windows 8

Many designers have been inspired by the latest news and rumors about Windows 8. Here is another great Windows 8 theme for Windows XP:

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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?

Windows 8 Wishlist Project

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We have added many new Windows Themes to our site. You can download them here: Windows 8 Themes

One of my favorite themes by far is the Windows 8 Transformation Theme that will turn Windows Vista into Windows 8.
Of course Windows 8 is not out yet and all of this is ‘just for fun’.

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.. 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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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).

If you want to find out more about Windows 8 and Windows Singularity, click here http://windows8themes.org/. Make sure to bookmark us!

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

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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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Have you already downloaded our Windows 8 wallpaper package? It’s packed with tons of awesome wallpapers, celebrating the launch of Windows 7 and the successor Windows 8. The wallpaper package includes a lot of different wallpapers: dual-screen, panorama (ultra-wide wallpaper), firefox, mac, windows vista and 7, cars, nature, underwater scenes, gaming, 3D, CG, sexy babes and many other.

Download Wallpapers

Get uTorrent to download the Windows 8 wallpapers below. Again, to simplify downloading for you, you have to grab a BitTorrent client like uTorrent and then come back here and download the torrent below:

Download Windows 8 Wallpaper
(Preview Wallpapers)

Preview Windows 8 Wallpapers

Don’t know what you are actually downloading here? Check it out here:

Preview 5000 Windows 8 Wallpapers

December Update: We added various new wallpapers:

Submit Windows 8 Wallpaper

We are currently having a nice Minecraft giveaway. All useful contribution to our site can qualify to win a copy of Minecraft. You can post your Windows 8 wallpapers where you want, the most appropriate submission would be on this particular page (use comment form below).

Windows 8 properly in 2012; what would you like to see in Windows 8? You can submit your ideas and wishes to our Windows 8 wishlist, which is already quite large.

Windows 8 Vista Theme

Also make sure to check out this unofficial Windows 8 theme for Vista:
Windows 8 Theme