>>>>>I finally manged to get the developers preview edition of Windows 8 to install on my jucker-pc - was wondering if anyone has tried VFP on it yet?
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>>>>Victor,
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>>>>Does Windows 8 seem very different from the user interface stand-point? I have not even known that this version is in the works (busy coding :)).
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>>>Wellll.....if you leave it setup the way it ships then oooh yes. Here are some screenshots:
>>>http://techland.time.com/2011/09/13/50-windows-8-screenshots-hardware-photos-and-more/
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>>>Based on what I've seen this is really geared toward touch screens. Now there *is* a registry hack I discovered that puts it all back to the standard windows interface - which I would assume will be a feature at some point.
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>>>Anyway taking the plunge now - going to try to install VFP on it.
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>>>FYI - the machine I'm using to do all this is a reaaaly old HP TC1100 - hahaha - which does have touch screen but it requires the use of a stylus not finger - which kinda sucks - that & I haven't got the driver for it working yet...
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>>Re the registry hack, doesn't that beg the question of why install this version in the first place? I feel zero sense of urgency to install it.
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>I agree completely.
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>I hope Microsoft wakes up and repositions it as a tablet OS rather than a do-everything-for-everyone OS. I feel another Vista is in the works.

Yes. A tablet is not a desktop or a laptop. To me this was a really strange design decision.

It was quite a while before I upgraded to Vista and quite a while with Windows 7. Back in the old days OS upgrades were an automatic. For quite a while, starting with the MS-DOS versions, running out and buying the new version on the release date was automatic. No more.