Where is everybody

[whs]

Lately I miss a lot of familiar faces. I know many are busy with Windows 8 and are also active on the /8 forum - there is a lot of activity but mostly by new faces (which is good too). Has the interest in /7 died out ??

 

[A Guy]

There are certainly some familiar faces gone a while now. And others seem to lose interest. I don't think it's Eight, as most of the action is still here. Over the years, I've seen many come and go. Never was on a mega forum like this one, but I'm sure it still applies. I don't think the interest in Seven has died out, in fact, I believe a lot of XPers are making the switch as their hardware gets replaced. Me, you can't get rid of

A Guy

 

[pparks1]

I've had some small health issues and such which kept me away for a while. It has nothing to do with Windows 8, my interest in that product is nearly non-existent.

 

[whs]

Thanks guys for sticking around. That gives me a certain comfort. Lately I felt a bit lost. I ended up making most postings on the /8 side. I have to say that the /8 discoveries and discussions are very interesting too.

 

[A Guy]

I've had some small health issues and such which kept me away for a while. It has nothing to do with Windows 8, my interest in that product is nearly non-existent.

Hope you're feeling better

A Guy

 

[carwiz]

I've been playing with Eight and suffering with App-block and IE 10. I can say with much certainty that I'll be on Windows 7 for quite some time. Whether you want me or not.

 

[whs]

Of course we want you Ken. Sorry to hear that you had a difficult experience with /8. I am having a ball. It is really interesting. But IE10 is indeed a challenge. We should ask Airbot to make us a tutorial. He seems to know things about IE10.

 

[carwiz]

Well, it is different. Once I got past the leaning curve and found a few options, it did become enjoyable. I can't yet say it's fun but I'm working on it. Some of the problems I've had seem to be due to Virtual Box. There's not a lot of hardware support in VB so that was another learning experience for me. Windows VM just flat doesn't support it. Can you imagine that?

 

[whs]

I heard that about Windows VM - a scandal. I also use vBox on my desktop. Had no problems at all. But on my laptop I could not get it to work in vBox. I then installed it in a dual boot partition. Well, at least I now have both flavors.

But I like the vBox version a lot better. I have it running all day long and bring it up when I read about a new trick. With a dual boot that would be a lot more time consuming.

I have Ubuntu in the same vBox. That runs even better. It uses my full 22" screen. Win8 uses only a 16" screen on my 22" monitor. Any higher resolution does not work. There seems to be a general problem with the drivers for the monitors. On my laptop I am also running with a generic driver.

 

[carwiz]

Yeah, I've got the same display "squeeze" in VB on my 22". I can bump the resolution up but then I get the sliding bars. I just scoot-up closer to the screen.

 

[Golden]

I'm still here......but I thought everyone was abandoning 7F for 8F

Anyway, I have played a bit, and seeing as you are discussing virtual machines and W8CP, why not have a laugh at this?

Virtual Machine Experiment - Windows 8 Forums

 

[Joan Archer]

I didn't realise that you couldn't install 8 into the Microsoft VM, that's the one I have at the moment for XP Mode and I was thinking about downloading 8 into it but maybe not.

I just don't seem to have the excitement for 8 that I did when 7 was in beta so haven't looked at it, I am a member in the 8 forum but only visit every so often

 

[Golden]

Hi Joan,

I wanted to try MSVM with W8CP, but Brink confirmed that it wouldn't work. The two options that are left are VirtualBox and VMWare Player : both are quite good, but I find VMWare Player a little more intuitive to setup.

Of course, Brink has done some good tutorials on them too:

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

Regards,
Golden

 

[soho1]

I'm still here on Win7, still learning things about Win7 after all this time, and still trying to figure out things with XP even (XPmode post - current problem).

I have to chuckle at the spread between current software versions and the old software that many large corporations are still using.

 

[armyslowrdr]

Still kickin' and checling in often. Just I don't feel I have tons of useful info to contribute. I learn a lot from here and google. It seem's like a lot of manufacturers KBs and instruction ahs gotten much better over the last year.

Currently upgrading to an Intel hex core processor on an X79 platform. Even though I ordered parts rush and 3 day UPS and ordered all on the same day, the Egg has deliveries for me today, tomorrow and Friday...with that hard to stock processor coming friday, the Crucial SSD tomorrow, and the case, mobo, RAM, PSU, Bluray burner, cooler today. Yup I am upgrading everything but the graphics card and sound card it seems.lol. oh the waiting...

 

[strollin]

I read both forums daily but just don't have much to contribute so don't post much.

 

[Arc]

Wolfgang, I am right here

 

[seavixen32]

I'm still here Wolfgang.

Can't say that I'm over impressed with Windows 8 so I guess I'll be sticking with 7 for some time to come.

I'm waiting to take delivery of a new computer in the next few days and I'll be putting Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit on it.

 

[whs]

Thanks everybody for calling in. I just posted m Virtual Box setup for Win8 (and Ubuntu for comparison) in Golden's experimental thread. Even though I only get a 16" screen for Win8 (versus 22" for Ubuntu), it works beautifully. For the 'discovery period' I think the vBox setup it a lot better than double booting because I can keep it running in the background all the time and bring it up any time when I want to try something out.

 

[Dinesh]

My absence is explained in this post. However, the training has been ended and since Monday I m back to regular inbound calls. Oh! The Irish people love me so much.

Since I m back to my regular job, I will be able to spend good time here as usual.