Windows 8: Consumers & Businesses Catch Early Bugs Discussion

[Jacqueline Emigh]

As might be expected with any new software from Microsoft, early users of Windows 8 are complaining about malfunctioning apps, device driver woes, installation snags, and a burgeoning managerie of other bugs -- except that in a new twist, the first crop of early users this time around includes consumers and business customers, not just developers.

In a sharp departure from earlier practices around Windows 7, XP and Vista, for example, Microsoft has decided to open up experimentation with the developers version of Windows 8 to the general public.

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[martynas]

i find new metro-style start menu a bit inconvinient, but other than that it's ok - older apps, that i have tested run without problems, and even 600mb of ram seems ok (win8 on virtual machine).