Microsoft announces Windows 8 Release Preview!

[Dot Matrix]

Straight from Twitter:

Announce...Windows 8 Release Preview first week of June. Here's the announce from Japan's Windows 8 Dev Days #thankyou http://pic.twitter.com/ndRmXzJK

First week of June! ONE MONTH TO GO! Can't wait! :bounce:

[UnclePritchard]

bad thing ASUS won't update their sound card drivers by then...

[JaredFrost]

Perfect, a giant blue screen.

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

Perfect, a giant blue screen.

I think it's more purple than blue. Regardless, this is good news.

I'd like to know if "release preview" is another name for "release candidate".

[CJ33]

just formatted and reinstalled windows 7. i tried windows 8 for 1.5 months and will probably never go back. i enjoyed the little subtleties, but the start menu was not one of them. at least not until all the major apps go metro.

[Stoffel]

I think it's more purple than blue. Regardless, this is good news.

I'd like to know if "release preview" is another name for "release candidate".

Yes it is, it was mentioned somewhere else.

[Mohitster]

Awesome! AWESOME! :D

[Salutary7]

Why aren't they using the new logo?

[Melfster]

Perfect Can't wait Run over android tablet ... What a piece of crap.

[Mohitster]

Why aren't they using the new logo?

Yeah.....Holy Crap! :o :woot:

[Mazhar]

Oh My!

[The_Observer]

Looking forward to seeing this released. Enjoy using the current CP full time, start menu button doesn't bother me cause i have a windows key on my keyboard. Who Knew!

[bjoswald]

Yawn.

[spaceelf]

Can't wait to use this guy full time until 8 releases =)

[calimike]

Lots of excitement at Japan Dev Days for Windows 8...about 2000 folks!!! Apologies for the line getting in.

https://twitter.com/...631363704524802

Awesome!!! Full pack at Windows Dev Day show :pinch: giant blue remind me of Blue Screen of Death :woot:

[iron2000]

Not eager on its release but standing at the side lines to see how it will turn out.

bad thing ASUS won't update their sound card drivers by then...

If you are using P5LD2, don't think ASUS will put up drivers for it anymore.

Since it uses a Realtek ALC882, maybe you can check out Realtek to see if they have new drivers.

Using a P5KSE myself and it haven't been any updates since Vista time, though it runs Win7 ok.

ASUS wants users to upgrade :p

On the other hand if its the Xonar audio cards then you can check out this driver:

http://brainbit.wordpress.com/

[HighwayGlider]

Not looking forward at all. Didn't like 8 on first use but kept on being optimistic about it. But now, I just meh about 8 being supa kool.

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

I am looking forward to seeing which changes they've made to Windows 8 between Consumer Preview and Release Preview.

[:: Lyon ::]

I wonder whether they make a change on the user interface experience for the Desktop?

[UnclePritchard]

Not eager on its release but standing at the side lines to see how it will turn out.

If you are using P5LD2, don't think ASUS will put up drivers for it anymore.

Since it uses a Realtek ALC882, maybe you can check out Realtek to see if they have new drivers.

Using a P5KSE myself and it haven't been any updates since Vista time, though it runs Win7 ok.

ASUS wants users to upgrade :p

On the other hand if its the Xonar audio cards then you can check out this driver:

http://brainbit.wordpress.com/

yeah that's my old one i am now on a P7P55M with Xonar DX. and i did try the unified drivers on W8 to no success unfortunately.

thanks anyway :)

[Dot Matrix]

I wonder whether they make a change on the user interface experience for the Desktop?

Paul Thurrott says yes.

[.Neo]

Perfect, a giant blue screen.

It's a message of things to come. :laugh:

[bogas04]

Canouna was right , he told about its arrival at end of may/beg of june in march!

(A month ago)

From the UI side, some slight changes for the Charm bar, Language input menu, Internet Explorer 10 (Desktop version), a bunch of color set, etc?

And what we know now is flatter buttons for Explorer and more metroish Windows Aero theme.

[Muhammad Farrukh]

Awesome. :woot:

[_neutrino Veteran]

I honestly wonder what would have changed between what we have now an the release preview?