doo-Doo. (Those tree-hugging Meuslix-eating health-freaks will buy anything.)

Tuxman · Post by **Tuxman** » 2012 Apr 03, 16:23

Kilmatead wrote:Kilmaceutical Research

... and you complain about us making puns with your name!

Kilmatead · Post by **Kilmatead** » 2012 Apr 03, 16:27

T'was a typo, honest 'govna! (You lads shot the sheriff, I only shot the depute. That herbal coffee is strong do-da.)

Tuxman · Post by **Tuxman** » 2012 Apr 03, 16:29

Sure thing, "coffee". Not in a liquid form, I presume?

Kilmatead · Post by **Kilmatead** » 2012 Apr 03, 16:52

Suppository form. As I made clear before, my new nom-de-plume is Mr.ButtCrack-o-Matic, just so Nikos has to guess where all that weird spam he keeps getting is coming from. It's also a trebble-pun on the exclamation I made when I discovered the sacred ingredient in The Coffee, "Urethra!" I cried, so loud my scantily-clad assistant burst into the room wearing less than a salamander in heat.

"What is it?" she whispered breathlessly, fawning up at me with her doe-eyed naivete.

Naturally, I couldn't answer her as I knew she was an agent planted by Steve Jobs as his last act upon this Earth (speaking of Tree-hugging Meuslix-eating freaks).

Thus, by the ancient laws of the Illuminati, I had to hide the secret in plain sight, so no one else would ever discover it. As it turns out, the Internet is a really useful thing for obfuscating the obvious! You can wear your heart on your sleeve here and people will think you're only suffering from a wee cut on your arm. Amazing!

(Yeah, you gotta love a strong cup of coffee.)