Windows 8 Consumer Preview is now available

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Stefl1504 said:

Hummm first impression... I don't get it...
Opening Apps (Damn that term) does nothing other than a fancy effect and then showing me its icon in fullscreen? Great, just what I need :/ BTW... I am posting from my Windows 8 Test Version right now...

Edit: UUH! The new Task-Manager is cool! The most important Windows-Programm was made even better!

EDIT2: I LOVE IT WHILE I STILL DON'T GET ANY APP TO WORK IT ACCEPTS MY PS3 CONTROLLER WITHOUT PROBLEMS!!!

Edit3: Okay... I hate it again... not without Problems...

Edit4: Well after looking into it a little more is... it is still Windows, after removing all the XBox adds I was fine with it, wish it wasn't such a bitch and I don't really know why they 'removed' the start button when all you have to do now is to wait several seconds with your mouse on the right edge of the screen and tadaaaa~ there it is once again... also I don't get why they had to add a additional appbar on the left when they simply could add the apps to the taskbar, finally I hate all sorts of vanishing bars... I want them to be permanent or not to appear at all... ribbon still sucks but is made survivable because of not being so obsesive with showing itself. The other PC settings are a bit useless since it appears to be only stupid crap for tablets and nothing really you want to have... the mouse and firefox are a bit bitchy, but that is okay considering that windows 8 is still in beta... the startmenu is cool tough it lacks overview with all the unnecesary apps displayed (finance, weather, internet explorer...) and where fast to be replaced with the things I had previously mounted on my desktop... search is unnecessarily hidden on the right systembar-startbar-mix when it just could appear on the standard startmenu... so my final verdict is that I will probably update my crappy PC to it but Windows 8 will never touch one of my notebooks... hopefully...

You want search simply type from the start screen search just happens.   You looking for Control Panel for instance simply start typing "Control" and search pops up.  You want to remove pinned programs right click them and they become checked (you can check many) then use the bottom menu to unpin all the checked tiles.