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  1. Sep 15th, 2011, 07:14 PM #21
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    Re: VB6 on Windows 8

    Quote Originally Posted by RobDog888 View Post
    Any more updates on what it runs on?
    Yeah. I decided to download the 64-bit Dev Preview and run it in Virtual Box on my XPS (i7 with 8G). Installed and runs fine. I couldn't get it to run on the dual-core (also 64-bit Win7) but that's OK ... as long as I could bring it up on one of the boxes.

    Kind-of interesting. They've got a ways to go with it, which isn't unexpected. I'm reading the how-to documentation in VS2011 right now to see what's up with Metro development. I'll chew on it for awhile.

    Will a "Metro" front-end ever run on a primary system in my lab? I doubt it. If I buy a tablet I can see some value there but so far "Metro" strikes me as an imitation of iOS. I like iOS on my iPhone4 but on a desktop or notebook it ain't gonna fly. Also ... once a Metro app is running it's like an iOS app ... you can't "exit" the application, it stays running until you can it from task manager. At least I couldn't find any way to shut an app down.

    More later...

    -Max
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