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本帖最后由 alsoRun 于 2011-9-24 09:56 AM 编辑
Since the release of Windows 8 developer preview version, I have installed it on three old netbook at home. But last night, I also put it on my primary laptop.
Ok, this is 14 inch AMD duo core laptop I bought with my own money and I can therefore do whatever I want. I installed Win 8 over Windows 7. The installation took about 30 minutes, easy and painless. All my files and setting are kept but installed programs are gone. Fortunately I only use two software packages: Office 2010 and statistical program R (www.r-project.org). I used this opportunity to install the 64 bit version of Office.
You may know that Windows 8 is in fact a hybrid of two interfaces: the new metro and the old Windows 7. Since I do not have a touch screen so I removed all the sample metro apps. I just use the Windows 7 interface. Fortunately substantial progress has been made in this part: much faster boot time, IE 10 and new file manager. The new start screen replaces the old start button, which shows (and pins) both metro and classical applications to my relief. Another feature of Windows 8 is you can log-in to a Windows live account and synch files to sky drive. Win 8 also has anti-virus built in.
The preview version is very solid. The biggest challenge for the Windows team is to bridge the two interface. In fact the contrast cannot be sharper switching from metro to classic. The metro apps have no closing button and always cover the full screen. This works fine for a tablet and phone but apparently is not suitable for a large screen and for serious work where you have to juggle information from many opened windows.
Interestingly, Microsoft is already releasing update to the preview version. So I will be able to follow the Windows 8 development process first hand.
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发表于 2011-9-24 08:44:49
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