Review : Windows 8 RP
Today
I will tell you about upcoming amazing OS writen by Microsoft for
tablet and PC, that is Windows 8. Needed to tell, that windows 8 is
currently on Release Preview state, that is a fix of previous build,
windows 8 Consumer Preview.
What's new in windows 8 ? All I will say is live tile and metro
interface. Live tile function is the same as what you see on any windows
phone (not windows mobile) as it will show you instant update from your
friends, news site, also your mail and weather, but still, live tiles
in windows 8 is more beautiful than what you see on any windows phone 7. This is the next release after CP, so what has been fixed? If you still
using CP version, I will advice you to get RP version as it free, more
stable than CP version, and compatibility beetwen
applications also been fixed. Only that? No! If you ever use CP
version, you may will find that some built-in applications were not
worked, such as weather, peoples, messaging, xbox live, and more, and
more.
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| (xbox live on Windows 8 RP) |
In this RP version, it all has been fixed, you will able to get
update in your weather tile, have your friends profile picture on your
peoples hub and chat with them, also sign in to your XBL
account to edit your avatar and more. By upgrading to this version (if
you are CP user), you will able to access windows store (which already
closed for CP version) to download new applications and games for your
windows and most of them are free, too. As far as this, I can conclude
that RP version is far better than CP version. I have installed windows 8
RP, but where is my Office? Windows 8 RP is not brought any office
version on its release, so simply, there are no office applications on
this version unless you install Office applications by yourself. What
version of office should I choose? All office version is run well on
this version. But if you want an office application with same metro
interface as windows 8, you could try Office 2013 Preview instead. That
would be a perfect combination beetwen
Office 2013 and Windows 8, I already gave it a try. Oh, thought Office
2013 using metro interface, it doesn't mean that you can easily "drag
and drop" the windows to close it, as it still not integrated to the OS.
Yeah, let our finger crossed that in future, we will able to drag and
drop all applications installed on windows 8.
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| (loading screen of Word 2013) |
Look like that everything is run well, isn't it? No! I am facing some
problem in windows 8 RP. Please notice, that some user may will not
experience this while the other may will. Firstly, in this release, it
seems that IE10 is more unstable than what I experienced on IE10 on CP
version. For example, while you open that, and you may want to input
address manualy
and have to click on web address bar and type the URL. But, in this
version, when you try to type the URL, the screen will flashing black
slowly (I mean the screen become darker second by second), but you still
able to type it eventhough you will not see what already you type on
the bar. The screen will become normal after you press enter (or just
visit that URL you typed). The worse that, if you take long time to type
the URL, beside the screen become darker slowly, you may will also
encounter that your IE10 is crashing, it will close unexpectedly. That
is only error I got in this version. Beside having error, I also feel a
bit inconvenience with new windows 8 secure boot (which is used in both
CP and RP, and also may in future version). Why? It is secure, so why I
feel not comfortable with that? That is because I do dual booting my
windows OS (7 and 8), and I like to "messing up" my windows 7 system,
and windows 8 secure boot will not allows you to boot unsigned of
whatever needed to boot your windows :P Messing up I meant just change
whole interface including bootscreen, that means I will need to edit
some system file (e.g. Explorer.exe etc.), and by editing it, make my
system file become unsigned and so windows 8 secure boot will NOT allows
me to boot my Windows 7 unless I revert the change to original state
(fortunately, I always back up my file, so nothing I lost here :P ).
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| (Windows 8 Start screen with live tiles) |
Thought there were a problem and inconvenience when using windows 8 RP,
I still sure that it will be fixed soon in the future (as review is
same meaning as beta or tester), and overall discretion of this RP
version is make me satisfy and want to try next public release of
windows 8 when it available on market around this month. Also if you're
CP user, I would like to advice you to upgrade it to RP version, as you
could get it free from MS sites, or you could wait RTM, Pro, or even
Surface tablet when it release on market. Just to tell, both CP and RP
couldn't be upgraded to any market version and will be expired around
January 2013, and, there is no news about when Office 2013 Preview will
expired either.