Oh the irony regarding the codename "Innsbruck". As someone living there I can attest to the fact that "flat" is not something you would associate with Innsbruck.
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You are so right. I'm now going to sue every single computer manufacturer, because on every computer I have ever bought, part of the hard drive space is occupied by the operating system, leaving less free space than advertised!
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@magicalclick:Use Disk Cleanup (properties menu on the drive), it can remove folders from previous Windows installations. You probably have to click the "Clean up system files" button.
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MJF has a good, probably more balanced roundup of reviews than Business Insider: http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-surface-rt-a-review-roundup-7000006319/
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@wkempf:I didn't say that the reviews are bad. I said that they are not good. And I fully expected them to be good, even "Apple good". I guess Microsoft itself expects no less, because who else do they want to compete with. Android?
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Here's a literally enthusiastic review:
http://www.zdnet.com/hands-on-with-microsofts-surface-rt-can-it-hit-the-sweet-spot-7000006258/
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This one's positive, although not really enthusiastic (8 out of 10): http://www.wired.com/reviews/2012/10/microsoft-surface/
Still you find sentences like "The 720p HD cameras — front and rear — are junk. There's no other way to put it.". Of course the cameras are not very important in a device like this, but would it have been so hard to include "decent" cameras, not "junk" cameras?
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The first reviews of Surface RT are in, and they are not good (see http://www.businessinsider.com/bad-surface-reviews-2012-10 for an overview). I ordered one, despite the initial disappointment about the specs (especially the screen resolution).
Of course I will pass a final judgment only after I have experienced the device myself (I have an iPad 3rd gen so I will be able to compare), but currently I´m a little bit worried about Windows RT/8 tablets in general, because Surface is such an important device in this category.
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Does anyone know if a Release Preview installation will be upgradeable to the final release?
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10 hours ago, cbae wrote
I lost interest in Windows 8 after I found out that the Windows 7 display driver that I used for the Dev Preview doesn't work in the Consumer Preview. I don't understand how this is the case though. Did they drastically change the driver model at some point between builds?
I suppose I'll see if I can scrounge up a hacked driver when I get more time.
Do you also have an AMD 7970 card? I find it very annoying that AMD has Windows 8 CP drivers for all their cards except the latest.
