Just addressing a conversation at the last meeting. Someone had asked if I was able to get the Windows 8 Preview installed and running in a VM.
So I grabbed the iso from the valid Microsoft site and was able to install it under KVM/QEMU. But it does not recognise the hardware so it's basically runs in what looks like safe mode. I then upgraded to Virtualbox 4.1.8 ( https://www.virtualbox.org ) I am running on Ubuntu64 11.10 There are instructions on how to install by adding the repository so you can apt-get install. Under VirtualBox I was also able to install it, and it seems to have better hardware emulations thus Win8 had the look and feel I expected. Ok the problem I think you had, is the problem that I hit, which is you really need a 4 CPU system with 8 GB or more memory to emulate what it needs. I squeaked by with a 2 core AMD and 4 GB of memory: System Requirements Windows 8 Consumer Preview works great on the same hardware that powers Windows 7: Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit) Hard disk space: 16 GB (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit) Graphics card: Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device or higher To use touch, you need a tablet or monitor that supports multitouch To access Windows Store and to download and run apps, you need an active Internet connection and a screen resolution of at least 1024 x 768 To snap apps, you need a screen resolution of at least 1366 x 768 ( note these are base requirements what is needed to get it running, not running well ) http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/download -- /** Joe Apuzzo ** Call: KD2AKU ** PGP/GPG: key ID BB5C7 **/
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