John Brandon, ComputerWorld:
"Upgrades, system migration, support headaches -- IT folks are probably dreading the next major Windows rollout. Yet Windows 8, which is scheduled to move to the beta stage in late February and will likely launch in the fall, does offer several compelling new features for both IT and end users."
The cloud storage platform will drop support for older versions of Windows in early 2022.
Microsoft responded with Windows 8 and its Surface RT tablet.
In the earliest days of the Surface, it was hard to shake the notion that the line was something of a reference design for Windows 8.
Nice a rehash of things we know.
This website lists that ribbons are a plus. For those who aren't tech savy, Ribbons use up a shit load of resources, memory, processing, and for anyone ANYONE who has used them they are highly over complicated addons. I wouldn't see how anyone would calls their ribbons a success when they are just pretty over complicated unnecessary resources that hinder a working environment. As being in the IT profession, we hate ribbons!
Also, the boot in 8 seconds is hard to believe. That's Unix speed.