Windows 8 is most likely to release in autumn 2012, but that hasn't stop Microsoft releasing a preview build so coders can make programs to run on its new OS.
The new Microsoft OS has taken its inspiration from Microsoft's Windows Phones, focusing its technology on touch screen PC's. Press the start button now, and you're greeted with a screen filling mosaic of programs. If you have got access to a touch screen monitor or laptop, flipping between these can be done with the slide of the finger. But touch screens aren't the norm, and Windows 8 feels clunky for those of us still riding our mice around our desktop. The lack of start menu and obfuscation of your desktop by the shiny new program gallery feels a little weird when we're used to total access.
The Developer's preview comes with games designed for touch screen control, but they are more than distractions. Microsoft has backed so far away from PC gaming in recent years that even the most widely optimistic won't be expecting Windows 8 to revolutionize it.
Rather than wooing us, Microsoft is hoping instead to lure XBOX 360 players under the umbrella of the PC.
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" It will be easy for developers to create games for windows 8 that take advantage of power of Xbox Live ."
I hope I made my point.
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