Yeah, try the custom install option when booting from the Windows 8 USB/Disk and format the partition you are going to use then.
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Having the same issue :-S Am going to see if I can find a DVD to burn the ISO to and try it that way.
I get this problem when I'm playing audio on my MacBook Pro. I've never had this problem on my other non-Apple computers. I assume that it's driver related.
I thinks its video drivers - usually #1 source of windows problems. gonna try nividia's (from their site) and see what happens....
Drivers on Nvidia site are from March. Installed drivers from April (hence no improvement). New Win8 certified drivers from Nvidia next week (they claim). Fingers crossed!
I'm embarrassed to say, I was the same. Took me about 30 minutes to figure out there's settings available for IE10 under Metro and how to close tabs lol
I don't think that will be an issue soon. I had the latest preview of MSE on my Windows 7 machine and when I attempted the in-place upgrade to Windows 8, it didn't ask me to uninstall MSE first, unlike the Developer Preview or Consumer Preview. I'm assuming that the next version of MSE that will be released will be the same one that comes bundled with Windows 8 when it hits the RTM stage.
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In my university, it took 20 minutes for a group of computer scientists to work out how to use OS X before they gave up and asked me how to find the Applications folder.
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I'm looking forward to getting my hands on Mozilla's Metro browser. I'm sure they'll do a better job at presenting a Metro style browser for Windows 8.
I also wish Microsoft would change it so that the shut down menu was kept under the user account name in the top right hand corner of the Start Screen. It's where they keep the lock screen and log out options so it would only make sense.
So I guess we can say that a 70 year old man is more tech savvy than a bunch of computer scientist.
But seriously though, how hard can it be to find the Applications folder? I mean the placement of it is the same to Windows: HD > Applications / Program files. In those regards Windows and OS X are the same.
So I guess we can say that a 70 year old man is more tech savvy than a bunch of computer scientist.
But seriously though, how hard can it be to find the Applications folder? I mean the placement of it is the same to Windows: HD > Applications / Program files. In those regards Windows and OS X are the same.
It's not organized if you go to the program files under windows... and some exe aren't under the specified folder, it'll have to be within a subfolder.
Finding All Apps under Metro took a little while. Organizing All Apps with Metro is nearly impossible apparently.
It's interesting because it took my boss 2 errors before finding the correct button to reply to an email from his new iPhone 4S. The company gave him a company iPhone, and it's really the first time he had used one. His previous phone was an Android.
1. First time, he pressed the "new message" button
2. Second time, he pressed the "refresh for new email" button
3. Third time, he pressed the correct "reply" button
It shows that a lot of thing we use are as "intuitive" as we think. We have learned it one way or another previously. Years from now, we would think what we thought as intuitive was because we learned years ago. Of course, he now remembers how to reply an email. Maybe in a few months from now, it becomes "intuitive" for him. Heck, if I didn't tell him that double-tapping on the home button will bring up the app switching, then he wouldn't know. Is that intuitive, or is that intuitive only after learning?
1. First time, he pressed the "new message" button
2. Second time, he pressed the "refresh for new email" button
3. Third time, he pressed the correct "reply" button
It shows that a lot of thing we use are as "intuitive" as we think. We have learned it one way or another previously. Years from now, we would think what we thought as intuitive was because we learned years ago. Of course, he now remembers how to reply an email. Maybe in a few months from now, it becomes "intuitive" for him. Heck, if I didn't tell him that double-tapping on the home button will bring up the app switching, then he wouldn't know. Is that intuitive, or is that intuitive only after learning?
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I'm running it in VirtualBox on my MBP (model 5,1--supposedly late 2008.)
I have yet to get anything by running the mouse to the lower lefthand corner as instructed, so I installed a 3rd-party start-button. That helped a lot. So far no real problems, but it's slow going (= my problem for having to look around for what I need, not the installation, which seems reasonably fast.)
With W8 I really am "your average user." I got pretty good with XP... I'm so glad I "went Mac."
[May I comment on the use of there for their? As a non-native speaker of English I find it hard to read such misspellings, especially in long sentences, which thankfully isn't the case here.]
I'm running it in VirtualBox on my MBP (model 5,1--supposedly late 2008.)
I have yet to get anything by running the mouse to the lower lefthand corner as instructed, so I installed a 3rd-party start-button. That helped a lot. So far no real problems, but it's slow going (= my problem for having to look around for what I need, not the installation, which seems reasonably fast.)
With W8 I really am "your average user." I got pretty good with XP... I'm so glad I "went Mac."
[May I comment on the use of there for their? As a non-native speaker of English I find it hard to read such misspellings, especially in long sentences, which thankfully isn't the case here.]
Having issues
So I'm having trouble installing the preview as well. I keep getting those damned GPT errors
I'm on the iMac 9,1 (No laughing at my ancient tech!) and I was previously running Windows 7 and the consumer preview of 8 after installing them both with no issues
An issue I have is that my superdrive is fubar'd so I can't install from DVD, only via USB
If anyone comes up with a fix for this, I will love you long time!
Thanks
So I'm having trouble installing the preview as well. I keep getting those damned GPT errors
I'm on the iMac 9,1 (No laughing at my ancient tech!) and I was previously running Windows 7 and the consumer preview of 8 after installing them both with no issues
An issue I have is that my superdrive is fubar'd so I can't install from DVD, only via USB
If anyone comes up with a fix for this, I will love you long time!
Thanks
I've tried to install this using a burnt dvd but I keep getting the "select CD-Rom boot type" error. I remember getting this on one of the earlier 64 bit Windows 8 previews so I just went with the 32 instead. Now with this preview it seems to occur with both 64 and 32 bit. I have read a few walkarounds to modify the iso and reburn but requires a windows machine.
Id like to try the usb method but am unsure on how to and it doesnt seem to be working for others in this forum.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks
Id like to try the usb method but am unsure on how to and it doesnt seem to be working for others in this forum.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks
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not sure if we are talking about the same problem.
but when i installed consumer preview previously on my early 2010 mbp 13" it is unusable as it keep freezing up and had to force shutdown all the time.
but it working fine on my other two iMac.
didn't want to risk it another time.
may i know your mbp is which gen?
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hardcore computer scientists uses command line. haha
i had to assist a computer scientist on his new mac as well with installation and how it works.
being a computer scientist doesn't mean you will be good in using computer. it just mean that they are specialist in a certain field.
13" mid 2010 per SysInfo
2.4GHz C2D - 8G ram
periodic random total lockups requiring power button shutdown.
same. hopefully there will be a fix soon. now i had to lug two notebook around because of that. and it felt a ton
i wonder is it the nvidia driver fault.
that is my suspicion. they claimed they were releasing new W8 drivers weeks ago but I'm still waiting...
First screenshots of the new Metroed up desktop UI
Hmm. Not sure if I like it or not. I'll admit that it is clean and easy to navigate, but damn...it's so plain looking. They should do something to differentiate some colors here and there. like a grey background for the quick navigation pane at the very least. All that white hurts my eyes.
Eh. Maybe I'll like it better once they add in Metro style icons.
Hmm. Not sure if I like it or not. I'll admit that it is clean and easy to navigate, but damn...it's so plain looking. They should do something to differentiate some colors here and there. like a grey background for the quick navigation pane at the very least. All that white hurts my eyes.
Eh. Maybe I'll like it better once they add in Metro style icons.
Yea, it's completely different. I tried out the customer preview a couple of months ago and had to find out how to turn off my pc via youtube
Yea, it's completely different. I tried out the customer preview a couple of months ago and had to find out how to turn off my pc via youtube
Yeah, it's a bit confusing at first, but once you realize the settings cog on the charms menu is app specific, and get your head around how right-clicking works in Metro, things becomes considerably easier.
I agree, but it's definitely got a learning curve to it. Plus I was using the consumer preview that didn't have good support for multi-monitors, so that made things a bit harder
the nvidia driver is out at http://www.nvidia.com/object/notebook-win8-64bit-302.80-preview-driver.html
anyone tried it out yet?
life is really bad when i had to continue to bring around my mbp and another hp notebook.