Wanting the inside track on the next iteration of Windows, which is expected next year? Microsoft’s launched a new blog written by the engineering team, and while they don’t give away too much yet, there are some aspirational words.
“Windows 8 reimagines Windows. That’s a big statement and one that we will return to throughout this blog. It is also important to know that we’re 100% committed to running the software and supporting the hardware that is compatible with over 400 million Windows 7 licenses already sold and all the Windows 7 yet to be sold.”
Everything we’ve heard about the next big launch for Microsoft is garnered towards a better user interface — whether it’s the tablet-support or just the more WP7-style aspet of the design. Whether you’re a Windows user or platform-apathetic, this may be one site to bookmark. [Building Windows 8]
gizmo
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 7:52 AMyawn
I appreciate what Bil created, but it has diluted anbd diffised so much over time.
TSH
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 10:42 AMwut
Aliasalpha
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 9:02 AMHopefully future videos will say the ispitrational words “Oh that rumour about dropping the silverlight framework that progeammers just learned was just a misunderstanding”
TSH
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 10:42 AMASUS Transformer + Win8 = death of the Netbook.
Michael Barnes
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 2:00 PMEh, I’m pretty happy with Windows 7. I see no reason to shell out for this new version just yet.
Paul
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 3:17 PMThis video is old? Why are you reposting stuff that’s been on the net for many months?
Paul
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 3:17 PMHaving said that though, I’m rather excited to see Windows 8 released. Windows 7 has been by far my favourite of the windows releases, it’s stable, it’s quick, it’s rather nice.
Travis
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 3:51 PMFirst day purchase of a W8 tablet for me :D
LumpyJoe
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 9:38 PMThe article is about the blog (linked at the bottom), the video is a trap :)
Mark
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at 10:15 AM*Yawn* Yeah ok this OS is about being platform agnostic, but why is this video so centered on touch? I maintain that touch is actually the worst way of interfacing with anything bigger than an iPad, and certainly doesnt work for a laptop or desktop. Is M$ banking on the demise of these platforms?
Shib
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at 10:46 AMThis video didn’t do what it was supposed to do. All it made me do was spend the next 5 minutes looking for the original video of that dog doing the parachute thing.
none
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at 8:04 PMGold!