Windows 8 May 31 Release Preview successfully installed in Bootcamp

I installed the May 31 final preview release of Windows 8 yesterday on an early 2011 MacBook Pro with an existing Bootcamp Windows partition. I burned an ISO image of the 64 bit OS to DVD http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/release-preview and then used it for the install. The install went smoothly, however you need to be alert to several (about 5) auto restarts so you can choose Windows boot each time. The install DVD shows up in the Boot Choices but always choose the Windows Bootcamp partition on restarts and not the DVD after the initial Windows 8 Setup starts to run. The most important thing to note is that the install preserves NOTHING except existing folders and data files, so you have to reinstall all programs. As far as I can tell I can't restore an old Windows backup (maybe you could use a Win 8 Consumer Preview backup if you already have that loaded). I then installed the Bootcamp Drivers (V4). It all works pretty smoothly, a few beta bugs and some incompatible features, but with some patience and minimal work arounds it is very usable with the trackpad.
As far as Windows 8 is concerned it is a lot better than I expected. Metro is about as opposite from Aero / Win 7 as you can get, but it is a bold step that MS needed to make to keep up with Apple. My biggest concern is with Metro and productivity, it seems less oriented to what Windows did best, multi-tasking. I think power users will be switching back and forth between the Desktop and Metro. Gestures are different, maybe a bit more intuitive on a tablet than IOS, Live tiles are ok, but not very useful. They focus on one item at a time - so they don't really compare to a "notification center" for efficient delivery of info. I would like to see iPad icons get a bit larger and have live notices like current temp and a forecast symbol on the weather app. From a technical standpoint the Metro side of Windows 8 is a refined Windows 7, with far better isolation from the Kernel (still not as good as Apple's Mountain Lion will be). Overall I think MS has gone too far with Metro in simplifying the Desktop UI, but I also don't think Apple did not go far enough (http://gizmodo.com/5819418/mac-os-x-lion-this-is-not-the-future-we-were-hoping-f or The first company to find the sweet spot in the middle will dominate the next decade in computing.

CP would from time to time show the graphic driver crashed and restarted itself.
Some web sites won't work IE10 w/o adding to Compatibility List.
there are times when IE will get stuck for me..I'm still looking why or find background process.
Chrome beta channel seems fine.
There is an AMD driver 5/30 for 8 but Nvidia is still back at 3/13/2011 date.
And they need time to look at the new build I suppose to get their driver.
Even Intel has not issued much though there is a Intel RST Beta for 8 (for those on non-Apple motherboards with Intel SATA)

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    Bnoggle wrote:
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