Salakhetdinov Shamil
mcp2004 at mail.ru
Mon Jun 18 04:28:22 CDT 2012
Hi Jim -- Thank you for your being pleased to hear that I finally achieved a successful install of Windows 8 Preview. :) I have no clear idea will Win8 get successfully installed on computer with older style chips and hardware: the issue/cause, which didn't let me to proceed with successful setup AFAIU, was that I used dynamic virtual disk or fixed disk but of smaller than 17GB size (after setup Win8 occupies about 10GB). AFAIS Win8 is an "MS Windows system with two desktops - Win7 (without [Start] button) and Win8 (WinRT)". It should probably run well on all boxes, which currently successfully run Win7 (/Windows Vista) (Please see: http://windows.about.com/od/windowsosversions/a/Windows-8-Installation-Frequently-Asked-Questions.htm and http://www.techstudy.net/2012/05/minimum-system-requirements-for-windows.html)... And Oracle Virtual Box 4.1.16 runs Win8 in less than 100MB here with IE with two tabs opened... BTW, you can "Pin to start" any ordinary Windows applications' executables and when you run them from WinRT desktop then they switch to "classic Win7 desktop" and run as usual... I do not see any reasons to rant on Win8 new "look & feel" - I like it, I could be missing something but I'd expect most WinXP/Vista/Win7 users will like it too - and it should run smoothly on tablets: as I noted I have WinPhone 7, it runs smoothly, and Win8 has even better "touch & watch" UI (http://www.gizbot.com/news/gestures-dominate-windows-8-tablet-ui)... Thank you. -- Shamil Sun, 17 Jun 2012 19:35:13 -0700 от "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca>: > Hi Shamil: > > I am pleased to hear you finally achieve an successful install. > > Would your conclusion be that Windows8 is more likely to be successful > installed on computers with older style Intel chips and hardware? > > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Salakhetdinov > Shamil > Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2012 5:05 PM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: [AccessD] OT: Win8 Preview is up&running here on Oracle Virtual Box > 4.1.16... > > Hi Jim and all -- > > I have got Win8 installed on Oracle Virtual Box 4.1.16: > > http://smsconsulting.spb.ru/stest/InstallingWin8_07.jpg > > One can use [Ctrl]+Esc to switch to desktop mode, and then use [Windows Key] > + E to open Windows Explorer and [Windows Key]+R to open command prompt, or > just use [Windows Key] + E to immediately switch to desktop mode and run > Windows Explorer... > > http://smsconsulting.spb.ru/stest/InstallingWin8_09.jpg > > ...or create custom shortcuts, or to use [Alt]+TAB to switch between running > applications. > Start menu is hidden but its folder is present and can be made visible... > > http://smsconsulting.spb.ru/stest/InstallingWin8_10.jpg > > And Win8 Preview runs smoothly in Oracle Virtual Box 4.1.16 on my test "mere > mortals" 5+ years old DELL 9400 Inspiron laptop... > > Recap/my expectation from first Win8 use: Win8 has all the standard Windows > system features available (except Start menu) and many more new > features/apps (to investigate), and it (Win8) promise to be a success for > desktops, tablets and smart-phones... > > Thank you. > > -- Shamil > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >