Windows 8 – first look
Developer Preview
We installed the Developer Preview (with the associated warnings that this is a massively unfinished product) on a desktop machine, so we have no way of judging the new OS on a tablet. But the Windows 8 desktop experience – even from this uncooked release – is enough to suggest that Apple has something to worry about at last.
Comments
Hugh Jarse
1 year ago
Looks interesting, but I am not convinced that MS can deliver on a single OS that will be all things to all people. The way they are trying to meld a touch/mobile OS with a traditional desktop OS looks a bit kludgy.
Kudos for trying, but as Ihnatko says "The bad news is that Microsoft has lacked the guts to cut the cord entirely. Every time the classic Windows 7 interface pops up, it looks like a drunken uncle at an otherwise elegant family wedding."
I currently prefer the separate iOS and Mac OSX strategy, but will be interesting to see what happens when it actually ships...
Hugh Jarse
1 year ago
Microsoft again clarifies that Windows 8 tablets won't actually run Windows apps -
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/15/microsoft_again_clarifies_that_windows_8_tablets_wont_actually_run_windows_apps.html
JustinR72
1 year ago
It's a big hmmmmmmmm from me, and probably the business world to or is the big MS going to do something different for commercial applications as not everyone wishes or indeed as yet has the speed to go to "THE CLOUD".
Where I can see the new layout being suitable for touch equipped devices - I consider myself to be somewhat of a Luddite when it comes to touch screen technology, I still like the tactile feel of a keyboard for typing. Personally this seems like a gamble from Micro$oft - just think it looks a little messy (I think the same way about Windows 7 mobile).