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Windows 8 - Thoughts?


It's highly rumored, and maybe even confirmed by now, that Windows 8 will be out this year. Most people are pointing to an October release. How excited, if at all, are you about Windows 8?

I guess it's really geeky, but I'm super excited. I love the thought of Windows 8 being able to run on tablets specifically. I really like the form factor of tablets, but they've never made sense to me from a work standpoint. I have a bunch of programming environments that simply aren't supported on the android/ios platforms, and programming is about all I do on a computer now-a-days.

As long as the version of Windows 8 that runs on tablets is reasonally fully featured - I'm sold. :)
By Phaethon 12 years ago
truthfully, im watching this pretty carefully, the ideas sound great on what they are going to add from a tablet/phone standpoint, but it seems lacking to me in areas when dealing with desktops/laptops... though i will probably end up switching pretty quickly as well due to the native dual monitor support (FINALLY!!!) im not too sure how well everything will feel on a deskto/laptop level

on the other hand, with such low system-spec reqs to run this, i think it will be a great platform on which to upgrade to from my old😛desktop that is currently collecting dust back home
By ajak60 12 years ago
Honestly I think the main difference is the metro interface, and being able to run on more platforms. I know they made it 'from the ground up' so I would expect more differences to be clear the closer we get to having it launch.

There is still a normal desktop interface, hidden behind the metro inferface - which will be necessary for a lot of programs.
By Phaethon 11 years ago


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