WOOT! I got it!

I finally got my machine switched over to Windows 7 64 bit!

So, its May 31st.. 1 week before the Steam Early Access... where is the Alpha?

That title is sooooooo evil.

A thousand of these.

Evil indeed.

Lol I knew this thread would be something like this.

BAWHAHAHAHAHAHA this should be pinned for the trolls

That.. made me laugh, maybe alittle too much.

You cannot have posted that title without knowing how everyone would construe it.

You're a bad person.

I think our best bet for knowing when folks get the alpha key will be a sticky from the devs, then a lot of not-posting from the folks the actually got their keys.

There are enough folks in the 1000$+ backer groups that they might get their own special Alpha weekend stress test before the rest of us get in.

We shall see.

I successfully upgraded to Windows 8 last night

I upgraded my ASA firewall from version 8.4(1) to 9.1(2) the other night. Does that count?

It's technically called a "Down"grade when you go from good to worse.

I decided to test Garat's article claims for myself. I can support that boot time and shutdown is faster, and the OS response time is noticeably faster. Combined with memory management, I consider this worth my time.

http://usabilitygeek.com/windows-8-vs-w ... e-testing/
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/win ... 331-3.html
Both of the above articles support the conclusion that their is a 5-10% increase in gaming performance.

Oh and I have all the OS's for free so cost was not a consideration.

How did you swing that?

He could have a Microsoft technet subscription or work for Microsoft. Also many universities site license pretty much every Microsoft product so their students can use them all for free legally.

Volume License Keys. Perks of Enterprise.

Technically you aren't supposed to use those at home unless your licensing agreement also covers employee's personal PCs. (Which some do, but usually for MS office, not Windows itself.)

Its not like I need to have a box running 2k8r2 at home or anything... *whistles*

It does. It is my remote workstation. Complete with voip phone. We just work at home when the weather is bad, or we are sick.