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Well, I did it, I'm running the Enterprise N version of 8 on my puter and for all those that are wondering about details...
Whoa. :shock: I've yet to be able to active it, I doubt I'll be able to, but Start Screen patterns are a glorious ridiculous! I've seen a few screenshots of them, wow! Screams Zune Characters to me. But the default pattern for some reason reminds me of sperm and egg.... I don't know why. There are a few tweaks to the Store, as well as Xbox branding on Music and Video, which aren't by default installed. There's a Bing app that's pretty neat. Pinning Desktop items looks different as the icon is now larger and the text is now ALL the same size regardless of app type. Honestly, how the Start Screen appears to function and designed, it kind of seems like it will allow for a full screen image without a little colored ribbon. Everything seems to function the same as the Release Preview, but I notice that the CPU usage is different. Before, my lowest CPU speed was at 800 MHz, it now goes to 780 MHz and literally everything in between that I never though my processor could go at.
Now, for everyone that's wondering, the Desktop. Aero has been scrapped altogether, I can't even find a single reference to the word "Aero" anywhere. The Taskbar though is transparent, and I actually really like it. It's just transparent, no glassiness, just transparency. The windows though are not, they're solid colors. The window control buttons are redesigned as well, they look more like Office 2013's buttons. There is a full on new sound scheme, oooohhh... If I had to describe it, it sound like futurie harpy angelic pianoie moderness. It's VERY different than what has been in Windows since vista sound wise. I like! The iconography on the Desktop hasn't changed a bit except for the nav and up buttons.
But I have a sneaking suspicion that the N version is technically the RTM build, but not the actual final build. Like, maybe a few builds away from being the actual one if you get my meaning. I say this because of a watermark on the Desktop. Also, the lack of metro styled (or Windows 8 styled) iconography like Office 2013 does. There is also some strangeness with the sounds, as there is a logon sound that is different but should be titled sign on preferably, and a logoff sound that is the old sound in 7 and vista. And there is an unlock sound too.
Overall, it's still very fast. IE 10 seems to be more beastly and I've read a few other people say that it out does chrome. But I haven't yet to test it fully.
Whoa. :shock: I've yet to be able to active it, I doubt I'll be able to, but Start Screen patterns are a glorious ridiculous! I've seen a few screenshots of them, wow! Screams Zune Characters to me. But the default pattern for some reason reminds me of sperm and egg.... I don't know why. There are a few tweaks to the Store, as well as Xbox branding on Music and Video, which aren't by default installed. There's a Bing app that's pretty neat. Pinning Desktop items looks different as the icon is now larger and the text is now ALL the same size regardless of app type. Honestly, how the Start Screen appears to function and designed, it kind of seems like it will allow for a full screen image without a little colored ribbon. Everything seems to function the same as the Release Preview, but I notice that the CPU usage is different. Before, my lowest CPU speed was at 800 MHz, it now goes to 780 MHz and literally everything in between that I never though my processor could go at.
Now, for everyone that's wondering, the Desktop. Aero has been scrapped altogether, I can't even find a single reference to the word "Aero" anywhere. The Taskbar though is transparent, and I actually really like it. It's just transparent, no glassiness, just transparency. The windows though are not, they're solid colors. The window control buttons are redesigned as well, they look more like Office 2013's buttons. There is a full on new sound scheme, oooohhh... If I had to describe it, it sound like futurie harpy angelic pianoie moderness. It's VERY different than what has been in Windows since vista sound wise. I like! The iconography on the Desktop hasn't changed a bit except for the nav and up buttons.
But I have a sneaking suspicion that the N version is technically the RTM build, but not the actual final build. Like, maybe a few builds away from being the actual one if you get my meaning. I say this because of a watermark on the Desktop. Also, the lack of metro styled (or Windows 8 styled) iconography like Office 2013 does. There is also some strangeness with the sounds, as there is a logon sound that is different but should be titled sign on preferably, and a logoff sound that is the old sound in 7 and vista. And there is an unlock sound too.
Overall, it's still very fast. IE 10 seems to be more beastly and I've read a few other people say that it out does chrome. But I haven't yet to test it fully.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1 Pro
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- ASUS
- CPU
- AMD FX 8320
- Motherboard
- Crosshair V Formula-Z
- Memory
- 16 gig DDR3
- Graphics Card(s)
- ASUS R9 270
- Screen Resolution
- 1440x900
- Hard Drives
- 1 TB Seagate Barracuda (starting to hate Seagate)
x2 3 TB Toshibas
Windows 8.1 is installed on a SanDisk Ultra Plus 256 GB
- PSU
- OCZ 500 watt
- Case
- A current work in progres as I'll be building the physical case myself. It shall be fantastic.
- Cooling
- Arctic Cooler with 3 heatpipes
- Keyboard
- Logitech K750 wireless solar powered keyboard
- Mouse
- Microsoft Touch Mouse
- Browser
- Internet Explorer 11
- Antivirus
- Windows Defender, but I might go back on KIS 2014