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Hi
I beta tested Windows 7 and it was a lot of fun.
I ran it dual boot with XP, but once I installed 7 I almost never went back.
I'm a chronic beta tester anyway, I've beta tested more online games then I can remember going back to the original Asheron's Call.
Last year I did DC Universe and Rift.
I'm thinking about doing the same with Windows 8 and 7 together.
How many of you are planning on being one of the first to run W8?
Mike
I beta tested Windows 7 and it was a lot of fun.
I ran it dual boot with XP, but once I installed 7 I almost never went back.
I'm a chronic beta tester anyway, I've beta tested more online games then I can remember going back to the original Asheron's Call.
Last year I did DC Universe and Rift.
I'm thinking about doing the same with Windows 8 and 7 together.
How many of you are planning on being one of the first to run W8?
Mike
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Captain Jack
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I'll be testing for sure
Mitchell_A
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Already have
I'm expecting the beta to start in the September-November time frame.
I'm expecting the beta to start in the September-November time frame.
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I was, by random choice, I believe, and luck) on the Window Vista and through Winsow 7 Beta testing. I (according to my family- lol!) spent too much time at the keyboard. I was apprehensive when the gossip started concerning Window 8. I was finally tempted and had a look at a recent Windows 8 build.
It is so similar to Windows 7, that the one enormous + is that there will not be the huge relearning curve which was needed between XP and Vista/Windows 7. I am running it as a dual boot but, early days, cannot detect any mind blowing differences so far. Always the pessimist, I am beginning to think that this is now a successor to Windows 7, but an alternative OS, designed primarily for tablets, but with stationary functionality.
It is so similar to Windows 7, that the one enormous + is that there will not be the huge relearning curve which was needed between XP and Vista/Windows 7. I am running it as a dual boot but, early days, cannot detect any mind blowing differences so far. Always the pessimist, I am beginning to think that this is now a successor to Windows 7, but an alternative OS, designed primarily for tablets, but with stationary functionality.
Highwayman
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I hope to get involved, just as I did with early uptakes of Vista betas and Windows 7 betas (not that MS listened to my feedback about dropping 32bit support and ditching XP altogether in order to push the envelope for gamers)
cliffordcooley
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I'm hoping to be involved in beta testing Windows 8.
By the time I downloaded Windows 7 beta, Microsoft had already passed the point of needing responses from their beta testers.
By the time I downloaded Windows 7 beta, Microsoft had already passed the point of needing responses from their beta testers.
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I will test it like I have everything since windows millennium (ugh). It already seems to be fairly stable.
Super Sarge
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I will test it when it is a RC 1
nmsuk
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This......
Mitchell_A
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I'm currently using a leaked build (
Highwayman
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Guess I best get a spare partition ready...lol
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I did that with some many of my Vista/XP computers, not thinking that eventually I would have to buy licences for every single one them.. Didn't backup my programs prior to upgrading either. Don't make that mistake!