Windows 8 Date Released ?

[boss67]

Can't wait on that really ;p

I hope there wont be DX12 stuff goin on so soon ;p

Full article: http://www.hardwareheaven.com/news.php?newsid=674

According to an ex-Microsoft developer the release of Windows 8 is nigh. Dailytech reports that Windows 7 will be succeeded soon which was released in October 2009.

Microsoft promised smaller and more frequent updates to its Windows OS after learning the lesson of Windows Vista which had a prolonged development cycle and was received poorly by consumers and business. According to Chris Green an ex-Microsoft developer who leaked an entire schedule release, Windows 8 will be released as soon as June 2011 with a service pack coming for Windows 7 summer 2010.

Is the world ready for another OS release from Microsoft? As ever company schedules can change and this information may be subject to change and denial by those at Microsoft HQ.

[thestepster]

sounds fishy to me since they know they are onto a good thing with 7 i cant see y they need/want to shove it out the door so fast like they did with vista just keep ontop of this and make sure its runnin great for a lot of years to come

[boss67]

true.

But being who i am, i wouldnt be able to keep my hands away from a new OS from m.s.

[thestepster]

but a load of ppl would its an extra expense again that they will be like meh i dont think so not going to fork out for my 3rd new OS in 4 years

[boss67]

mmm...with the rapid rapid increase of tech, sata3, usb3, ssds, six cores bla bla bla maybe new pci xpress....who knows many enthusiasts out there on youtube would go after it.

anw i think it will be in the next 2 years so it will give ppl more time to re-invest in a new os.

[thestepster]

but the vast majority of consumers that are just getting new computers/laptops now after having xp for so long wouldnt even think about upgrading, and another things there will be a new pci-e the new rampage III extreme has it but that wont be out till march time

[boss67]

khm to be honest ive heard something about a new pci slot on ramp.3.

i hope it wont ruin my plans on building a new pc with fermi ;p

Hope fermi will be on the pcie 3.0 platform, so they won't release a new series after few months stating "oh there u go buy this new one to get some more bandwith if u like" ;p ill be so pissed off

Hah lets just wait n see

[thestepster]

yeah im not totally sure if they will be on it but if it doesnt have back compatibility with 2.0 then it might not be a good idea or it might just to too new

[boss67]

yeah time will tell buddy

[FarFarAway]

MS are going to go to an Apple style version of OS updates. Once per year with small incremental changes. Also: should be much cheaper. Sounds good to me.