What I meant to say is, the current Office 15 beta is not touch friendly. It's still the same Office 2010 and if there's no alternative touch-friendly UI, I bet it's going to be quite hard to use, especially with those (existing) touch tablets that have low resolution.

Microsoft is trying to make an impression here! I think when vista was a big flop..they very soon released windows 7. I think now Microsoft them self are unsatisfied with windows 7. i think there won't much changes in windows 8. they just want $$$

if i were to buy touchscreen lcd for this .is it gonna b expensive

u got a point there. my sis tried windows 8 beta, not nice.

To be frank, posts like yours are very annoying. It's an unfinished product, what do you expect from a product which is still far from complete? Until it's released, then talk.

hey they got to release new version once in a while, nobody will satisfy with their products forever, there's no perfect os so they have to improve regularly, btw... which big company don't want $$$? There are not doing 100% charity you know? (although MS did a lot of charity)

no so nice.. installed at my netbook..

surfing on the Metro UI IE10 on tablet is way out of experience just like Windows Phone 7. cool!

for all
http://www.buildwindows.com/

for ict pros
http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/BUILD/BUILD2011/BPS-1005
http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/BUILD/BUILD2011/SAC-973F

XxxNightSkyxxX, shogun_125, try the latest
dev.windows.com

for sara121
www.gatesfoundation.org + above

im not a windows/apple/google fanboy
nothing personal

window 7 not bad compare to the previous windows, expecially xp, really suck.

MS is going to release a Public Beta arround early October.
(reliable source)



This post has been edited by stasio: Sep 19 2011, 03:28 PM

really?

more like in 3-4 weeks more?

Beta only?

Next year RTM?

Windows 8 will be an bad os,however they claim.. might be good on tablets
Microsoft does play a game when releasing new os..

win 95: bad
win 98: good
win me: bad
win xp:good
win vista: bad
win 7: good
win 8: i think you can guess it now...



This post has been edited by badminto: Sep 20 2011, 05:51 PM

I think there are reasons why it is only available for Developer's preview rather than to end users like us so that we can make a good impression on the final product rather than having an early conclusion on an unfinished software.

I think a lot of folks are expecting "Windows 8" to be the typical "your next Windows upgrade". I don't think this is quite the case, at least at the moment.

I truly believe Microsoft has done Windows 7 right, and now aims to take the next step in computing - focusing on touch functionality. It is an area that has existed on Windows platform before, but never on this scale - across the entire version. It is true that there may not be noticable changes when compared to Windows 7 (e.g Home users etc.) but underneath Windows 8 is a brand new 'layer' that adds a tremendous amount of the "next step" in computing.

Watching the preview builds and videos, I have to say that Microsoft is yet again taking a risk. In my opinion, a risk that will work out both ways - those who want the touch functions and those who just want a newer operating system. Vista had too many new features/unwanted features and was considered "bloated". Windows 7 solved it all by trimming and making everything user-centric. Windows 8 aims to bring touch features to the forefront, something Microsoft has never done on this scale.

So in a way, Windows 8 may not be essential, but it is the next version of Windows that will improve user experience. Whether or not it will be popular among computer manufacturers / users, remains to be seen. I believe (most) fans of Windows 7 will upgrade to Windows 8, while computer manufacturers will *hopefully* start manufacturing even more touch-capable computers. The Metro interface is sweet. Never seen one in the flesh, but it is a really clean and neat interface.

haha if u dont like window 8 then dont bother 2 upgrade lorh...simple s ABC...tech in software n hardware is going way 2 fast that most of us already spend more on latest tech than other necessary essentials unlike the 80s 90s

This post has been edited by skylinelover: Sep 23 2011, 08:51 AM

Windows 8's Metro UI Looks cool. but heard if disable, win8 will look exactly like win7

Yes Vista was really troublesome and unstable.

Windows 7 changed that. Now Windows 8? Hmm , dunno if I gonna upgrade to 8. Just bought new laptop with Windows7 Home Premium....

Don't upgrade if you don't want to. Windows 8 was primarily designed to run on ARM devices, so you can use Windows on tablets.