Just had a quick look at the Microsoft Build demo of Windows 8. If people thought the change from XP to Vista/7 was strange and difficult, they haven't seen anything yet! The new OS from Microsoft is most definitely aiming to compete on the same market as Google Android and Apple iOS.
Designed with touch screen technology in mind, Windows 8 looks to include several 'flickable' screens of apps instead of the traditional desktop that we've all come to know and love. Media Player and IE appear as apps on the home screen along with various other packages, such as a social networking app, a news app and various touch screen enabled games.
How this will work for currently popular software remains to be see, as initial footage of the home screen looks quite cluttered and disorganised. As far as I understand there is going to be a traditional desktop hidden away in the OS for all those traditional Windows users. I'm not sure how the smart phone approach to operating systems is going to pan out on desktops and laptops, especially older or non-touch screen systems. But maybe Microsoft will release multiple different versions of Windows 8 to cater for both, much in the way as they have released different versions of their previous offerings.
I didn't watch the whole video as it's some two hours long, but first looks are definitely teasing and this is one project I will be keeping my eyes on. If you are interesting in watching some, or all, of the video you can find it here:
http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/BUILD/BUILD2011/KEY-0001
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