One of the most striking features of Windows 8 is the new Start Menu. When you launch the operating system, you’re greeted with a grid filled with images and icons representing programs that you can launch. You can still go to an old-fashioned desktop-and-taskbar view, but when you want to open a new program, you’re […]
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This is what Windows 8 looks like on (old) netbooks
Update: On February 29th, 2012 Microsoft released Windows 8 Consumer Preview. Everything works out of the box on my aging Asus netbook, including wireless. But I did need to download a driver from Intel in order to adjust the screen resolution so that I could use the Windows Store and Metro style apps. The Windows […]
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Windows 8 Developer Preview available for download tonight
You’ve read about the new features and seen some of the hardware prototypes. But you still want to try out Windows 8 for yourself. Not a problem. Tonight Microsoft will make the developer preview of the new operating system available for download. Just visit dev.windows.com after 8:00PM Pacific tonight and you download Windows 8 for […]