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[iron2000]

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

asusp5ld2, on 24 April 2012 - 04:13, said:

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

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.

[+Mephistopheles]

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]

iron2000, on 24 April 2012 - 06:18, said:

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

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]

:: Lyon ::, on 24 April 2012 - 06:36, said:

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

Paul Thurrott says yes.

[.Neo]

JaredFrost, on 24 April 2012 - 04:20, said:

Perfect, a giant blue screen.

It's a message of things to come.

[bogas04]

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

(A month ago)

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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.

[+littleneutrino]

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

[winlonghorn]

Anaron, on 24 April 2012 - 04:33, said:

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.

littleneutrino, on 24 April 2012 - 12:24, said:

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

It will be more stable (less bugs) and maybe a few UI tweaks here and there, but I wouldn't expect much because (as the name implies), it is a preview of what to expect in the final release.

[Dot Matrix]

littleneutrino, on 24 April 2012 - 12:24, said:

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

winlonghorn, on 24 April 2012 - 12:25, said:

Yes it is.



It will be more stable (less bugs) and maybe a few UI tweaks here and there, but I wouldn't expect much because (as the name implies), it is a preview of what to expect in the final release.

Actually, there are still plenty of changes coming.

[firey]

Hmm, this will be the first beta/preview/leaked release since Windows Longhorn (aside from Server) that I don't even bother installing. Unless MS is like: "Oh yea, we also included an off switch for the metro screen, and added the start-menu back into the desktop", that is.

[winlonghorn]

Dot Matrix, on 24 April 2012 - 12:59, said:

Actually, there are still plenty of changes coming.

Possibly. I was just using past experience as a basis for my reply above. I know they are updating explorer with a metro-like UI.

firey, on 24 April 2012 - 13:02, said:

Hmm, this will be the first beta/preview/leaked release since Windows Longhorn (aside from Server) that I don't even bother installing. Unless MS is like: "Oh yea, we also included an off switch for the metro screen, and added the start-menu back into the desktop", that is.

Enjoy not using it. We are all entitled to our own opinion. Personally, I will definitely be using it and enjoying it!

[Dot Matrix]

You guys need to get over this Start Menu BS. Just as, if not more, silly than the Save XP campaign that was waged a while back. Your opinion is your opinion, but it's gone, andnot coming back. Continually bitching about it either, isn't going to bring it back.