In last 5 months Microsoft has launched two previews of Windows 8: Windows 8 Developer Preview Windows 8 Consumer Preview Windows 8 Developer Preview September 13th, was the one special day for the development of Windows 8, when Microsoft launched the Windows 8 Developer preview. The main focus was the Developer and Hardware partners for this preview. Microsoft also declared the fact that Windows 8 is reimagining of Windows from the chipset to the experience.
And it was cleared that its re-imagination of the Windows platform, tools, and APIs. At the same time there was an opportunity to build applications for all of the customers of Windows 8, no matter what type of PC they have from tablets to laptops to desktops. Windows 8 developer preview included a suite of sample applications but not the apps which are supposed to be shipped with Windows 8.
Thus, Microsoft launched developer preview to see the comments, feedback of millions of users. Windows 8 Consumer Preview February 29th , was the very awesome day in Windows 8 history when Microsoft launched the Windows 8 beta that is Consumer preview. Windows 8 consumer preview is different from developer preview but its offering you many more then what we could get from Windows 8 developer preview. Though there were many issues and trouble with Developer Preview but Consumer previews has been designed with more ease and less minimum system requirements.
This is the reason Windows 8 Consumer preview has been downloaded more then million times within the 24 hours of release by Microsoft. On the day of releasing Windows 8 Beta , Windows head Steven Sinofsky revealed that Microsoft has made over , major code changes to Windows 8 since the Developer Preview was released. The new Start screen is built to support hundreds of apps in Windows 8, while the Windows 7 Start menu could only show a handful. Windows 8 Consumer Preview is smoother than the Developer Preview as there are many new things like metro style interface and fully touched.
But you need yo be careful during the Installation of Windows 8 Consumer Preview. Sinofsky also said that Microsoft will follow its past release schedules with Windows 8 as well. After that, Windows 8 will finally be available to the public. Upgrade from Developer to Consumer Preview If you are already running the developer preview version of Windows 8 on your PC then you can easily upgrade into Consumer Preview Beta just by choosing the option called migrate option.
There will be some preferences for you according to your convenience you can upgrade into Windows 8 consumer preview mode. We believe in providing quality content to our readers.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding any content published here, feel free to contact us using the Contact link below. Login Register. Related Articles. But the Start screen, which serves as the hub between the old and new Windows, is too much new and not enough old.
OK, I understand that point of view. In fact, I had a similar complaint when I first looked at Windows 8. Personally, after using the new interface for a while, I have come to like its overall design, but I also get how someone can look at the Windows 8 Consumer Preview with a much more jaundiced eye. I also see its long-term potential and expect it to improve and be refined over time.
Frankly, I think a lot of the reason people have a negative reaction to the Metro style Start today is because the default presentation is so ugly and impersonal.
Here, see for yourself:. By default, all 18 Metro style apps in the Windows 8 Consumer Preview are literally in your face, pinned to the Start screen along with tiles for the Store, Internet Explorer, and the Desktop. If you install a Windows desktop app like Microsoft Office, all the icons that would have been dumped into the All Programs menu in Windows 7 are splattered across the right side of the Start screen.
Taken as a whole, the result is messy. It is distracting and disorganized if you are trying to be productive today, in an environment where you mostly use Windows desktop programs. The solution? Clear away the clutter and reorganize the Start screen into something more personal and more appropriate to your workflow.
Once I did that, I found it was a lot easier to understand how to use the new Start. The whole point of this Start screen is to make it easy to get to the desktop, where almost every technique you know by heart from earlier Windows versions still works. Unless, of course, it involves the Start menu. If you can get to the desktop, you can pin shortcuts to the taskbar, pick recent documents from jump lists, and use a variety of shortcuts to do stuff directly without returning to Start.
In the gallery that accompanies this post, I explain in detail, with specific steps, how to give your Start screen a complete makeover so it becomes a useful gateway to the Windows desktop. I also introduce a handful of keyboard shortcuts that will make switching between the Start screen and the desktop much easier. For the step-by-step instructions, see The Metro hater's guide to customizing Windows 8 Consumer Preview.
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