According to the latest rumors, Microsoft is prepping Windows 8 for a Q4 2012 launch.
The Consumer Preview for Windows 8 was launched on February 29, a day that only comes around once every four years. However, you don't have to wait until 2016 for Microsoft to launch the OS properly. It's common knowledge that Microsoft is aiming to get the final build of Windows 8 out the door by the end of this year. What we don't know, is when exactly it might happen.
Today brings rumors that Microsoft is eying an October release date. Word comes via Bloomberg, which gets its information from people with knowledge of Microsoft's schedule. According to Bloomberg's sources, Redmond will finish work on Windows 8 this summer, which will set the stage for PCs and tablets running on Windows 8 going on sale around October.
This would fit in with both the Windows 7 launch, which was October 22 of 2008, but also ensure that manufacturers were able to ship products in time for the all important holiday shopping season. It also gels quite nicely with last week's rumors that Lenovo wanted to be first out the door with a Windows tablet and was aiming for an October launch.
Bloomberg's sources say Microsoft has scheduled an early April event for its industry partners. The company will reportedly spill the beans on its Windows 8 release strategy, offering details on timing and strategy. April is only two weeks away, guys. Hopefully it will bring with it something solid on the Windows 8 release.
But......
They put the stupid metro in it as well.....
End of mainstream support: 2015
End of extended support: 2020
I'll pass Windows 8, thanks.
I am sure there will be plenty of ways to get around Secure Boot shortly after it is released. Granted it will void warranty, but I am pretty sure that duel booting, or loading any OS other than what came with your machine in the first place, would void the warranty in the first place.
End of mainstream support: 2015
End of extended support: 2020
I'll pass Windows 8, thanks.
ok but will you get any other versions of windows ever if they still have the Metro GUI? because its here to stay
I am sure there will be plenty of ways to get around Secure Boot shortly after it is released. Granted it will void warranty, but I am pretty sure that duel booting, or loading any OS other than what came with your machine in the first place, would void the warranty in the first place.
i do usethe start menu a lot. especially since they added the search bar in it. we are not like you with 1000's of icons on the desktop and a 100 more icons in the tooltray . i don't fear change but unfortunately this is a change i do not like and for the record i have used the metro GUI
It's also funny how to some people, change - any change at all is a sign of progress and a way forward with disregard to it being for better or worse. The Metro interface is not a bar mover whatsoever, a way forward, nor progress. It's simply a feature that's overwhelmingly not wanted. Opposition/resistance is a normal reaction for those that don't like to swallow what they've been given when they know they don't like it. You may like the new interface, and that's fine; it's your opinion and you're entitled to it - as are those that do not like it though.
Maybe, but not if it is universally panned. 8 has every chance of being accepted by businesses as Vista did. The churn of new OSs from M$ is far too fast for the business world, and since businesses are just now turning from XP to 7, the probability that 8 will find a home in the business world is likely on par with Vista.
While this may be a good move for M$ in aligning their OS across different platforms, businesses will buy based on the business need, not what M$ releases.
I'm not even sure what Metro GUI looks like, I'll have to google it.
But I've used Windows XP since it came out, which is 9-10 years, I think that says enough about me sticking to preferred OS.
The thing is people are using tablets and smart phones more often at work nowdays. This is a headache when your work systems are all microsoft machines and your smartphone/tablets are all android/iOS.
When windows 8 tablet computers and nextgen windows phones come out, if they are as good as expected, there will be a huge incentive to go with the microsoft phones and tablets just because they will be more compatible with your office systems at work. Your work may even issue you free windows based tablets and smart phones.
At any rate, Im excited about Windows 8. Im looking forward to some of the new stuff going on under the hood.
And If I do end up not liking Windows 8, it wont just be because of one single aspect.
But I've used Windows XP since it came out, which is 9-10 years, I think that says enough about me sticking to preferred OS.
if you haven't used it then how can you say you don't like it?
just sayin'