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Well, I've only just got the 64-bit RP to run semi-useably as a standalone OS (upgrade over Win 7 Home Premium).
The first thing that struck me was how bloody BLAND it looks, compared to the CP.
Second thing was that it still won't talk to my openGL games.
But I've had it up for a couple of hours now, and it hasn't fallen over or locked up yet.
Unlike my first attempt to install it, now THAT was a disaster.
NOTHING worked, and it'd lock up within minutes.
But without a BSOD, so I had no idea what the problem was. I suspect graphics.
OpenGL game titles to be omitted is the facts about 8! Most of them require DX 9 elements to install and run while DX 9 sees "incompatible with this version of Windows" on the few tries to get that to go on. Say good bye to many older games. The Steam titles that went on with a few others ran without problems but never saw any great performance boost over 7! That would be a lot of blogger's hype on that part!
When adding an 8 entry into the 7 BCD the CP seemed to run well. I had to use the newer Automatic repair option that replaces the Startup repair to rewrite the 7 host drive's mbr and boot files. Later when going to run the RP as a stand alone on the second OS drive I ended up using the PC Refresh option which automatically added 7 in. Both OSs were trashed due to the subsequent booting into 7 when selecting 7 from the 8 boot options.
Fortunately I was a little overdue for a clean install of 7 at the time and simply wiped both drives! First however once both froze up solid when going to start each the Disk Check tool bailed 7 out but 8... lingered a bit. Then when going to switch from Native ide mode to AHCI 7 automatically adjusted itself reinstalling the two OS drives as SCSI devices while 8 was history!
So much for the dual boot and RP install. A small portion of the second was set aside as the root and swap partitions for Linux to try out 7 and 8 VMs on the Linux flavor of VBox where the 7 install took but not 8. The RP on VBox is still going on the 7 host following the clean install of 7 as the last look so to speak.
The Enterprise 90 day for developers based more on the RTM will have a fast look there if it succeeds to install on VM or replace the Linux distro on the second drive "when i get to it" that is. With 8 unlike 7 and Vista before it this is one version I will be "taking my time" with!
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- 1st W10 Professional x64/W7 Ultimate x64 - 2nd Remote system: W10 Insider Builds/W7 Professional
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Custom Builds
- CPU
- AMD Phenom II X4 975 Deneb 3.6ghz -2nd case AMD Atholon II 3.2ghz
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte GA-790XTA-UD4
- Memory
- Kingston Hyper-X DDR3 1600mhz 16gb - 2nd case Kingston Hyper-X "Fury" DDR3 1600mhz 8gb
- Graphics Card(s)
- MSI Radeon HD 5750 1gb - 2nd AMD Radeon 6450
- Sound Card
- Creative Xtreme Gamer - 2nd case Realtek Onboard audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Acer 19" dual monitor setup - 2nd case HP 20" lcd
- Screen Resolution
- 1440x900 same on both builds
- Hard Drives
- 1st build
WD Caviar Black Edition Sata II 1tb two OS drives
WD RE "Heavy Duty Sata II 2tb two Storage/Backup
2nd build
WD Blue Sata II 500gb
WD Black Edition Sata III 1tb
WD Green Power Sata II 1tb in external usb enclosure
- PSU
- Corsair TX750H 750w -Corsair 500w
- Case
- Antec 900-2 -NXZT Vulcan Mini tower/carrying handle
- Cooling
- 120mm front pair, 120 rear 200cm top - 120mm Front intake 200mm side cover
- Keyboard
- Azio Blue led back lit both builds.
- Mouse
- MSI DS200 11 button programmable Gaming optical mouse - Odessa 3 button dual scroll trackball
- Internet Speed
- 30mbps
- Other Info
- two MSI 22x ide dvd burners, 25 usb flash drives used for Linux Live, live data recovery 128gb, and Windows 7, 10 usb installation keys