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hmmmm, just seen it on some guys signature on XOTICPC form.

whens that coming out.
 
Posted Wed 12 Oct 11 @ 10:59 pm
Developer Preview has been out for a while now.
 
thanks, i hope its going to b compatible with VDJ.

do any1 kno exact release date for W8
 
There is no release date yet.
I have tried VDJ on Win8 and it works like a charm.

DJThommy
 
Like they said no firm release date yet but possibly toward the end of 2012 - try to get it out in time for all the holiday shoppers like they did with Win7

By all accounts it will be less resource sensitive than win7 so combine that with the increase in computing power that will happen between now and then and things would fly on the new OS
 
I watched the presentation of Window 8. Not much innovation as far as new is really there. It looks more like a clone copy of Mac Snow leopard with different color fonts and logo. Even the presentation approach looks more like Mac presentation styles.


I think at one point in the near future, there may not be big differences between Windows and OS X specially now Steve Is gone.
 
VDJ works fine on it.

I'm not sold on Metro on the desktop though and I find having to drop back to the desktop makes the whole thing clunky.

It didn't make me think of OSX at all though?
 
Metro style home screen is introduced mainly for tablets, but it is nice addition for Media center when you use big LCD in your living room like I do.
 
....and you can disable it I believe.

It just feels clunky to me at present that's all.
 
With hardware requirements dropping, and hardware specs increasing win7 should be the last generation of distinct windows products on different devices. Since Win8 supports ARM architecture cpus there is no longer a need for different code-bases for tablets, pc, phone, etc just make the kernel smart enough to recognize the available hardware and enable/disable sections of the OS based on the device.
 
so theres a beta version right, i would mind runing that on my pc..

my system is XP
p4, cpu 3.20
2 gig of ram
and duo core.

would i need to upgrade any of that
 
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/br229516

The Windows 8 Developer Preview works great on the same hardware that powers Windows Vista and Windows 7:

1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
Taking advantage of touch input requires a screen that supports multi-touch
To run Metro style Apps, you need a screen resolution of 1024 X 768 or greater
 
I can not get vdj to work on w8 using a Hercules mk2.
any ideas
 
enagee wrote :
I can not get vdj to work on w8 using a Hercules mk2.
any ideas


i would open up a new thread mate
 
tleclaire wrote :
There is no release date yet.
I have tried VDJ on Win8 and it works like a charm.

DJThommy


im looking for W8 beta version... i cant find it?

i need link, Australian site please.. if not U.S will b ok i think
 
 
thanks homeboy.. downloading now
 
 
iv just upgraded my pc motherboard to an asus gen 3 with turbo cpu, ssd 120gig HD, 750 gig HD @7200rpm... now i gotta get blue ray writer burner new power supply 8 pin, i have 4 pin; doh and i will buy a new vid card. then I'm ready to instal W8.

then i hope very soon VDJ8
 
dydy1 wrote :
I watched the presentation of Window 8. Not much innovation as far as new is really there. It looks more like a clone copy of Mac Snow leopard with different color fonts and logo. Even the presentation approach looks more like Mac presentation styles.




As an everyday MAC and Windows user I disagree with this statement. I think WIN 8 is still more like Win7 than OSX. Metro is the main big thing with WIN 8.
 
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