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djkav said:
Do you need to setup storage spaces from within windows. Or can you do it from windows setup before installing windows?
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You set it up within Windows, i've not seen any mention of a setup process during Windows install. Unlike RAID you can easily add or remove drives without it screwing things up, so you dont need to set it up before you install the OS. You can also unplug all the drives that you use for Storage Spaces, then plug them in to another Win 8 PC in any order and it will automatically recognise the Storage Pool (no setup needed).

Screenshots of the process:

Create the Storage Pool
Choose name, size and data mirroring (if any)
Add more drives whenever you want
Manage drives

Simple. Notice they're also using some USB connected drives in the last pic, because you can add almost any type of drive, dont matter if it uses USB, SATA or SAS.
 
New screenshots of Office 15... I think they're a good example of how you can have complex full blown software with the simple and clean Metro style without losing functionality. The ribbon is also now collapsed by default. But it's strange how Office now goes perfectly with Metro even though it's desktop software, while the desktop graphics and UI in Win 8 still look closer to Win 7 :confused: The desktop doesn't go with anything now! MS normally leave Explorers graphics until last though, so hopefully the desktop will be updated...

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There is speculation on another forum, MSDN subscribers might be getting the beta today.

You know what that could mean if true.
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Possible, that's part of their subscription where they get it first. That happened when win vista, and win 7 came out, everybody else had to wait for the main release.:eek:
 
Office 15 mostly just looks like office 2010 with a new theme. I wouldn't call it metro as despite the visual style most of the ui elements are unchanged from office 2010.
 
PermaBanned said:
Dunno, i think it's this thing i've heard Windows users complaining about every other day ;):p
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In other news the new summer Blockbuster "Independence Day" starring Will Smith has just been released!


(Scary... Apparently Independence Day was released in 1996! I feel so old... :()
 
HP accidentally uploaded a Win 8 driver document on there site, it mentions these SKU's...

Microsoft Windows 8 32 Edition
Microsoft Windows 8 64 Edition
Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32 Edition
Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 64 Edition
Microsoft Windows 8 Professional 32 Edition
Microsoft Windows 8 Professional 64 Edition

Hope this happens, because no more uttery pointless and consumer confusing "Home Starter" and "Ultimate" versions. Everything from Ultimate would just be in Professional.
 
According to The Verge these are the new names for Zune and Windows Live ID, along with others...

Microsoft Account (Windows Live ID)
Mail (Windows Live Mail)
Calendar (Windows Live Calendar)
People (Windows Live Contacts)
Photos (Windows Live Photo Gallery)
Music (Zune Music Player)
Video (Zune Video Player)

Although according to this, 'Microsoft Acount' might just be called 'Your Account', and will unify all of Microsofts account services (MSN, Xbox, Windows Live, Windows Phone, Zune) in to one.

Edit: looks like it will be 'Microsoft account' ... you can login here with your Windows Live ID: account.microsoft.com

With the fewer Win 8 SKU's as well, things are finally looking a lot less confusing for Microsoft products... :D
 
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