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[pack34]

I'm planning on using it as my primary OS on my tabletPC. Once I'm sure there aren't odd compatability issues with some programs I use for classes I'll load it on my desktop.

[Max Norris]

Got a tablet that I'll be using it on. Desktop wise, it'll be put on a spare machine. I've never put faith in any pre-prelease OS as a primary operating system. Fun to experiment with, but definitely not going to rely on it.

[efjay]

I bought an Acer W500 just for the beta 2 weeks ago. Its going on that and will be there till the final is released.

[Sadelwo]

Last month one of my hard drives on the main machine died so I installed the Developer Preview on a spare drive till the replacement arrived. I've grown accustomed to it and everything runs butter smooth (Mail, Steam & Origin games, skype) so I will run the Consumer Preview on it. It comes out the same day as Microsoft Flight so a good time to test how well they work together . (I did the same thing for Vista and FSX so why not.)

[pack34]

efjay, on 09 February 2012 - 15:00, said:

I bought an Acer W500 just for the beta 2 weeks ago. Its going on that and will be there till the final is released.

How is it? I was debating on picking one of these up for my wife for her classes. Does it support pen input?

[Stoffel]

I run the DP as my main OS and I'm pretty happy about it, hopefully the CP will fix most of the little quirks

[Hum]

I'm going to run away from it.

[ybrett23]

primary OS on one one my laptops

[randomevent]

Secondary OS installed on my esata drive. Might transfer it to my main and only OS if I like it enough.

[efjay]

pack34, on 09 February 2012 - 15:06, said:

How is it? I was debating on picking one of these up for my wife for her classes. Does it support pen input?

I switched from a Fujitsu TH700 which had a Core i3 CPU, Intel graphics, 8GB's of RAM and while the Acer is slower I find it suits my needs very well. I am able to surf, do email, watch Netflix, Amazon Instant videos, stream from my home server all without any significant decrease in usability even with max CPU set at 30% to conserve battery. For a test I opened the backup for my old laptop on my home server over wifi and it worked fine. Only thing you will need to watch is the battery life, gets around 5 hours of constant use with tweaked power saving options.

I dont use a pen with it but it will support a capacitive stylus but has no digitizer so wont disable the touchscreen when using it. For casual use it will work well, I think. With Windows 8 I think it will be even better and numerous videos on youtube seem to confirm that.

[Shaun]

pack34, on 09 February 2012 - 15:06, said:

How is it? I was debating on picking one of these up for my wife for her classes. Does it support pen input?

efjay, on 09 February 2012 - 15:51, said:

I switched from a Fujitsu TH700 which had a Core i3 CPU, Intel graphics, 8GB's of RAM and while the Acer is slower I find it suits my needs very well. I am able to surf, do email, watch Netflix, Amazon Instant videos, stream from my home server all without any significant decrease in usability even with max CPU set at 30% to conserve battery. For a test I opened the backup for my old laptop on my home server over wifi and it worked fine. Only thing you will need to watch is the battery life, gets around 5 hours of constant use with tweaked power saving options.

I dont use a pen with it but it will support a capacitive stylus but has no digitizer so wont disable the touchscreen when using it. For casual use it will work well, I think. With Windows 8 I think it will be even better and numerous videos on youtube seem to confirm that.

You could probably take this to PM. Or even create its own thread.

[firey]

Install on Virtual Machine. Not a fan of Metro in any way, but the only way people will actually listen to my opinions is if I install it, and use it and base my opinion on the Public Beta instead of the dev preview.

[subcld]

As primary OS on my secondary machine

[Tager]

primary OS on a spare PC

[Pink Floyd]

I am willing to install it on an old Dell laptop that I only use to work on my taxes once a year because there is no OSX version