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14th September 2011, 06:48 PM
|  | TST Enthusiast | | Join Date: Jan 2008, 332 posts. Location: rowley regis Reputation:  | | | Windows 8 developer ISO
For anyone who feels adventurous, the Win 8 developer ISO can be downloaded here.
Just burnt the ISO to a disk and will try it out tonight. Windows Metro Style Apps Developer Downloads
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22nd September 2011, 12:42 PM
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Thanks Alan - I was wondering what to do with that old heap in the workshop!
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22nd September 2011, 10:05 PM
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After using it for a couple of days, all I can say is it looks good for Tablets as it is App driven, but as an OS for desktop, I have reservations about that.
The start menu button does not work, and the green screens it keeps coming back to are awful, but this is work in progress so really it is just and idea of what to expect.
The day after I installed it I had 8 updates, which i did not expect.
The thing that worries me is that from reading technology pages, they reckon that W8 when released will only work with the new UEFI BIOS and it will be digitally signed to the BIOS, so no more dual booting with Linux.
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26th September 2011, 08:52 PM
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I've downloaded the developer preview however I've not had the chance to play with it yet. I did try to install it in VMWare but I was greeted with a BSOD as soon as setup finished loading files. I might try to install it on a system at some point.
Windows 8 will run on a legacy BIOS. There may be versions that require a UEFI BIOS such as the ARM version, however from what I've read, all backwards compatibility will remain in tact. That would have to be the case considering the way UEFI works.
If you have an x86 UEFI then you will only be able to install a 32-bit UEFI operating system on that machine, and likewise for an x64 UEFI. Because most manufacturers and Microsoft do not support an x86 UEFI, it will have to be compatible with legacy BIOS because a 32-bit version of Windows 8 is to be released.
Besides, you could always run Linux distros in a VM. Virtual machines nowadays perform excellent, with ever progressing hardware virtualisation, and the latest iteration of Hyper-V integrated into Windows 8. It's over a year away yet, we'll just have to see how this on pans out. I'm sure Microsoft will listen to their customers throughout their entire testing phase.
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Last edited by Joshuashawharvey; 26th September 2011 at 08:58 PM.
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26th September 2011, 10:14 PM
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27th September 2011, 07:00 AM
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Thanks for the info.
That simply states that any vendor who wishes to manufacture "Windows 8 Certified" PCs will be forced to use a UEFI BIOS with Secure Boot enabled.
It is Secure Boot that will not allow you to dual boot into a Linux distro, however it can be turned off in the UEFI settings.
This will not be an issue for those that build their own systems or know how to access the UEFI. Those that wish to install a Linux distro are likely to fit in both of those categories. Besides there will be many PCs without said certification.
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Last edited by Joshuashawharvey; 27th September 2011 at 07:08 AM.
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