Posted on 07/09/2012 8:27:14 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
MicrosoftMicrosoft just demonstrated a feature of Windows 8 called Windows To Go that lets you store Windows 8 on a USB drive and use it on other PCs.
Windows To Go puts all your apps, settings, etc. on your USB stick. From there, you pop it into another PC and a full version of Windows 8 is up and running. It even works on machines running older versions of Windows.
Essentially, it's the entire operating system stored on a USB drive. Very cool.
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
More here on WINDOWS TO GO:
http://www.bgr.com/2012/07/09/microsoft-windows-8-usb-stick/
Call it “Windows 8 on a stick.” During Microsoft’s Digital Worldwide Partner Conference on Monday, Microsoft showed off a USB stick that doesn’t just help users bring their personal data to different PCs but actually runs Windows 8 on that PC even if it runs on Windows 7.
The portable version of Windows 8, dubbed Windows To Go, saves users’ apps and settings on a 32GB USB drive so users can make any computer seem like their home computer. Microsoft pitched the USB stick as a simple way for corporate users to easily access their work data on multiple PCs while still enjoying access to Windows 8.
yet, you will not want to use this operating system anywhere. I’ve tried Windows 8, and it’s beyond awful.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4boTbv9_nU
Whoopie.
The Metro interface still sucks.
Maybe if it looked less like the screen from Idiocracy..?
So instead of the "Start" button it has an "Ow, My Balls" button?
Wow, just now catching up to what the Linux community has been doing for years.
Pretty much!
LOLOL! Damn, I miss those BDoD things!
I turned on my laptop, which I hardly ever use to do the www.dns-ok.us check, and there was Windows 8..it had installed itself. I didn't do it-didn't want it.
I usually use firefox, and my ff icon was gone. It still shows in my program files, but the old version. Weird.
This is just your operating system, not your data. I don’t see how this will do anything for productivity!
The portability feature sounds really nice. Too bad it’s part of a crappy O/S. Put the Windows 7 User Interface back and they might have something.
Microsoft is telling you to “stick it”.....in one of your other computers....
Something done wrong the first time will not cure itself the second time it is insalled.....
“Essentially, it’s the entire operating system stored on a USB drive. Very cool.”
And very old. Linux has been able to do this for a long time — off a USB, off a CD, off a DVD, off a spare partition, off a virtual desktop, etc.
It is good news, though. You’ll be able to have a Windows USB so you don’t have to have it taking up space on your drive — I like that.
Yeah. Welcome to the 21st century. Linux has been doing this since optical drives have been able to boot the computer.
I hope you seriously don’t expect anyone to believe that.
Win8 can’t install itself unless you did it manually.
What is this, a thread for homos? Did not anyone notice the total babe holding that thumb drive but me?
Geez...
And when you lose the stick??????????? lol
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