Windows 8 who's buying/upgrading

After a few hours fiddling I have completely re-created the Win 7 desktop on Win 8. Complete with taskbar and gadgets. I have made it boot direct to the desktop and not metro.

God I'm bored....
 
JaseUK said:
I havent been following the Windows 8 release much as I wasnt overly keen on the Metro UI.

However I have just been on Microsoft's website and it is selling the Windows 8 Pro upgrade for $39.99 and I am thinking of buying it atleast then I will have a product key and be able to install it later if I choose.

One thing I wasnt sure about was if I pay for the upgrade on my PC as it currently is will it still work if I change the motherboard etc..?
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http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18454544

cheaper
 
JaseUK said:
One thing I wasnt sure about was if I pay for the upgrade on my PC as it currently is will it still work if I change the motherboard etc..?
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Legally you would need an XP, Vista, 7 licence which is valid for the new motherboard. (e.g. retail licence). You might have to start a new installation though. The upgrade licence allows the upgrade to be moved.

I am considering getting a Haswell mobo myself.
 
Drizmod said:
I think it does look for an OS when you are creating the ISO. I read on another forums that during the ISO creation process it copies some files from your previous OS. once the ISO is created the validation is already done that you had a previous OS
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Does that mean every ISO is personalised with your previous Windows 7 key?
 
I have taken the plunge and bought W8 Pro and am currently downloading it.
I am awaiting a new motherboard and cpu and will more than likely install W8 at the same time.
 
slinxy said:
Granted that TIFKAM is great for tablets and mobile phones but there's no reason to pirate it on them formats, I'm planning to take a look at the Surface when it comes out, but the user interface is totally not usable in a working environment.

It may be just me; being an IT technician but I need to look at multiple "windows" from multiple programs at the same time and TIFKAM totally stops that. I had it on a Dell touch screen laptop as a release to developers over christmas and it just got me frustrated and gave me headaches and that was for home use the way it kept flicking between the desktop and TIFKAM.
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Sure but you're missing the point of Windows 8, Metro isn't meant to replace the desktop and it doesn't which is why they both still run. If you're happier living on the desktop then good news, you can do that.

slinxy said:
The OS seems faster as its users are multitasking less, yes there's hacks to get the start menu, remove TIFKAM and only to use the desktop version of windows 8, but until there's dedicated apps for windows 8, apps that uses the windows 8 enhancements and features, there's no point in upgrading is there? as it would just be windows 7.
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It seems faster because it is faster, this has nothing to do with multitasking less. If you want to find reasons to justify not upgrading at least be honest about them, there's more new features in this version of Windows even ignoring the Metro changes.

slinxy said:
OS X Lion had launch pad to give that iOS feel to their Desktop over 14 months ago and I don't know a single user that uses it. ubuntu has Unity interface which is the reason why a lot of users have moved away from it and gone over to mint with a more or a classic windows interface.
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That's because Apple were lazy with their implementation, Microsoft may or may not be right but they've clearly put a fair chunk of work into trying to make this work.

You did get me thinking though, just like using iPhone apps on an iPad it's clearly not meant for that environment but the Metro design seems to work across devices quite nicely, I'm still not personally keen on the horizontal scrolling though.
 
If you're happier living on the desktop then good news, you can do that.
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but metro is where the power options are and where it boots into no? so it involves switching at least twice even just to power down and your thrown there when you boot up as well. this is a added inconvenience to someone coming from win 7 where things just worked, most people wont be buying start8, they will struggle with a counter intuitive workspace.
 
Hi

I have created a usb install , but Im not sure what I do next:o.

Do I need to boot from it , and also is it best to install to a partition , this is where Im not really sure what to do if it gives me that option when installing?

cheers
 
deadite66 said:
one of the first things i did was turn off border padding, have to do it via registry now.

also had to upgrade trueimage, 2011 installed and ran fine in the Preview once i renamed the installer but just wouldn't run in RTM.

gadgets also re-enabled, though the GPU gadget can't pickup the radeon card now and the CPU one won't show temperature or clock speed.
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I cant get TrueImage 2012 to work. I emailed Acronis and they said its not compatible with Windows 8:( I only brought it a few months ago.
 
The only issue I have so far is that when I put my pc into sleep mode after I wake it up my network card doesn't work at all (like if drivers were corrupted or something, only restart helps), seems to be a common issue online but haven't been able to find any workaround yet :(
 
Nutella33 said:
but metro is where the power options are and where it boots into no? so it involves switching at least twice even just to power down and your thrown there when you boot up as well. this is a added inconvenience to someone coming from win 7 where things just worked, most people wont be buying start8, they will struggle with a counter intuitive workspace.
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There is a free start button available from SourceForge.
If you use this you can pretty much avoid the metro interface.
If the metro interface does appear selecting the 'Dos command' gets you back to the start button (32 bit version anyway)
 
Sorry to bring up the clean install question again, but I was just reading elsewhere and somebody mentioned that if you do a clean install it works but isn't activated and you can't activate online.

Has anyone had the same problem or does it definitely activate okay?

(just want to avoid doing a fresh install, then having to re-install Win7 again to go through the normal upgrade)
 
can anyone help.. my apps won't connect to the internet, store, weather. but if i open internet from desktop it works?? anyone know how to get them to connect?
thanks
 
mark43 said:
Sorry to bring up the clean install question again, but I was just reading elsewhere and somebody mentioned that if you do a clean install it works but isn't activated and you can't activate online.

Has anyone had the same problem or does it definitely activate okay?

(just want to avoid doing a fresh install, then having to re-install Win7 again to go through the normal upgrade)
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I made a usb bootable from my win 8 PRO x64 upgrade and when I did a fresh install it was automatically activated, YMMV :)
 
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