Windows 8 Consumer Preview

I just noticed... no CUDA or PhysX available with Win 8 Consumer Preview on my Quadro NVS320.

I see some reports too of it also not being seen by applications or games, even with the latest beta drivers for Win8 that say it does.

Will have to wait for an update methinks.

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If anyone is willing to post me a copy of the consumer preview, please pm me. I will pay for the DVD cost and postage fee's.

I don't have the bandwidth available to download it.

Thank you :)

tera

Edit: Please ignore the above post. I just realized I could get it on a Local Only Account. Thank you anyway, tera.
 
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I concur with some of the sentiments above:

Win8 Desktop experience = poop
Win8 Tablet/Mobile experience = probably not poop
 
I've been trying to download since last night for some or other reason it keeps failing, anybody in the Athlone Cape Town area who can help me out with a copy lol
 
DrJohnZoidberg said:
I concur with some of the sentiments above:

Win8 Desktop experience = poop
Win8 Tablet/Mobile experience = probably not poop
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It really is bizarre.

Clearly they have chosen to "break" the desktop experience somewhat in an effort to gain a place in the post pc tablet world, eventually shifting to a metro-esque single unified OS which doesnt suffer from bi-polar. The problem with that is you are never going to want to work in maya or final cut pro in metro style because metro simply isnt suited for that type of work.

You are always going to have trucks and cars, combining them in the way microsoft has chosen just leaves you with an OS which does each job less optimally than if they were more separate. If all this tablet stuff wasnt impacting the desktop experience negatively i would be fine with its inclusion, but it does, which makes me wonder where exactly microsoft intends to take this?

What's going to happen, is the desktop going to be reduced even further in windows 9 or not? If yes, then what about professional apps which just won't work well as tablet apps?

It seems to me apple are doing a better job solving the truck/car problem. It makes more to keep IOS and OSX separate, with each only sharing applications and functionality over time where it makes sense. e.g. mail, calendar, browsers, settings, user content, basic applications, etc. Sure, IOS is crap at multitasking and the like, but that can come quite quickly with subsequent updates - updates which take into account the various peculiarities of each platform. Shoehorning everything onto everything just doesnt make sense if you care about building a fantastic experience.

Microsoft, you suck. :p

Its like choosing to build a dual purpose cricket/rugby stadium with the net result being a crapper experience with the stands being further away from the field when playing rugby. Boohoo.
 
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So I've been playing with it for about an hour, and one think is clear.


HOLY MOLY IT IS FAST!

Like really fast. Like faster boot than ultra-light linux distros. Like can only just not count on one hand the time it takes from cold boot to desktop.

Personally, I like the gestures thing. Reminds me of my android :)
 
agentrfr said:
So I've been playing with it for about an hour, and one think is clear.


HOLY MOLY IT IS FAST!

Like really fast. Like faster boot than ultra-light linux distros. Like can only just not count on one hand the time it takes from cold boot to desktop.

Personally, I like the gestures thing. Reminds me of my android :)
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Yeah love that :)
 
Zyzzyva said:
It really is bizarre.

Clearly they have chosen to "break" the desktop experience somewhat
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Don't know about break, certainly alter.

There is enough flexibility for you to rejig things so that they almost approximate the previous experience. If Metro (apps) isn't your cup of tea, there's nothing stopping you removing (unpinning) all app tiles and only populating Start with desktop program shortcuts ordered into logically grouped columns (from All Apps sub screen). This reverts Start to a full screen version of the Start Menu (i.e. just a desktop program launcher).

Now instead of clicking the orb and navigating through a small vertical list of program groups/programs, you rather click the bottom right corner of the desktop and navigate horizontally on a full screen version with programs arranged in column groupings. Kinda like Launchpad in OSX Lion.
 
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Roman4604 said:
Don't know about break, certainly alter.

There is enough flexibility for you to rejig things so that they almost approximate the previous experience. If Metro (apps) isn't your cup of tea, there's nothing stopping you removing (unpinning) all app tiles and only populating Start with desktop program shortcuts ordered into logically grouped columns (from All Apps sub screen). This reverts Start to a full screen version of the Start Menu (i.e. just a desktop program launcher).

Now instead of clicking the orb and navigating through a small vertical list of program groups/programs, you rather click the bottom right corner of the desktop and navigate horizontally on a full screen version with programs arranged in column groupings. Kinda like Launchpad in OSX Lion.
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Good points.

But even after setting up metro as a launchpad type launcher, you still have the problem of experiencing a fairly inelegant and jarring transition every time you enter it. I know this is being quite pedantic, but this is a billion dollar product used by human beings for hours every day, i would expect them to get the whole experience feeling more cohesive. Its a shoddy coalescence of two completely different interfaces. They could do better.
 
Arthur said:
biggest challenge is not learning the new but unlearning the old way.
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While I agree things have improved over the years, It seems like the big players (Windows, OsX, Gnome/Unity) are just changing things for the sake of doing something "new", and annoying many people along the way. The Windows 7 interface was pretty efficient already.

As an OsX user, I really enjoy using it as my daily OS, but I think Window 7 and Cinnamon for Linux are just as good (sometimes I really miss my Linux desktop). Windows 8 with metro simply annoys me.
 
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Nuro said:
As an OsX user, I really enjoy using it as my daily OS, but I think Window 7 and Cinnamon for Linux are just as good (sometimes I really miss my Linux desktop). Windows 8 with metro simply annoys me.
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I was hoping they were going to bring out a mac like dock for 8 - instead it sounds like floor tiles splattered all over screen real estate - will give it a look & try what Romans talking about
 
Some more feedback. I at first installed Win8 in VMware8, it was a bit slow but I got a feel for it. Then I installed it on a Hdrive partition. Well, Hell all I can say is that "I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE FUSS IS ALL ABOUT" I like it, it's a bit strange and it will take a while to get used to but once everything's mastered it will be great. I get the feel that each person can heavily customize the system as he wants it (like roman suggested). Graphics resources is heavily worked as the system complained about the GPU ram limitations so a upgrade is now more than due. Now back on 7 and will play some more later with 8 mate.
 
wily me said:
Graphics resources is heavily worked as the system complained about the GPU ram limitations so a upgrade is now more than due.
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That might just be because you ran it in a virtual environment, which can't utilize the full potential of your GPU if I recall correctly.
 
This consumer preview reminds me of the days when you had Windows 95 & Windows NT on a dual-boot config.
 
Anyone in the Centurion or Sunninghill area able to help me with a copy of the 64-bit ISO please?
 
On a positive note though, while i'm not quite happy with some of their visual design decisions they have added a ton of functionality which over time will prove to be very useful in the mobile computing lifestyle they are clearly aiming for. I'm sure it'll all come together with windows 9.

Which does bring up another thought: How often are they going to update metro? Because in 3-4 years android and IOS will have had another 4 generation to catch up. The usual 3-4 year upgrade cycle just isnt going to cut it in the post pc world. Any thoughts?
 
Just curious after the dilemma i went thru last night of getting the ISO to install to a chosen partition,Does the ISO give you the "custom" option after your enter the serial or not?
I got nervous of it overwriting my w7 install when it was wanting serial before partiton choice & had to do a bit of googling to find a solution.
 
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