You can try out the RTM version now and see if it works for you, and the
software you use.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/evalcenter/jj554510.aspx This will get
you a 90 day evaluation copy of Windows 8 Enterprise, unfortunately,
there's no option to purchase a serial number after Win8 launches to
continue using; but as a trial it's fairly good.
I installed this last nite as a VM on Win7 to play with the final code.
I have to say, after just a few minutes of playing around I began to
hate it much less than I did during either the developer or consumer
preview releases. Not entirely sure I'll upgrade on day one, but from
what I read the upgrade price tag will be $40 - cheap enough to pick up
and not worry about really.
Impressions after a few hours of playing on a VM - Win8 seems snappier
than Win7, of course this is very likely due to the fact that it's a
fresh Win8 install, compared to an existing Win7 install running
av/firewall, backup software, etc in the background. The Start screen
compared to Start button will take some getting used to - not sure
that's the best approach for a desktop atm. In that vein, full screen
Metro-style (or whatever it's supposed to be called now) also feel out
of place on a desktop; some, like the weather app are pretty looking -
but I'm the user that has many windows open at a time, in Desktop that's
fine and normal as it is now, however in the Start Screen you need to
move your mouse to the top left of the screen to see what's running so
you can either close it, or switch back to it. Of course, you can also
just click on a tile, if the program is already running, you'll be
brought back to the screen you "tabbed out" on.
My prediction is that Win8 won't be overly well received by business or
pro-users for some time after release, if at all. Business/corporate
likely won't even consider their next Windows upgrade until Win9. Home
enthusiasts may pick up the upgrade for $40 just because it's relatively
inexpensive. Tablets like the Surface will probably do quite well for
those who wish to run their usual software on a tablet (provided they
use the Intel version; the ARM version will only run Metro-style apps
and be more like an iPad than a traditional computer). Odds are Win7
will become the next XP, until such time as people "get used" to a start
screen over a start button, or Microsoft allows people to go back to a
more traditional UI.
As for the Windows vs Mac vs Linux thing ... it's a holy war. None are
perfect, they all suck in their own special way, down off your high
horse of superiority, and Coke is always better than Pepsi. There, I
said it, now we begin the beverage wars!
On 8/21/2012 7:33 AM, Szabolcs Matefy wrote:
So, the question is if I move to Windows 8, Softimage will perform well?
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Chatterjee
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*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* Re: OT: Windows 8 - anyone?
Dan,
cool - have you actually done any production work on this install?
Does opening/saving/merging scenes work for you? And can you
read/write icecaches?
I personally haven't spent any time trying to get it to work because
I've read all these reports about these show stopper type problems
regarding Softimage on Ubuntu...
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On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Dan Yargici <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I've made Soft work on 12.04, but if you were to now ask me how....
the bottom line is that if you go through all the Linux related posts
on Stephen's blog you'll get it running totally fine in the end.
As an aside, I have to say that I love Gnome Shell (just called Gnome
now in 12.04). Unity sucks utter balls IMO but Gnome Shell feels
quite nice.
DAN
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Stefan Andersson <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Maybe I spoke too soon :) I felt a bit lost, so I'm back into Linux
now. Trying a bit newer distro (Ubuntu 12.04). I know it can't run
Softimage, but I don't use Softimage at home that much anyhow.
It was a nice try, but it felt there were too many gremlins under the
hood that I had no idea of what they were up to.
Too many reboots and too many processes that started working for no
apparent reason, and popups, my god.... it felt like using firefox
without a adblocker. But besides that it was a better experience that
my last attempt which was with Vista.
I'm back home now. Hell did not freeze over, it's still warm and cozy.
regards
stefan
On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 10:05 AM, Andreas Bystrom
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
". So... I've installed Windows7 on my workstation at home. And so far
I'm really impressed with the speed and the response from the system.
Softimage works a lot smoother on Windows7 than on CentOS 6.3."
hmm, it's not april.... did hell just freeze over? actually the day
alan jones writes something like that will be the day hell truly
freezes over..
on a serious note, for every single windows release that's about to
come out since win2k I've heard the same exact thing "this will be
terrible, I'm staying with win xxxx forever" yet those same people
somehow upgraded throughout the years and found themselves quite happy...
On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 6:55 PM, Stefan Andersson <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
It's not any better in the Linux Camp. Everyone is moving towards
tablet use. But what boggles me is that... how can the
developers themselves stand it?
On a side note.
I've been using Linux for a long time now, but got fed up with crappy
wacom drivers and the crippled paint applications. So... I've
installed Windows7 on my workstation at home. And so far I'm really
impressed with the speed and the response from the system. Softimage
works a lot smoother on Windows7 than on CentOS 6.3.
Anyhow, going to take a shower now since I feel quite dirty.
And I think Windows 8 will be as Vista, a "side-note". They are
already talking about Windows9.
regards
stefan
On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 8:01 PM, Sylvain Lebeau <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
this makes me think about Apple rumour to let go the dev on the mac
pros...
Seem's everybody is going nuts on the mobile thing. And all
professional market get's ignored!!
i wont be able to do Arnold render regions on my f-ing iphone!!!!!
wtf is going on with these guys!?
sly
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Friday, August 17, 2012 12:18 PM
My main Win 7 workstation has been really acting flaky lately.
Microsoft has just release Windows 8 RTM, so I was wondering if
anyone had tested it out yet?
I realize there are plenty of opinions on the whole Metro interface,
but I'm just wondering if it's stable and if Softimage will run under it.
I need to take a weekend and reformat this machine & start over anyway.
Thanks,
Paul
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