For those that are still not sure about Windows 8

clearfire62 said:

I really hate the new start menu that it has

Have a look here. A few tips of what you can do with it.

I had problems with a VirtualBox installation and it took a lot of digging to get it up and running. VMPlayer on the other hand installed it with no problems at all.

whs I've tried it 4 or 5 times now, always the same problem. I am trying to install from the downloaded .iso. I will burn a DVD next and try it again, but I'm beginning to suspect that Win 8 required hardware (CPU) virtualization which my 3.4Ghz P4 does not have.

I can install anything else, Win 98SE, XP, Vista and Win 7, just Win 8 that has this problem. The divfference is all other installs are via CD/DVD so I'll try it that way next.

Good luck. I hope it will work.

kado897 said:

VMPlayer on the other hand installed it with no problems at all.

Agree, VMWare Player and W8CP work very well togther.

VMware Player - Install Windows 8 Consumer Preview - Windows 8 Forums

Nope, will not work. Has to be CPU virtualization not available. Oh well, I can always install to free partition to play some more if I get the urge.

Ztruker said:

Nope, will not work. Has to be CPU virtualization not available. Oh well, I can always install to free partition to play some more if I get the urge.

And Virtual Box does not work either? Because there is an option with or without virtualization. In my picture it is greyed out because Win8 is running in vBox right now.

My screen doesn't look like that at all.