Do you think Windows 8 DP will be upgradeable to the beta?

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I know none of us know this (unless Microsoft as openly stated it will be the case) but do you think the Windows 8 DP will be upgradeable to the Windows 8 beta? With early releases of Windows 7 (if there was any pre-releases before Win7 beta) did Microsoft make it so you could upgrade your installation to the W7 beta?
 

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I don't think there will be a route to upgrade to beta. The beta will be a different version all together, with Vista, and Win 7, they released ultimate as a beta. Chances are, they will do the same with win 8, with a release of win 8 beta ultimate.
 

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The last thing I would want to do is upgrade from an Alpha to a Beta. The amount of bugs and glitches would be insane.
Your best bet is to do a fresh install. :)
 

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Than again i don't think you can upgrade this developer version when the beta or RTM comes out so you would need to remove and restall all over.
 

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I hope not. If we will be able to this means that there was little change.
 

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I hope not. If we will be able to this means that there was little change.
Not necessarily! Microsoft could make a mistake and actually accidentally make us able to upgrade... errors, errors everywhere!
 

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I hope not. If we will be able to this means that there was little change.
Not necessarily! Microsoft could make a mistake and actually accidentally make us able to upgrade... errors, errors everywhere!

Old Microsoft had an OS, E-I-E-I-O
And on this OS it had an error, E-I-E-I-O
With a "BSOD" here and a "BSOD" there
Here a "bug" there a "bug"
Everywhere a "bug bug"
Old Microsoft had an OS, E-I-E-I-O
 

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I hope not. If we will be able to this means that there was little change.
Not necessarily! Microsoft could make a mistake and actually accidentally make us able to upgrade... errors, errors everywhere!

Old Microsoft had an OS, E-I-E-I-O
And on this OS it had an error, E-I-E-I-O
With a "BSOD" here and a "BSOD" there
Here a "bug" there a "bug"
Everywhere a "bug bug"
Old Microsoft had an OS, E-I-E-I-O

Sounds like Windows Vista.
 

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Ahahahaha. Great one! Though sadly kind of true... Still only had 1 blue screen so far though. :)
 

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"Do you think Windows 8 DP will be upgradeable to the beta?"

No.
 

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I dont think it'll be upgradable too :)
 

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No, don't think it will.

Take notes of your favorite tweaks, and get ready for the clean install.
 

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Dont think it will
 

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Not necessarily! Microsoft could make a mistake and actually accidentally make us able to upgrade... errors, errors everywhere!

Old Microsoft had an OS, E-I-E-I-O
And on this OS it had an error, E-I-E-I-O
With a "BSOD" here and a "BSOD" there
Here a "bug" there a "bug"
Everywhere a "bug bug"
Old Microsoft had an OS, E-I-E-I-O

Sounds like Windows Vista.

Sounds more like Windows 95. Ugh, I had a TERRIBLE time with that OS.
 

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Vista is a good OS, just didn't run well on older hardware, so got a bad rep.
 

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RobWest
I haven't seen a blue screen since XP.
Never even saw one in Vista, even in beta.​

Had one yesterday with win 8, first since XP. But the beta will require a clean install. I don't think we will see the beta until 2012.
 

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An Alpha test is just that, an Alpha. Beta is the next test version. These are different versions of a piece of test software.
 

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I know none of us know this (unless Microsoft as openly stated it will be the case) but do you think the Windows 8 DP will be upgradeable to the Windows 8 beta? With early releases of Windows 7 (if there was any pre-releases before Win7 beta) did Microsoft make it so you could upgrade your installation to the W7 beta?

No sir! This is a version for developers to make their programs compatible so when MS releases the RTM software's would be ready. So they don't expect users to use this as a everyday OS. So they won't us the option to upgrade it.
 

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