A slide supposedly leaked from an HP presentation revealing our first look at what might be HP’s first Windows 8 tablet. If you believe the slide obtained by Neowin the HP Slate 8 will be a 10.1-inch, 9.2mm thick, 1.5-pound tablet — in other words it has a slightly bigger screen but a slimmer body than the iPad.
Microsoft is launching a couple of new SkyDrive apps, making the cloud storage service available to more users on more platforms. Starting today, a preview version is available for the desktop, so if you’re running Windows Vista, Windows 7, the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, and even Windows for Mac (OS X Lion), you can access the service locally.
Microsoft just announced what its Windows 8 lineup will look like. You’re going to have three options to choose from: Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro and Windows RT. But only two of those will be available as upgrades.
Intel’s released some new details on what its Windows 8 tablets will look like, either later this year or early next, at a conference in Beijing today. It’s going to have two different lines — a traditional 10-inch model and an 11-inch hybrid with a physical keyboard.
Microsoft has been adamant that design is central to the development of Windows 8, and early builds have proven that to be true. But so far, we’ve only really seen Windows 8 on a couple of devices, and Microsoft promises the Metro experience will be uniform regardless of screen size or form factor. But how?
How do you predict the future? It’s easy: There’s going to be a Windows 9 in a few years. As for what might be inside Microsoft’s future operating system, however, that’s a whole ‘nother ballgame.
The latest rumour to do the rounds surrounding Nokia’s will-they-won’t-they tablet? We’ll see it in the last quarter of the year, but Nokia’s playing it extremely cautious when it comes to production numbers, meaning it’ll either take no risks on WOA tablets, or sell out in seconds.
While we’re huge fans of Windows 8′s Metro interface, there are plenty of folks who’d rather never let it see the light of day. If you’re one of them, our friends at Laptop Mag explain how to quash it from the get-go.
What do you do with a new operating system? You roll up your shirt sleeves and jump elbow-deep into every part of the OS you can get your hands on. You make manual registry tweaks to open up hidden elements of your new OS; you navigate through all of the different configuration options to see what’s changed, what’s new, and what you can personalise to your liking; you devote hours to playing around with all the different features.
It’s only running Windows 7 at the moment, but marry this to Windows 8, and would you even need a tablet?
