Windows 8 launch in October

[karl]

Gone is the Start Menu. Gone is the Desktop. Instead, applications, widgets and social network updates appear in the form of a mosaic of tiles.
Everything is touch-friendly, as you swipe across screens to access more tiles and more tiles.

Windows fans may lament their loss, but Microsoft has seen the future, and it is all about touch.

The new Windows Store takes some ideas from Android and Apple's mobile app stores, and users swipe right-to-left across screens for more options
Microsoft officially announced the time-frame for Windows 8's mass-market release this morning at a company conference in Toronto.
New versions of Windows typically come out every three years, but this update is the most widely anticipated overhaul of the software since 1995.
Microsoft, based in Redmond, Washington, has designed the operating system so it can run on personal computers or touch-based tablet computers.



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Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2171079/Bye-bye-Desktop-hello-Metro-Microsoft-ditches-standard-Windows-look-feel-brand-new-interface-launch-confirmed-October.html#ixzz20D3n2dlT

[Rayquaza]

Gone is the desktop? I running the release preview now on this shit replacement computer, and the desktop is still there. Did Microsoft think we would upgrade to having no desktop? That would just make me lose all faith in them altogether. And the Metro Apps are pretty cool too, as I love how they integrate so well with the Desktop and all the tasks, like how the Messenger app appears as a notification in the desktop, even though its a metro app and feels different to the desktop. Split screen multitasking is pretty cool too. I hoped it would come out a little later though, it feels like we are still in the Windows 7 era and it isn't really time to move on yet.

[Commander Thor]

Yeah, the desktop is not completely gone in Windows 8.
The only version that the desktop isn't available on, is the Windows RT version (The one made for ARM), and that's simply because the processor structure & technology is different, and desktop applications just can't run on ARM devices (Not reliably anyway). Windows 8 & Windows 8 Pro (For x86 processors (Intel & AMD)) will still have the desktop.

Though, it's not surprising that Dailymail is misinformed. (Or is trying to be over dramatic)

[Infidelitas]

I think I'll stick to my copy of Windoze 7.

[Hatsune Miku]

I hate the look of Windows 8. It looks like a damn cell phone.

[derpderp]

I'm sticking with Windows 7 until I get money to buy a better PC...

[Cblood]

I kind of like it, but i kind of don't. Once it comes out i will most likely take advantage of the $30 upgrade offer and dual boot it on my laptop with 7. There are a few things that take a little bit of getting used to, but once you do its fine.

[xBaskinRobbinsx]

I'm sticking with Windows 7.

[xChrisVx]

Thanks but no thanks, I'll keep my Windows 7.