Windows 8 Developer Preview Laptop Walkthrough Part 2

[techboss202]

I installed windows 8 but I can not use the apps? (like stocks) Please answer

[FTLNewsFeed]

It's perfectly normal to find that if you open up another instance of an application that other instance will sport different tabs.

[vidvoyeurva]

@FTLNewsFeed I agree, but switching between the tabs/windows is pretty disjunct between the two different environments compared to how that would work in Windows 7 or OS X today. I don't think it's a comparable experience.

[nasser12345]

does installing this developer preview erase your stuff and is there any bugs? Also is there a way I can switch back to my original windows 7?

[vidvoyeurva]

@nasser12345 See Part 1 about the startup and switching back and forth. You need to shrink the size of your main Windows partition and install Windows 8 on the unallocated space as a separate partition.