SC Tom wrote:


"Dave "Crash" Dummy" wrote in message
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...winston wrote:

"Dave "Crash" Dummy" wrote in message
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I have heard that Windows 8 RTM is available for everyone, but
every download I see in Microsoft requires a username and
password. Can someone direct me to a download that doesn't
require a sign in?


General Availability afiak remains Oct 26.

Sure you're not downloading Windows 8 RTM 'Evaluation Version' ?
- 90 day trial - not upgradeable to the final GA licensed version


Yes, I'm getting the 90 day evaluation version. 90 days is more
than enough time to decide if I want to install it permanently. If
I do, I'll pick up a copy of the educational release at the
university IT department when it is available.

I installed it yesterday (Enterprise Eval 64-bit), and had a few
devices that weren't picked up, or updated. One was my wireless, but
I managed to find a work-around on line. After fixing the rest of the
devices, I installed Classic Shell, and kinda like it (Win8). I
probably won't buy it when it's released, since I haven't seen it
being any faster on anything I've done with Win7, but I have to admit
that the RTM is definitely better than the two preview versions I
tried. Part of the driver problem is that Acer hasn't released any
for my Aspire V3-731 yet. I was able to shotgun a couple of Win7
drivers in, and the others came directly from Intel and
Qualcomm-Atheros. I don't like the tiles, but with Classic Shell I
can bypass that and add a start menu. There are still some things
that won't get added that way, so I have to drop out to the tiles to
do them (one is Solitaire). Then it gave me grief using my Live ID
sign in sigh. I'll keep it for a while and test it out, but unless
I see something radical that I haven't seen yet, I'll pull that drive
and put my Win7 one back in.

Thanks for the heads up. I haven't installed it, yet, but when I do it
will be as a dual boot with Win 7. You said you "kinda like it." What is
it you like, compared to Win 7?
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Crash

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