Windows 8 Pro Retail impressions.

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As a bunch of us just got the retail Win8 Pro version off of TechNet, good time to start a discussion of what actually is there vs. what was rumored.

1. Aero IS gone.
2. Gadgets ARE gone.
3. Windows store has a lot more stuff. I don't see anything that smacks of payment yet.
4. As rumored, Games for Windows is being directly linked to my XBox account. No wonder Valve/Steam is upset over Win8.

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Can you post a screenshot of Xbox Music please? :D
 

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As a bunch of us just got the retail Win8 Pro version off of TechNet, good time to start a discussion of what actually is there vs. what was rumored.

1. Aero IS gone.
2. Gadgets ARE gone.
3. Windows store has a lot more stuff. I don't see anything that smacks of payment yet.
4. As rumored, Games for Windows is being directly linked to my XBox account. No wonder Valve/Steam is upset over Win8.

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Aero is NOT gone. Only transparency. But so what??? Aero uses your graphics cards hardware capability to make things quicker.
Gadgets are also not gone, only hidden. They are horrible anyway IMHO.

MS are just trying to integrate all their technologies into one OS. GFW, Windows Phone, XBox etc. They are trying to protect their property. Same as what Apple has tried to do with their horrible OSX.....
 

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ged, I looked into gadgets and yes, sidebar is still in there but there is NO add gadget to desktop any more. Do you have instructions on how to use them on the retail version? I have tried adding them to the sidebar and no luck.
PS there are three gadgets that I love and miss them terribly so any help...
 

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    Windows 8.1 Pro 64 bit GA
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    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    i7-4770K Haswell
    Motherboard
    ASUS Z87-PRO
    Memory
    16 GB of Corsair 1866
    Graphics Card(s)
    GTX 780
    Sound Card
    Cooler Master Storm Headphones
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell 27 inch U2711 IPS
    Screen Resolution
    2560 by 1440
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 840 Pro 250GB SSD plus 2 3 TB drives
    PSU
    Corsair-750
    Case
    Corsair White Graphite Series 600T
    Cooling
    Corsair H00i Water
    Keyboard
    Corsair K90
    Mouse
    Logitech G9 Laser
    Internet Speed
    6.3 MBps
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    MS

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro 64 bit GA
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    i7-4770K Haswell
    Motherboard
    ASUS Z87-PRO
    Memory
    16 GB of Corsair 1866
    Graphics Card(s)
    GTX 780
    Sound Card
    Cooler Master Storm Headphones
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell 27 inch U2711 IPS
    Screen Resolution
    2560 by 1440
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 840 Pro 250GB SSD plus 2 3 TB drives
    PSU
    Corsair-750
    Case
    Corsair White Graphite Series 600T
    Cooling
    Corsair H00i Water
    Keyboard
    Corsair K90
    Mouse
    Logitech G9 Laser
    Internet Speed
    6.3 MBps
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    MS
Gadgets ARE gone. It is just possible to add them beck by copying the files from 7.
 

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    2x Nvidia 9800 GTX+

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    windows 8
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