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Title: Windows 8 developer demo is out
Post by: Lorddave on October 10, 2011, 06:17:20 PM
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/br229516


So far:
Doesn't work on my system. 64-bit anyway. Installed fine but failed to do anything. It configures the devices then goes to a black screen.


So it sucks. Hard.
Title: Re: Windows 8 developer demo is out
Post by: Particle Person on October 10, 2011, 06:19:05 PM
Sounds awesome.
Title: Re: Windows 8 developer demo is out
Post by: Lorddave on October 10, 2011, 06:22:24 PM
Quote from: Particle Person on October 10, 2011, 06:19:05 PM
Sounds awesome.

It is.  This is why I have a hard drive I can put a spare OS on.
Title: Re: Windows 8 developer demo is out
Post by: Vindictus on October 10, 2011, 09:29:51 PM
Ugh.. I'm not touching this incarnation of windows. Just terrible.
Title: Re: Windows 8 developer demo is out
Post by: Parsifal on October 11, 2011, 01:19:00 AM
Quote from: Lorddave on October 10, 2011, 06:17:20 PM
So it sucks. Hard.

And nobody is surprised.
Title: Re: Windows 8 developer demo is out
Post by: Lorddave on October 11, 2011, 02:46:51 AM
Quote from: Parsifal on October 11, 2011, 01:19:00 AM
Quote from: Lorddave on October 10, 2011, 06:17:20 PM
So it sucks. Hard.

And nobody is surprised.
Of course. Microsoft bluntly told be so when I downloaded it.
Title: Re: Windows 8 developer demo is out
Post by: Parsifal on October 11, 2011, 03:30:46 AM
Quote from: Lorddave on October 11, 2011, 02:46:51 AM
Of course. Microsoft bluntly told be so when I downloaded it.

Apart from the fact that it is Windows, you mean?
Title: Re: Windows 8 developer demo is out
Post by: Lorddave on October 11, 2011, 04:48:13 AM
Quote from: Parsifal on October 11, 2011, 03:30:46 AM
Quote from: Lorddave on October 11, 2011, 02:46:51 AM
Of course. Microsoft bluntly told be so when I downloaded it.

Apart from the fact that it is Windows, you mean?
Yes.