Windows 8 Consumer Preview

**Chiefster** · 03-13-2012, 01:03 AM

Alright all you techies out there; here it is the long awaited Windows 8 Beta version.

A word of advise: if you install this on your main PC then understand that it is temporary and as always it would be a good idea to back your current data up.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/download

Enjoy!

**TopekaRoy** · 03-14-2012, 02:45 PM

It looks great if you have a touch screen or a tablet. I don't so I think I will stick with Windows 7 for now. Besides, My hard drive if full of music and great movies. I don't have enough disk space to install it!

**Chiefster** · 03-14-2012, 05:26 PM

Originally Posted by TopekaRoy

It looks great if you have a touch screen or a tablet. I don't so I think I will stick with Windows 7 for now. Besides, My hard drive if full of music and great movies. I don't have enough disk space to install it!

That's what TB external hard drives are for!

**TopekaRoy** · 03-15-2012, 06:10 AM

Originally Posted by Chiefster

That's what TB external hard drives are for!

I bought an 80GB Hard drive several years ago and thought that would be plenty to supplement the 40 GB HD my computer had.

I filled the 250 GB on my laptop in less than a year. Now I don't have the money for 1 TB HD so I'm getting by, by dumping files onto DVD-Rs ... 4.7 Gigabytes at a time!

I need to save up and get a new external HD. I guess the Maserati will just have to wait.

**kcvet** · 03-15-2012, 10:26 AM

Beta means testing testing so they want feedback from the consumer. no thanks. im hangin on to my XP. my machine was having problems from wear and tear. so I put in a rebuilt motherboard and she runs like new. ill keep riding this horse

**Chiefster** · 03-15-2012, 09:04 PM

Originally Posted by kcvet

Beta means testing testing so they want feedback from the consumer. no thanks. im hangin on to my XP. my machine was having problems from wear and tear. so I put in a rebuilt motherboard and she runs like new. ill keep riding this horse

I Beta tested Windows 7 too and gave them absolutely zero input but got Windows seven at about half price when it finally came out on the shelves just for having tried the Beta version.

I gotta tell ya the more I use Windows 8 the more I like it!