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Ok Win 8 Dev Pre is not even in Beta so complaining about bugs does not really make sense BUT I have to say I really do not like the Metro UI they are using. This is the tablet like GUI. I few days after install, all the pre-installed and pinned applications quit working. Some forums said the fix for this was to up the screen resolution because the problem was actually a user input decision box that could not be seen because it was off screen. My res was about 4 clicks higher than they recommended so this did not work. The most annoying thing about Windows 8 is that the Start menu button on the screen and the keyboard of course only toggle you from the Metro UI to the Windows 7 desktop. This means it no longer brings up a list of programs. There is no Run box either. There is no way to get to your programs without browsing to them. I made shortcuts to the programs I use the most but that was tacky and they took up too much space on the desktop and / or task bar. The solution I used for all of these problems was to use a tweak program that edited the registry so that Metro UI was disabled completely and the Start button acted like it did in Windows 8. After that there were only a few tell-tale signs that I was using Windows 8. A few new looking menus, a few system animations and other stuff left over from the Win 8 theme were still around but they cause no problems. Anyone else try the preview yet? How have your experiences with it been? Here is a link to the Metro UT Tweak app I used - http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/tweak-windows-8-with-the-metro-ui-tweaker-for-windows-8/14976