TechEcho

I'm really glad we're getting developers what they need, and I'm sorry it seems to have taken some flaming press to get it.I work in the Azure/AD group and we are dependent on the Windows preview releases too. If the community knew just how fast the Windows team was iterating on this new release cycle, I think they might be a lot more sympathetic to this situation.And I just downloaded VS 2013 Beta last Friday. At least I haven't have a chance to install it yet. :-)

Nice. Microsoft heard complaints that developers had no early access to 8.1, so they reversed their stance and released it to MSDN subscribers.

If I install this, can I just patch it so that it's on par with the GA version when it comes out? Or do I need to install a new image then? (running the consumer preview now)

"It can't get any worse", kmfrk murmured to himself, as he downloaded the update.

More schizophrenia from Microsoft. Just what we need to build confidence...

i'm trying to download it but it seems their servers are getting hammered.. 4-5kb/s.. i guess i'll wait for the heat to go away

I've read that the same build has been available for weeks via side channels.

This is silly.We can download the RTM but they locked out the upgrade functionality - fresh installs only! Wtf?