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Windows 8 launches October 26
by Alice O'Connor, Jul 19, 2012 6:45am PDTJust when you'd gotten nice and cosy with Windows 7--certainly the finest version of the operating system in many a year--Windows 8 swaggers in, clad in a shiny but questionable new interface. Microsoft announced yesterday that it'll launch on October 26, available only in upgrade form or in a new PC.
Along with the new Metro interface, Windows 8 boasts faster startup times, Xbox Live integration, a new app store, PIN and picture authentication options, a revamped File Explorer, native USB 3.0 support, and more stuff detailed over on Wikipedia.
If you're running Windows XP, Vista or 7, you can upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for only $39.99, which seems awfully reasonable.
Look, here's a demo of the recent Consumer Preview build, running on a tablet and a laptop:
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Just when you'd gotten nice and cosy with Windows 7, certainly the finest version of the operating system in many a year, Windows 8 swaggers in, clad in a shiny but questionable new interface. Microsoft announced yesterday that it'll launch on October 26.
Just when you'd gotten nice and cosy with Windows 7, certainly the finest version of the operating system in many a year, Windows 8 swaggers in, clad in a shiny but questionable new interface. Microsoft announced yesterday that it'll launch on October 26. : Shacknews
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