Live blog coverage from mobile world congress: windows 8 (cnet) + download link for consumer preview!

For those of you that are interested to:

Microsoft showcases Windows 8 at MWC (live blog) | Mobile World Congress - CNET Reviews

They posted some pictures too, unfortunately no video streaming available this time..

EDIT: windows 8 finally available for download!!

Windows 8 Consumer Preview

 

currently downloading

 

I can't.... unfortunately...I suppose to work now...

From the cnet blog:

"Everything melds together. Metro and desktop working side-by-side"

Now this is a cool setup!! (Can't post the picture thus...)

 

Windows 8 "Beta" Consumer Preview release 64-bit edition:

http://iso.esd.microsoft.com/WCPDL/...18/Windows8-ConsumerPreview-64bit-English.iso

Windows 8 "Beta" Consumer Preview release 32-bit edition:

http://iso.esd.microsoft.com/WCPDL/...18/Windows8-ConsumerPreview-32bit-English.iso

Beta product key: DNJXJ-7XBW8-2378T-X22TX-BKG7J

 

I really love the "background suspended apps" and the 8 second boot...

 

So, is it dual bootable?

 

sure. the dev preview was dual bootable, too. not that i'll use win7 anymore now.

 

Personally I will run it in a VM - Oracle VB 4.1.8 - I installed 32 bit version -
Success http://forum.notebookreview.com/8348199-post2.html

 

I was waiting for a windows dual boot since ages.

I loved the presentation, Microsoft has done it right!

 

Better make a partition then .

I'm downloading from this link:
Windows 8 Consumer Preview
Which one will it download me - 32bit or 64bit Win8? I'm also downloading from the other link too, just in case .

 

Halladaysrules links work great. Thanks man!

 

The link i have is the same thing from Microsoft it just redirects you the ISO. I just provided a direct approach. CLICK + DOWNLOAD. Eliminate the unnessecary clicks

 

So there is totally nothing that keeps you on Win7? It's not like all the software is 100% compatible with Win8. I just gonna give it a spin, but come back to Win7 later.

 

Going to install this on my x86 tablet as soon as I get home from work. How is driver support, though? Does it work with Win 7 drivers?

 

Yup, it works fine. Needed to install some drivers, shoved ASUS driver DVD into DVD drive and launched it. At first it didn't want to run (DVD that is, told me that it only supports Win7), but I ran autorun again in Win7 compatibility mode and it installed everything nicely. Everything works like a charm.

 

I kept getting an error, Windows exception error handling thread, shutting down so I went back to Windoed 7. I was not all that impressed with windows 8 on a desktop................

 

No problem here.

Run perfectly on my laptop. Drivers, games (skyrim, Fifa), no issues so far.