Windows 8 refers to the next version of Microsoft Windows after Windows 7. Scheduled for release around 2012. At the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Microsoft announced that it would be including support for System-On-a-Chip (SoC) and mobile ARM processors in its next version of the Windows operating system, which is expected to be called Windows 8.
According to the latest StatCounter data, Windows 7 has managed to scoot past Windows XP in terms of market share and is now the most popular operating system in the world. Its predecessor, Windows Vista, never had a shot of beating XP.
Windows 7 has been a success for Microsoft, and has salvaged some of the damage done by Vista to the larger Windows brand. Windows 7 has sold some 450 million copies of Windows 7, the company claimed at it recent BUILD event.
By the numbers, Windows 7 now controls some 40.17% of the market, with XP in second place with 38.72%. As you can tell by the chart, this changing of the guard was long in the making:
Microsoft has recently been on a campaign to continue Windows 7 momentum, even if that comes at the expense of Windows 8. The company is looking to continue converting enterprise customers over to Windows 7, telling them this week that they should continue their update cycles and not worry about the next version of Windows.
On the face of the issue, this might seem odd, but it must be realized that Windows 8 remains an experiment, and a challenge, while Windows 7 is as vanilla from a ‘Windows perspective’ as can be. This means that if its goal is to get companies off of XP, which has aged, Windows 7 is the obvious choice. Even more, a company could decide to ‘wait and see’ about Windows 8, and then not like it, and remain on XP for several more years. Microsoft, which will eventually phase out support for the old software, wants the to move, and pronto.
And based on the chart above, it is making headway. Windows 7 momentum appears strong, and maintained, while XP and Vista bleed to it. Windows 8 might be the next best thing, but right now we compute in a Windows 7 world.
We have been around the block and back with Windows 8, poring over its every rumor and detail. Through the process, the most maddening element of forthcoming operating system has been how well Microsoft has managed to keep a lid on its release schedule.
Until now. Mary Jo Foley, a veteran Microsoft reporter, only blogs rumors that she trusts, tips from sources that have delivered in past. This means that when she says that she has heard something, we listen. Today, she had a doozy of a rumor to report: It could be that Windows 8 is set to RTM in April of 2012.
That is less than a full calendar from today, putting the effective ending date of Windows 7 less than 12 months away. This is quite significant as it implies that, even though Microsoft has seen success with Windows 7 in terms of sales volume, the company feels that its need to release a functional tablet-capable operating system trumps the commercial viability of its current product.
Or, in other words, even though Windows 7 is selling well and driving revenue, Microsoft is set to push it out of the nest in a hurry to make room for Windows 8, a product that the company plans to use to push against the iPad, and other computing variants that are putting pressure on traditional computers.
Mary Jo also claims that “I’ve also heard from my contact that Microsoft’s game plan is to deliver abeta build– not a pre-beta or preview — of Windows 8 around the time of the Build conference in mid-September.”
This jives with what little we have heard, though we have to admit that our Windows 8 tip flow has all but dried up in the last month. Microsoft, now that it has demonstrated the tablet/touch Windows 8 interface appears to have locked down leaks, and is running a much tighter ship than before.
Whatever the case, we trust Mary Jo, and if she trusts this source, then there is a strong possibility that it will in next April that we close the chapter on Windows 7 and begin to prepare for Windows 8 and the next epoch of computing.
8 out of Windows, but Microsoft’s plan to have more time to reveal some of the documents began to come out ..
Here, HP and other manufacturers are prepared to be presented to the information uncovered in documents idda the important features of Windows 8;
To get rid
1. Memorize numerous passwords, instead of working on a system that will keep them secure Windows 8 is underway. Users will not enter a password, the system recognizes the user’s face will be opened to allow access to services.
2. End of each computer to receive a separate application
Microsoft, the Windows user account that will build on the user desktop PC, laptop or tablet PC when switching between its own operating system and settings that can continue to use effortlessly.
3. Enhanced support for touch
Apple to Microsoft partners say they will exceed the celebrities who supported the touch. Virtual keyboard is very easy to use, especially in tablet device, and promises improved control. Also be used in displays and lighting according to the image set to deliver the best experience.
4. To watch TV from anywhere
The rich media content to the users hard drive that can reach all the screens. So as a wireless PC to TV in the living room to feed images. Users where they want, when they want access to this content
5. Windows App Store can provide
Apple’s success proved to shop online applications gives Microsoft the öenm. Do not have enough details about this shop in the middle. For Windows software developers, but users can be successful as a way of reaching the center.
6. Put unformatted format
Viruses or malicious software, setting broken or no longer in the system does not work like it was stable, without the risk of loss of personal data will be possible to reset.
Microsoft operating system to maintain settings and documents to return to the first set. The application shop or purchased elsewhere will be able to install applications quickly.
7. automatic voice recognition
8. pc is not pressed to open the Windows PCs will not be possible, but Microsoft is working on this issue. From 40 seconds to 27 seconds, the boot time dropped by half to around 10-15 seconds to be downloaded can be downloaded.
Windows 8 refers to the next version of Microsoft Windows after Windows 7. Scheduled for release around 2012. At the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Microsoft announced that it would be including support for System-On-a-Chip (SoC) and mobile ARM processors in its next version of the Windows operating system, which is expected to be called Windows 8.
