Microsoft today demoed the UI of their next-generation operating system, Windows 8. And if you have one of those Zune media players or a Windows Phone 7, you’ll see the striking similarity on how they did it for Windows 8.
See the video below.
Looks like it’s gonna work with tablets too. Like it? Not?
This is the beginning of the end for Steve Jobs. iOS is a joke compared to this.
Tatakbo kaya mga atom tablets or tablet/netbook compatibles dito with 1 gb or less than 1gb ram?
from someone who owns a macbook and an iphone, this looks awesome! cant wait!!
looks good. Windows 8 will have a touch version for tablets and a non touch version for desktop computers
Where’s the start button? :)
Bye bye iOS & Honeycomb.
that’s more like it. a different windows interface not similar ones
Wow! bringing in all windows apps to tablet world, it would be a huge blast to Apple app store – they can’t brag anyomore!
Unprecedented!
yeah, it’s about time Microsoft shows some guts and muscle. i think the next obvious question since this is performance and minimum requirements of your hardware. :)
the old giant is making a stunning comeback…and one more thing, this is what competition is all about- shape up or ship out
Is this for tablets?? right?? The best alternative. Going to replace IPAD soon !
if i heard it right (from the vid) it says that it will not only work on tablets, it will also work on desktops and laptops…
its windows 8 for all.. yun nga lang, magkakaiba ng interface.. pero iisa lang yan.. as far as i know, windows 8 interface on PC and Laptop eh parang windows 7 lang.. (or i guess pwede kang mamili kung metro o yung luma)
Mukhang maganda ang interface. Finally, a true Windows upgrade!
I will wait til they announce real specs. But then again no one can beat iPad’s amazing battery life. A tablet should run without needing it to charge very often and that’s what iPad offers. You get a 10 hour battery life that is enough for you to do your tasks for a day. Currently, I’m doing this comment with my iPad 2. This is not an oversized iPhone. The user experience is very different from an iPhone.
this will be the bomb if used in dual screen laptops like a giant ninty DS
im only interested in ms office…..
need a lot of improvement…
still android!!!
This OS is aptly named Windows 8. So, should we assume that this will somehow find it’s way to desktop PCs as the successor of the current Windows 7? Come to think of it, they should have named it Windows Tablet 8 if they plan on having it exclusively portable like Windows Phone 7…
Pleased read it’s for the desktop and tweaked for tablet usage –2 variants
Like it. :-) Looks fast and neat.
This is what I’m waiting for. Will wait for the next brand that would match with this… Dell? HP? Sony?
Apple’s got serious competition in Windows 8!
You mean iOs not Apple , right? Because when it comes to desktop Snow Leopard/Lion versus Windows–the war has been won a long time ago.
It looks like Windowsâ„¢ Media Center redesigned completely!
Looks like Windows 8 will cater most on touchpad-enabled gadgets. Though the market right now caters more usage of tablets and smartphones, Windows 8 will definitely change the way our Social Media escapades. For gamers, I hope this new OS will be more just an OS in the background i.e. it will not require huge system requirements like Vista and the Games played will be the forefront of the Windows 8 machine.
Will definitely wait for this. I hope this is not so pricey when Windows 7 launched 2 years ago.
It looks great on tablets. But on desktops, i don’t think so..
This is the only true upgrade from Windows 95.
DOS>Windows 3.1 (window feature)>Windows 95 9 (start menu)>Windows 8(touch/tiles/full window apps)
iPad? Galaxy Tab? Xoom? All of you, go away.
WoW..
makes me think twice of buying a Macbook later this year…
Any news if the rumors that WIn 8 can play Xbox 360 games?
sa wakas.. a full desktop OS to a tablet! =)
iOS and Honeycomb? hahaha
imagine playing windows games and apps plus apps optimize for that tablet. =)
DOTA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dota lang ba alam nyo? or Dota lng kaya ng RIG nyo? ^^
I look forward on playing Starcraft 2 (with the soon to be released expansion: HOTS) and Diablo 3 on a Windows tablet.
*sigh* libre lang mangarap I guess. They should make innovative gestures to replace the right click on a tablet. :)
Just remember that there are 2 variants==desktop and tablet windows 8–the tablet version is a dumbed down version–so expect that you won’t get the full functionality.
it actually looks good
Looks like Microsoft is going to phase out the mouse and promote touchscreen monitors. This is a bad sign for gamers.
huh? were you even listening? tsk…
uhh you really think Microsoft’s going to shun gamers away??? why do you think they would do that? It’s their biggest advantage over Mac and they won’t throw it away just to get a touchscreen-friendly OS. Even if you didn’t view the whole video it’s a silly thing to think of.
what are you smoking?
damet.
interesting one… seems to be comparable from the lift from Windows Phone 6.5 to Windows Phone 7, way too different in the UI.
The good: it’s a full desktop OS under the hood.
The bad: … (let’s wait for the actual thing to launch)
Goodbye iPad.
Looks Neat.
Why release a new OS? Windows 7 is a great OS. Baka maging Vista version ito…
Microsoft OS History
Windows 98 – Stable
Windows ME – FAIL
Windows XP – Stable
Windows Vista – FAIL
Windows 7 – Stable
Windows 8?????