Articles in the Windows 8 News Category
Posted: Mar 11
So, with a release date for Windows 7 SP1 in sight, I decided that it’s time to bring our Windows 8 Wishlist Project to the next level. Microsoft promised that they will listen to customer feedback in their all-new Windows.next! If you have a great idea for a new feature, suggest it (see poll in sidebar). We’ll be sending the final list to Microsoft for consideration.
Posted: Jan 21
The release of Windows 8 is highly anticipated, but what exactly is the release date for Windows 8? Windows 7 hit the shelves in October 2009 and Microsoft will continue to work on a SP1 for some months until Microsoft will be fully working on Windows 8 in June/July 2010 when their new fiscal year begins.
Posted: Jan 18
Will you pre-order Windows 8? Of course your answer greatly depends on your opinion about Windows 7. Do you like Windows 7 so far? Are you looking forward to the “next-generation” Windows 8? We want to hear your opinion.
Posted: Dec 12
I’ve been using Windows 7 for nearly a year and I am pretty happy with it, but sometimes I still have some unsatisfied wishes and it makes me think about the future of Windows and Microsoft. What is on your Windows 8 wishlist?
Posted: Sep 29
.. although some of them might not be that new, because they have been in development for over 2 years by now.
Overall, there are currently 5 new operating systems in development.
Here’s the list:
1. Windows 8 (Windows 7 Successor)
2. Windows Midori (Written entirely in managed code)
3. Windows Singularity (Basically the same as Windows Midori)
4. Windows Azure (Cloud Computing OS)
5. Barrelfish (Multicore OS)
Ok, that might be a shock for some. Here’s another surprise…
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Posted: Sep 29
Windows 8 will have a completely new interface. This has been confirmed by now. Rumors say that they will even replace the Windows Explorer with something totally new. Because the Windows 7 filesystem is very slow they also plan to include a brand new filesystem. Tests showed that the current Windows 7 filesystem is even slower than XP.
Windows 7 is using a lightweight kernel called “MinWin”, which will be used in Windows 8 as well. According to an interview with Eric Traut (Microsoft Engineer) the Windows kernel is by now 12-15 years old. It will have to be replaced at some point in time.
Not many know that Microsoft has been working on a completely new OS (for nearly two years now) that includes a brand new kernel and is written entirely in managed code (more secure).
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Posted: Sep 26
Some of our readers might already know about it: Windows8Themes.org
Now that Microsoft is hiring more people to work on Windows 8, it was time to finally launch Windows8Themes.org.
Windows8Themes.org Launch
Posted: Sep 26
How would you change Windows 8 if you had a chance to implement whatever you want?
One Windows user thought about that and created a concept for Windows 8 that is simply amazing. He called it the Copenhagen Concept, here’s the video:
Copenhagen User Experience from Copenhagen Concept on Vimeo.
Contact the creator of this concept at CullenD@Live.com for inquiries. Maybe you have a passion for usability and design as well and you could team up to come up with some more amazing ideas. I am sure Microsoft has plenty of ideas and full teams who are constantly testing and researching user behaviour, but new ideas can always be an inspiration and help to create the next-generation Windows.
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