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[Simmo3D]

I just purchased a Samsung Series 7 Slate and first thing I did was update the BIOS, scrub the hard drive and install Windows 8 Developer Preview.
So far I am loving the experience. I have not really ran into any major issues but I have noticed a bug every now and again (not a big deal).

Just wondering who uses Windows 8 as their primary OS and what you find to be the best features and most-hated features?
Also, what issues/bugs have you found?

[Stoffel]

I've been running Win 8 DP as my main OS for about 2 months and so far i like it a lot
I must admit at the moment I spend most of my time in the desktop

Only issues i ran into so far are

typing in FB chat goes really slow
running IE for a whole day, it starts taking up a lot of memory
zune doesn't really run very smoothly, lots of hickups in when playing music

[th3r3turn]

Simmo3D, on 21 January 2012 - 05:34, said:

I just purchased a Samsung Series 7 Slate and first thing I did was update the BIOS, scrub the hard drive and install Windows 8 Developer Preview.
So far I am loving the experience. I have not really ran into any major issues but I have noticed a bug every now and again (not a big deal).

Just wondering who uses Windows 8 as their primary OS and what you find to be the best features and most-hated features?
Also, what issues/bugs have you found?

I can see WIndows 8 running on your slate as a great OS, but as a desktop i don't know. Looking forward to the beta release in FEB.

[FMH]

Great timing. We are going to get a beta soon.

[MrXXIV]

I've been using it as my primary since day 1. I can do all the things I did with Windows 7, plus I haven't had a BSOD. In the long run, it's faster and I love nothing having to install such a memory hogging antivirus.

[iwod]

I have been running DP ever since it has been released. I can definitely feel, under the hood, Windows 8 is much more polished, it boots, open apps, and literally everything is faster and smoother.

So i am really loving the changes under it,

I never liked Ribbon, the idea is good, but not its current implementation.

I dont like Metro, and its Interface, trying to marry Tablet into Desktop usage. Again at least not its implementation. And i dont even like the idea either.

[Wakers]

MrXXIV, on 21 January 2012 - 06:03, said:

I've been using it as my primary since day 1. I can do all the things I did with Windows 7, plus I haven't had a BSOD. In the long run, it's faster and I love nothing having to install such a memory hogging antivirus.

Why why why why aren't you running an antivirus on your primary OS?

Security Essentials is not a memory hog. Don't be foolish.

[Possession]

As of now no, as the Developer Preview is too buggy and unstable, Obviously as it's a developer build.
But come Beta, providing it's fairly stable I likely will use it as my primary.

@Wakers - To be fair, it does have Windows Defender (Now looks like MSE) built-in with better security than before.

[firey]

I am not, can't stand the tiles or metro, yes I could disable it in the DP but it just gives me an uglier version of W7.

[Azies]

Once upon a time I used to run Windows Longhorn 4053, or whatever it was and 4074 as my primary OS, I have since then grown up. I won't run beta or pre-beta software on a production machine as a primary OS, that's just inviting problems.

[BetaAddict]

Azies, on 21 January 2012 - 16:14, said:

Once upon a time I used to run Windows Longhorn 4053, or whatever it was and 4074 as my primary OS, I have since then grown up. I won't run beta or pre-beta software on a production machine as a primary OS, that's just inviting problems.

Running alpha/pre-beta Windows builds will almost always have a few bugs that will prevent the user from doing what they normally do. But when Win7 hit beta, I haven't looked back as it was stable as a rock. I could barely notice the difference when I moved to the RC1. I trust MS to do the same with the Win8 beta next month and I am getting excited to start using it as default.

I tried the DP, but it was too buggy to use.

[Stoffel]

Wakers, on 21 January 2012 - 15:48, said:

Why why why why aren't you running an antivirus on your primary OS?

Security Essentials is not a memory hog. Don't be foolish.

You don't have to install an antivirus when running Win8, it comes with one build in

[MidnightDevil]

I ran it for a month or so... but Combat Arms wasn't compatible with it... not even in compability mode. So I'm back at Win7.
I hoping a good experience with the upcoming betas

[jakem1]

Stoffel, on 21 January 2012 - 16:21, said:

You don't have to install an antivirus when running Win8, it comes with one build in

I didn't know that. Thanks.

[Stoffel]

jakem1, on 21 January 2012 - 18:04, said:

I didn't know that. Thanks.

They kinda incorporated Windows Defender with MSE