pow
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Anyone want to provide me with a key? 
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chris_uk
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im pretty sure i read somewhere that it will be an option to disable it if you so choose.
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Dom
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Originally posted by pow
Anyone want to provide me with a key?
Have a gander on MyDigitalLife, i know there are a handful of keys that have been posted but there might be another method of activating it.
Chris - Will make it 100x better if you can
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Dom
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Few comparisons -
http://www.techspot.com/review/561-windows8-vs-windows7/
http://www.zdnet.com/windows-8-vs-windows-7-benchmarked-7000002671/
Apart from bootup/shutdown times, there doesn't appear to much difference between Win 8 and Win 7.
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noshua
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I've never understood why people wank over boot times, there was a thread a few years ago on a forum I've forgot the name of but people were boasting that they'd shaved 1-2 seconds off their previous fastest cold boot. Must have had a prolapse when SSD's first came affordable.
Anyway, I want to try this and been meaning to format my laptop, will try it as soon as its on MSDNAA
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A2H GO
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I've never understood why people wank over boot times
Becasue windows takes ages. 
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John
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My windows 8 install boots considerably quicker than my 7 install, 7 has considerably more installed though.
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LeeM
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my mac boots in 8 seconds
can you install windows 8 with bootcamp?
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John
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Boots in 8 seconds or starts up from sleep in 8 seconds?
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LeeM
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boots. starts from sleep instantly
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by LeeM
my mac boots in 8 seconds
can you install windows 8 with bootcamp?
SSD then? 
Would agree with OSX being better from sleep, certainly that's the case on my Dell; boot times are both about the same however.
noshua - No different to clock speeds, people cream themselves over an extra MHz or two and that'll make sod all notable difference.
[Edited on 17-08-2012 by Dom]
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LeeM
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quote:
Originally posted by Dom
quote:
Originally posted by LeeM
my mac boots in 8 seconds
can you install windows 8 with bootcamp?
SSD then?
maybe 
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pow
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Got a key from my boss and the 64 bit ISO. When I get home this badboy is going on the M11x
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adiohead
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quote:
Originally posted by pow
Got a key from my boss and the 64 bit ISO. When I get home this badboy is going on the M11x
.....then a celebratory fap is in order
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pow
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No then I'm going to the pub with Lauren and her workmates.
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adiohead
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fap first and you'll last longer
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pow
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So the boot time and speed is a defrost improvement on win7. The metro interface hasn't pissed me off yet but there is no clear cut way to use it, do you use the desktop or the metro interface?
The main booboo is the lack of an accessible shutdown button. Wtf?
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Dom
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Can either log off from the user menu or WIN+C > Settings > Shutdown/Log Off/Restart. I'm sure you can access it using one of the right/left menu, can't fully remember though as i got rid of Win 8 ages ago.
Edit - ALT+F4
[Edited on 17-08-2012 by Dom]
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Rob_Quads
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quote:
Originally posted by pow
The main booboo is the lack of an accessible shutdown button. Wtf?
This did make me laugh. When I first installed it on a test system at work i asked a few people to come and shut it down. Only one out of 5 did it quickly. All the others went round in circles trying to find it.
Its a pretty epic UI design fail that people can't work out how to shut it down.
Its the first OS where its not just a mouse click away
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pow
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That's all well and good for us elite Dom, Im thinking of the people who can't do it any other way than start > shutdown
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John
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I hate that, forgot how much of a pain pressing ctrl+alt+dlt to get it is.
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Steve
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no mkv support out the box for windows 8
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John
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Is that surprising?
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Sam
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Another epic fail by Microsoft, by the sounds of things?
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
no mkv support out the box for windows 8
They've already mentioned there would be a handful of codecs that wouldn't be supported due to licensing. Not much of a biggy though, use a codec-pack or VLC.
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