Windows 8 Consumer Preview Thread

Egon · 20 Oct 2012 at 10:43

Will the £25 version available from MS om release day come in a lovely shiny new box?

ic1male · 20 Oct 2012 at 10:59

Egon said:
Will the £25 version available from MS om release day come in a lovely shiny new box?

No it's download only. £50 is the cheapest in a box.

Egon · 20 Oct 2012 at 11:23

ic1male said:
No it's download only. £50 is the cheapest in a box.

Hmm... decisions.
I think I can live without a box.

Has there been any news on how installs will work? Win7 upgrade didn't need any sort of previous windows key. What about Win8?

ic1male · 20 Oct 2012 at 11:33

Egon said:
Has there been any news on how installs will work? Win7 upgrade didn't need any sort of previous windows key. What about Win8?

No-one knows anything yet for sure. Will have to wait until Friday, I guess.

silversurfer · 21 Oct 2012 at 19:16

For £25 one could acquire a very fine box

http://money.cnn.com/2012/10/21/technology/enterprise/windows-8-sales/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Glaucus · 22 Oct 2012 at 02:23

Looks fantastic, but how the hell are tey offering it free. I assume it must have loads of adverts?

Another general win8 coming soon advert

theheyes · 22 Oct 2012 at 16:39

Glaucus said:
Looks fantastic, but how the hell are tey offering it free. I assume it must have loads of adverts?

It'll be similar to spotify I suppose. Looking forward to trying this out.

Glaucus · 22 Oct 2012 at 16:40

theheyes said:
It'll be similar to spotify I suppose. Looking forward to trying this out.

Unlimited skips though.

theheyes · 22 Oct 2012 at 17:00

Even better!

ChileanLlama · 22 Oct 2012 at 17:07

What's the live date for the Xbox Music? I've had the app update recently, but the free streaming isn't available yet.

I wished they'd done an app like this for TV/Guide/Recording and Catch Up TV services then WMC would be totally redundant.

Glaucus · 22 Oct 2012 at 17:12

No idea, I expect the 26th

ChileanLlama · 22 Oct 2012 at 17:21

I'd guess so.

Have you noticed that the Daily Challenges/Medals have gone live in the Solitaire Collection app as well...they're starting to switch it all on

ChileanLlama · 23 Oct 2012 at 19:14

The free streaming is available now in Xbox music, there's an update to the app available from the store. Had a bit of a play with it and haven't seen an advert yet

theheyes · 23 Oct 2012 at 19:34

The Verge reviewed Windows 8 today - kind of a contrived score but I think the review is fair enough.

http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/23/3537710/windows-8-review

A couple of posters above who suggested I pull stuff out of my ass might be interested in one of the graphics alongside the desktop section.

Glaucus · 23 Oct 2012 at 21:57

Host of new adverts

Twirlywoos · 23 Oct 2012 at 22:56

Will my existing MS points be converted to £'s through the GFWL interface?

EDDS · 25 Oct 2012 at 01:45

Xbox Music is awesome, that is all.

Glaucus · 25 Oct 2012 at 01:46

EDDS said:
Xbox Music is awesome, that is all.

darn you guys.

Any juicy details? Or pretty much as expected?

ic1male · 25 Oct 2012 at 01:58

Where are you getting this from? Is it an app on the store?

Glaucus · 25 Oct 2012 at 02:07

ic1male said:
Where are you getting this from? Is it an app on the store?

It's the music app, but it had an update yesterday. But only works on RTM versions.