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UberGerbil wrote:Microsoft has a lot of bandwidth, and doesn't throttle it. I've never seen a "slow" download of anything directly from MS.
LaChupacabra wrote:I'm trying to get it up and running in a generic x64 OS in VMware Workstation 8. After going through the initial setup it rebooted. Then I got this
http://i.imgur.com/yuyE0.jpg
My first FFoD or "Frowny Face of Death."
I'm going to try it again using the Windows 7 x64 defaults. After that it's off to virtualbox to see if it's a compatibility issue.
thegleek wrote:LaChupacabra wrote:I'm trying to get it up and running in a generic x64 OS in VMware Workstation 8. After going through the initial setup it rebooted. Then I got this
http://i.imgur.com/yuyE0.jpg
My first FFoD or "Frowny Face of Death."
I'm going to try it again using the Windows 7 x64 defaults. After that it's off to virtualbox to see if it's a compatibility issue.
Stupid frowny face... poor attempt at humor. what kind of car is that in your desktop background image?
LaChupacabra wrote:It's a complete rebuild of a 67 Fastback. It's a fantastic looking thing. It's full story (and more pics!) can be found here:
http://67mustangblog.com/2008/02/richards-815hp-1967-shelby-super-snake-eleanor-mustang/
LaChupacabra wrote:I did get Windows 8 up and running in VMware. You have to select the Windows 7 x64 defaults and "Install the operating system later." This prevents VMware from trying to run an unattended install (which must be different between Windows 8 and 7). So far it seems ok. I try not to judge these kind of things until I've used them for a while. I can say that installing 3rd party apps isn't any more difficult than on any other version of Windows. Also it is really weird not seeing a start button.
bthylafh wrote:I put it into Virtualbox 4.1.8. Works. Doesn't do 3D accel, or if it does it's really slow.
bthylafh wrote:64-bit. I gave it the default 20GB of drive, 2GB RAM, enabled virtualization features and PAE/NX, left it as default Win8 profile otherwise.
bthylafh wrote:20GB might be a little tight, depending on what you want to do. I installed it onto a 40GB SSD and it ended up right at 20GB, including a 5GB PageFile -- but note that's after deleting the hyberfile the install creates by default, which on a 2GB VM would be 1.5GB (75% of "installed" RAM). I did install the dev tools as well, which is another couple of GB with all the assets and samples.64-bit. I gave it the default 20GB of drive, 2GB RAM, enabled virtualization features and PAE/NX, left it as default Win8 profile otherwise.
LaChupacabra wrote:That's the setup you're going to get whether you want it or not, I think. I have two displays and WIN8 set itself up as a spanned desktop*, but Metro restricts itself to the primary display and the Windows desktop shows up on the secondary, peeking out from behind Metro's skirts. What's really interesting is that there's a duplicate taskbar on the secondary display, which is really handy -- though it looks a little weird when you drop the primary display into the normal desktop also (the tray notifications and clock aren't on the secondary taskbar but are on the primary).In a few days I'm going to try hooking up a second monitor and seeing if it will let me split metro on one display and the standard desktop on the other. Maybe then it will start to make some sense.
bthylafh wrote:FAIL on my part. Was able to get a fresh install in VMware Player by telling it to let me install the OS later, but setting for Win7 x64 settings as a previous poster noted.
Use this instead of VirtualBox right now. The video is a hell of a lot faster and smoother, and resizing works.
thegleek wrote:FYI- They just released Visual Studio 11 Beta on MSDN
bthylafh wrote:No idea. Why don't you try and report back.
thegleek wrote:thegleek wrote:FYI- They just released Visual Studio 11 Beta on MSDN
Anyone install this yet? use it? reviews? comments?
UberGerbil wrote:Microsoft has a lot of bandwidth, and doesn't throttle it. I've never seen a "slow" download of anything directly from MS.
Buub wrote:Interesting. I don't recall seeing that myself, but maybe I just haven't noticed. (In fact I downloaded the Win8 image, the VS11 image, and then the VS10 image and the 7Phone SDK in quick succession a couple of weeks ago without noticing it). Would make sense for them to do that, though.Actually, my experience is that they do throttle repeated or several consecutive downloads (experienced on MSDN). Downloading one thing won't trigger it. Downloading it several times in a row, or several things in a row, probably will.
Buub wrote:UberGerbil wrote:Microsoft has a lot of bandwidth, and doesn't throttle it. I've never seen a "slow" download of anything directly from MS.
Actually, my experience is that they do throttle repeated or several consecutive downloads (experienced on MSDN). Downloading one thing won't trigger it. Downloading it several times in a row, or several things in a row, probably will.