As I'm sure you people have heard Microsoft released the Windows 8 Consumer Beta today. If you haven't, well now you know.
What are your thoughts on it? Do you want to know anything about it? I'm currently running the server version so if you have any questions or want pics just ask me.
So far for me it is a bittersweet experience. I like all of the new features and I love how easy it is to get the server edition to run games. All I had to do was install the nVidia drivers and I was good to go. What
infuriates me is the new start menu. I just simply hate it. They tried to optimize it for tablets and it just doesn't play well on a PC. The Vista/7 start menu was a lot more productive on a PC environment. I think you can switch back to the original start menu but I haven't seen that option yet.
Below are the download links for the two versions. If you're willing to try it out I would suggest going with the regular Windows 8 Beta. While Server 8 Beta is easy to use most of you probably won't put the extra features to test.
Windows 8 Beta DownloadWindows Server 8 Beta Datacenter DownloadHere are some pictures I have taken so far of Windows Server 8 Beta Datacenter:
Fresh InstallNew Task ManagerSteam Installed and trying out TerrariaNew Start Menu, UGH.Fancy File Transfer Graph