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March 3, 2012

Eyes on Windows 8 Consumer Preview... #1

I took a look of Windows Consumer Preview...

I think Metro UI is beautiful and useful on tablets and it could integrate in the classic Windows too, but... let's see something...

Where installing Windows 8?
I put Windows 8 (32 bit version) in VirtualBox (Oracle) in a old laptop.
These are the laptop configs:

Intel Dual Core 1.6Ghz
1 GB Ram
hdd 2.5''

and these are the virtual machine given resources:

using 2 cores with 81% cpu time
470 MB Ram
~8 GB Disk Space (virtual disk)

Yeah, very very slightly!

Let's start! Let's install it!
I don't explain here how using VirtualBox, it's easy.
Let's install Win8!

Betta, the fish for the beta versions!

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March 2, 2012

Explaning RAID

Ye...yes...

March 1, 2012

Minecraft update

Uhm... I should continue my minecraft adventure....

+ New jungle biome
+ Added ocelots
+ Added cats
+ Added iron golems
+ New AI for mobs
+ Tame wolves can have puppies
+ Villagers will have children if there is room in their village
+ Added rare drops for mobs
+ New items and blocks
* New map height limit (256 instead of 128)
* Doors have been updated so that double-doors work better with redstone
* Many other minor tweaks and fixes
- Removed Herobrine (LoL)

I have to do a lot of things:

find the Mushroom island
find this new jungle biome
find these new items and blocks
find other strongholds
beat *spoiler*

Interesting...

February 29, 2012

Windows 8 Consumer Preview (Beta)

The Beta is coming... are you ready for the download?

Download links:

8250.0.WINMAIN_WIN8BETA.120217-1520_X64FRE_CLIENT_EN-US-HB1_CCPA_X64FRE_EN-US_DV5.ISO
8250.0.WINMAIN_WIN8BETA.120217-1520_X86FRE_CLIENT_EN-US-HB1_CCPA_X86FRE_EN-US_DV5.ISO

! ! !

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/iso << Download your ISO

! ! ! PS: the serial-key explanation is in the download page

Get started:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/get-started?page=vid2

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"Live" event here: http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/29/live-from-microsofts-windows-8-press-event-at-mobile-world-cong/

Other things about Windows 8:

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=28970&WT.mc_id=rss_windows_allproducts

http://it.bing.com/?win8start=1

Oh! The Consumer Preview, the Consumer Preview!!!:
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/5ibf-LKOVItuLFO5RzruHdMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0
Of Windows 98 :D

Cleaning your PC

You are doing it wrong!!

February 28, 2012

Customize your Windows 7 Start Orb

After the Windows 7 3rd themes post...
... another way to graphically customize your Windows 7 is changing the Start Orb, the graphic of the Start Button (dropped in Win8, but still there in Seven).

You can do this using this tool:

Windows 7 Start Orb Changer:
http://kishan-bagaria.deviantart.com/art/Windows-7-Start-Orb-Changer-v4-153001999

download (it's a .zip with a link)
follow the link and download the software
start the software (run as Administrator!!)
I set "replace by editing resources" in the advanced options (> button)
select your "orb graphic file" (look below) and patch
explorer.exe restarts and et-voilà, your new Start Orb!

Choose your favorite, directly from DeviantArt:

http://browse.deviantart.com/customization/skins/windows7/startorbs/

I like Win 8 orb "big arrow", "Win8 orb square" and the minimal "Little square"

February 27, 2012

From 1993: NeXTstep OS

In the 1995 the NeXTstep was in the 3.3 version.
What is NeXTstep?
When Jobs left Apple he made a pc called NeXT and a new operating system.

I installed it.
The UI graphic is very nice and polish, I love big icons, but I hate the movable menu bar and the windows managing is a bit inconsistent ("hide" menu button to hide a window, menu bar occupies a lot of screen, etc...).

Some screens!

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