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<blockquote data-quote="dullonien" data-source="post: 487749" data-attributes="member: 13739"><p>So, anyone else taking the opportunity to test the future of Windows? The Consumer Preview of Windows 8 was released last week, and I finally got around to installing it last night to have a play. I've done this with the previous two versions of Windows, using Vista and 7 as my primary OS from the early beta stages.</p><p></p><p>My feelings on Windows 8 are a little mixed. There's some excellent new features, but the new metro interface feels a little forced, and as a result the OS as a whole lacks uniformity. The desktop experience is still rooted in the Aero style which debuted with Vista, while the new metro part (which is designed for easy touch navigation) uses, well, the Metro style debuted with the Zune mp3 player, and more recently (and globally) the Windows Phone 7 platform. I feel that Microsoft have stopped short here. They should have completely re-designed the entire desktop GUI to take advantage of the Metro interface which feels extremely modern and cutting edge (even after almost a year of using it on my phone).</p><p></p><p>I won't go into too much detail about all the new features, but if anyone's interested, AnandTech have written an extremely in depth review of this latest test build of Windows 8 <a href="http://www.anandtech.com/show/5630/indepth-with-the-windows-8-consumer-preview/1" target="_blank">here</a>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dullonien, post: 487749, member: 13739"] So, anyone else taking the opportunity to test the future of Windows? The Consumer Preview of Windows 8 was released last week, and I finally got around to installing it last night to have a play. I've done this with the previous two versions of Windows, using Vista and 7 as my primary OS from the early beta stages. My feelings on Windows 8 are a little mixed. There's some excellent new features, but the new metro interface feels a little forced, and as a result the OS as a whole lacks uniformity. The desktop experience is still rooted in the Aero style which debuted with Vista, while the new metro part (which is designed for easy touch navigation) uses, well, the Metro style debuted with the Zune mp3 player, and more recently (and globally) the Windows Phone 7 platform. I feel that Microsoft have stopped short here. They should have completely re-designed the entire desktop GUI to take advantage of the Metro interface which feels extremely modern and cutting edge (even after almost a year of using it on my phone). I won't go into too much detail about all the new features, but if anyone's interested, AnandTech have written an extremely in depth review of this latest test build of Windows 8 [URL="http://www.anandtech.com/show/5630/indepth-with-the-windows-8-consumer-preview/1"]here[/URL]. [/QUOTE]
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