Windows to GOOOO (1 Viewer)

[jenslekman]

whos looking forward to windows to go? =D

 

[soloooooo]

What is it?

 

[Arcorn]

Is this like where I can just put a window in any wall without effort? Because that would be kind of cool.

 

[zombies]

"Windows To Go is a feature in Windows 8 that allows it to boot and run from USB mass storage devices such as flash drives and external hard drives."

sounds interesting although probably something i'd never need.

 

[soloooooo]

Sounds pointless.

 

[kaz1]

nearly every computer has windows on it anyways

 

[zombies]

Well apparently "It is intended to allow enterprise administrators to provide users with an imaged version of Windows 8 that reflects the corporate desktop and as such is aimed at enterprises"

 

[iRuler]

Might be handy for certain settings etc... but it seems pointless, I mean a portable version of linux is probably better if you need a backup OS for some reason.

 

[Arcorn]

So basically it's something that pretty much all Linux distros have been doing for 5 or so years?

 

[seremify007]

I guess I could see the benefit if it meant I could boot to Windows on a Macbook without having to install a boot camp partition taking up valuable space on my SSD?

 

[nahi11]

So basically it's something that pretty much all Linux distros have been doing for 5 or so years?

Yep.

Great for less used OS's such as linuix, but since Windows is on 95% of all computers it wont be of any significance to normal users.

 

[theycallmebob]

can it boot to macs?

 

[jenslekman]

oh the thing is since windows 8 might suck i dont have to install it onto my harddrive to test it

 

[seremify007]

lol... i'm not very interested in the metro interface and feel no need for it. i can't help but think microsoft has put itself into a bit of a corner where it's target market are people who are already windows users and may not really feel the need to upgrade. i mean i still use WinXP on my serious work machines and for hectic processing. only reason i'd get win8 is if it came with my next work machine.

 

[jenslekman]

lol... i'm not very interested in the metro interface and feel no need for it. i can't help but think microsoft has put itself into a bit of a corner where it's target market are people who are already windows users and may not really feel the need to upgrade. i mean i still use WinXP on my serious work machines and for hectic processing. only reason i'd get win8 is if it came with my next work machine.

hmmmm i miss the good old days of XP ^^

 

[iRuler]

lol... i'm not very interested in the metro interface and feel no need for it. i can't help but think microsoft has put itself into a bit of a corner where it's target market are people who are already windows users and may not really feel the need to upgrade. i mean i still use WinXP on my serious work machines and for hectic processing. only reason i'd get win8 is if it came with my next work machine.

Yeah I agree with you there, I dont think they actually had a real need for it. I mean I wouldn't really switch over to it, I like Windows 7, used to like XP too, but 7 is a lot more efficient with the resource allocation from what I've experienced and hence lags a little less.

 

[OzKo]

I'm still a user of the Windows Classic theme when I use a computer so a shift to Windows 8 would be too big of a move for me.