As I begin this series on Windows 8 I feel like I should qualify these coming articles with a little bit of background about myself. There are a lot of fanboys out there, personally even though everyone has inclinations, that is something I typically try to avoid. Since this article is about Windows 8, that is what we will be talking about. That being said, while I sometimes speak in defense of Windows due to the fact that Apple’s good marketing sometimes creates misconceptions out there about everything else, I really don’t have a horse in this race. A setup that I often use is OS X/Ubuntu/Windows side by side (by side) and tied together by synergy. I often use Windows and OS X as much as I can to stay familiar with them and to insure that I can provide good support for Cru staff and seventy8 Production clients. I also have a fondness for Linux and enjoy living in Ubuntu or Backtrack for pen testing. However I have used Windows 8, I’ve used it a lot actually. The day the Developer Preview came out, it was installed on a partition on my hybrid. Likewise with the Consumer Preview and now the Release Preview. It is telling a story of Microsoft’s vision for the future, and in the next few articles I look forward to taking a look at what my interaction with this new paradigm has been so far.
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