The Tech Report's Cyril Kowaliski shares his impressions of the Windows 8 Developer Preview
On Tuesday, Microsoft made the Windows 8 Developer Preview available publicly without demanding so much as a Windows Live login name and password in return. I know, I was surprised too. After a bit of poking around, I managed to get the DP up and running in a trial installation of VMware Workstation 8.0, and I've spent a good few hours tinkering with it.Windows 8 and the marginalization of geeks
Now, I think we can safely assume that the full release of Windows 8 is still a year or so away. That means what we're looking at here is very much a work in progress, and criticizing Windows 8 for specific bugs or omissions based on this early build would be unwise. Nevertheless, we're beginning to get a clear sense of where Microsoft is heading with Windows 8, and I think some general observations (and predictions) are in order.
