Yeah, what I said before: We have like 1 GB or 2 GB graphic cards, 8 GB RAM , 8  cores and whatnot to look at plain boring pastel unicolored tiles with some white fonts and icons... Seems the 'Minimalist Neowhiners GUI Corps' has visted Microsoft to tell them what a GUI has to look like. 

Next big thing is MS bringing DOSShell back ?

No, honestly, Metro is good for cellphones...

Jim... here's some good stuff:

• Windows+F – Opens File Search
• Windows+C – Opens Charms Bar
• Windows+I – Opens Settings
• Windows+Q – Opens App Search pane
• Windows+W – Opens Settings Search app
• Windows+Z – Opens App Bar

If you aren’t at the Start screen, all you have to do is hit the Windows key to get back to the screen, and then start typing to launch an application—it’s the same set of keystrokes you would use before, but a different interface.

Take a look here:  http://www.howtogeek.com/74089/windows-8-the-gigantic-how-to-geek-screenshot-tour/

Good stuff, bud.

sorry about the wrong log in.....

okay, thanks for those pics jim, that was cool.

and you guys are gonna take me out the back and bash me up for saying this , but i reallly do like what i saw!!!

Ahem, see reply 3, screenie 4, and reply 6.

Non touch screen explorer style.

Windows+Z does nada for me.

It's like the South end of a North-bound camel.

And that Metro or whatever the f**k it is.... it's kin'orrible.

So Microsoft would want to put a proper OS in there with a better attempt at a UI than that feeble attempt at recreating an ad for an app store.

If I wanted that kind of app crap I'd get a 'so-called' smart phone.... and what's so f**king smart about them anyhow.  My supposedly less intelligent $29 Nokia makes calls and sends texts... receives them, too...  just as well as any of those $500 units that everything but do yer laundry and reheat leftovers.

Anyhow, I've recovered from my mental detour, so back to Win 8.  Given the little I've seen so far, I'm not impressed.  The idea of apps and the 'Cloud' replacing regular PC software does not appeal to me one bit, nor do those gaudy colours in that Metro mishmash, so if there's not a regular GUI that's fully customisable underneath that eyesore, then Win 8 will be staying on the shelf.

Yeah, I know, you're say that I need to get with the times, but for me, that [gaudy Fisher Price looking Metro thing] is going backwards... at a rate of knots  I moved from XP to Vista to get away from sickening colour schemes, so there's no way I'm going back.  Nope, as much as I like new toys, I'll be sticking with Win 7 if there's not a marked improvement on what I've seen so far.

I don't like the Metro stuff either, but keep in mind that there is the option to not use it and just have what we are accustomed to, a wallpaper background and a bottom of the screen taskbar.  RedneckDude sent me a screenshot of it.  As long as it has that option than I think I am going to back off a little and wait for more screenshots. 

Also need to see and hear on what improvements have been made versus Windows 7.

Hmmm... I have tried with no luck getting it to run in vitualbox, and get the error " HAL INITIALIZATION FAILED" in Virtualbox and in Virtual PC.

So it seems running it in a VM is out of the question...

We haven't heard from the Redneck for some time. 

I think it's because he has "discovered" W8's new BSOD... or perhaps it discovered him:

                                                      @ Doc!  

That is just the most horrible thing I have ever seen...... is it a joke?