Windows 8 release preview availability

Beyond the new apps from Microsoft and partners, customers testing the Windows 8 Release Preview will also experience tens of thousands of refinements across the product, such as increased personalization options for the Start screen, improved multimonitor support, refinements to the way people find and download apps through the Windows Store, and new Family Safety features.

The new Internet Explorer 10 redefines browsing, particularly for touch-enabled devices. The Web is as fast and fluid as any app, and with new capabilities in the Windows 8 Release Preview such as "flip ahead," it is just as intuitive. A touch-friendly and power-optimized Adobe Flash Player is now integrated into Internet Explorer 10, and it is also the first browser to feature Do Not Track "on" by default, giving customers more choice and control over their privacy.

Consumers who buy eligible Windows 7-based PCs through Jan. More information about the Windows Upgrade Offer will be available June 1. In addition to the Windows Upgrade Offer designed for consumers buying new Windows 7-based PCs, Microsoft will also announce other offers in the coming months that will help consumers with existing Windows 7-based PCs upgrade to Windows 8 when it is generally available. For more information, visit this page. Well I guess the good thing so far is that people will be happy to know that they didn't ditch Aero like the news reports said earlier.

Other than that, I haven't seen anything new over the CP. I'm having some secondary screen issues with the CP at the moment, burning the RC now Hopefully it's all gone :. Even though the user interface seems to be very strange Hopefully it's all gone : Burning? Just mount the damn iso rather than wasting a disk. Have to admit that it takes a while getting used to this, but companies like steam, amd, nvidia better cook their control panels in to metro style design, I would hate to switch back and forth to mess with my graphic card settings or to launch games.

I do appreciate the effort on micorsoft's part though, this is a great shift away from traditional OS, but I think it is necessary for microsoft to make one unique OS for tablets and PC. It takes some getting used to but the speed of the OS is just amazing. Well that isn't strictly true is it.

First of all, the start menu is not gone. It can be reenabled very easily. As for no other reasons, boot time is about half to a third of windows seven boot up times.

I imagine there's quite a lot more optimizations as well. You did read the article natr0n linked to in post 2 of this thread, correct? A touch-friendly and power-optimized Adobe Flash Player is now integrated into Internet Explorer 10, and it is also the first browser to feature Do Not Track "on" by default, giving customers more choice and control over their privacy.

Consumers who buy eligible Windows 7-based PCs through Jan. More information about the Windows Upgrade Offer will be available June 1. In addition to the Windows Upgrade Offer designed for consumers buying new Windows 7-based PCs, Microsoft will also announce other offers in the coming months that will help consumers with existing Windows 7-based PCs upgrade to Windows 8 when it is generally available. AMD Radeon Adrenalin Internet Explorer 10 browser in Windows 8 will include an integrated version of the Adobe Flash plugin.

Now, people are going to complain about it booting too fast.