Microsoft's Windows 8 Box Art Revealed
Microsoft's Windows 8 box art receives an upgrade and a more abstract feel to its design.
With Windows 8 set to hit the market on October 26 (or now by an unofficial leaked file-share), we are getting images of Microsoft's packaging for the upcoming Windows 8 operating system from The Verge. Packaging is for the boxed version of Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro that will be available in retail stores. The packaging will take on a landscaped shape as opposed to the typical portrait shape seen in most all previous versions of Windows.
The Windows 8 logo uses the style UI logo, where the logo is shown prominently on the packaging, with an abstract design showing through it. In addition, the abstract design is placed along the right side of the box in an angled strip. The white box above is for the standard Windows 8 variant, while the dark one is for Windows 8 Pro. The retail package should be available starting October 26, 2012.
Do you like the new look or does the packaging make the software look a little less "business-like"? Tell us what you think about it in the comments below.

Well said.
Microsoft needs to stick to what brought them to where they are today. At the moment, they seem to be doing nothing but alienating significant numbers of former loyalists while barely winning over anyone new.
If wanted to spend my money on Apple products, then I would.
I'd go linux in a heartbeat, but because it is free, it doesn't have financial oomph to convince people to be compatibile with it.
My system spec is
i7 2600k @ 5.1Ghz
2201Mhz DDR3
2 WD 1TB blacks Raid 0
GTX680 @ 1325 core 7000Mhz Ram
yes Water and no not a kiddy water kit like H70
The thing is im very very happy, I have a dualboot with Windows 7 as a backup and the only thing im about to get my hands on is a 240GB SSD from Mushkin. Windows 8 and SSD should make things silly stupid fast.
Nobody gives a s***...