Has anyone preordered windows 8

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I noticed best buy has windows 8 preorder for 69.99 who is thinking of upgrading and why. I was told tht the layout is in a tablet layout which is good for my car PC but is it worth the change also how will drivers react
 

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Windows 8 has an interface that isn't friendly to a mouse and keyboard user. I don't think most here are moving to it. I'd assume it will have its own set of drivers and I have no idea how Windows 7 drivers will work with it.

There is a Windows 8 forum here, where you can probably get more comments:

Windows 8 Forums
 

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carputer93 said:
I noticed best buy has windows 8 preorder for 69.99 who is thinking of upgrading and why. I was told tht the layout is in a tablet layout which is good for my car PC but is it worth the change also how will drivers react
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As you are asking about a car PC, i'm not sure if drivers means the Windows HD drivers, or the drivers (people) driving a car with PC built in ? :huh: :o
Personally, i would not like to hear ANY drivers are causing accidents while someone is playing with a PC while driving a car. :shock: :sick:

If you don't have a test system, play with it and learn it in your driveway before going on the road. :geek:
Win 8 beta releases have been available for quite a while now, so you can test it! ;)
 

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My PC is for media purposes only i use windows voice command and I use a 10" touch screen its equalivent to using a iPod or a double din radio
 

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I'm staying with Windows 7 for a long time. Windows XP had a very long run, and I know some systems which are still running Windows XP with no problems at all, apart not being able to recognise my USB drive with I formatted with the VFAT file system.

The USB stick works fine with the Windows 7 computer though :geek:
 

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i wont be, though if you have a touch screen then you may find you like it.
however it will be a learning curve for you as its a tricky os to get the hang of,
 

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boohbah said:
i wont be, though if you have a touch screen then you may find you like it.
however it will be a learning curve for you as its a tricky os to get the hang of,
Click to expand...

Also, if you have a Xbox 360, then you may find easier to adapt to as the UI of Windows 8 is almost the same as the Xbox 360 Dashboard which was forced as a update a few years ago I think; may have been a little sooner.
 

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ati radeon HD 5450
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(1) WDC WD10 01FAES-60Z2A0 SATA Disk Device (2) Maxtor OneTouch USB Device (3) ST310003 33AS USB Device (4) WD My Book 1111 USB Device
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I would verify that your touchscreen is compatible with Windows 8 first.
 

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I agree I need to make sure if the touch drivers work. I'm touch the website

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/hh852381.aspx
 
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windows 7
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SATA 2.5' 250g Samsung Hard Drive
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touch screen
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touch screen
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300 mbps wifi
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