14 DAY TRIAL // Unless you live under a rock you might have heard that Microsoft made public the first official preview of Windows 8, the next major iteration of the Windows client, and the successor of Windows 7. This happened at two events, one at the D9 and the other at Computex. The Redmond company also made available a video, the last one embedded below, which it dubbed the first video of Building Windows 8.
There’s no actual video shared from Computex, but here is what Microsoft’s Brandon LeBlanc shared:
“There was Windows activity happening halfway across the world in Taipei, Taiwan, at a big hardware show called Computex. There, Mike Angiulo, Corporate Vice President of Windows Planning, Hardware, and PC Ecosystem, met with hardware partners to show off Windows 8 and highlight how they can build devices that take advantage of the new user experience,” LeBlanc stated.
“He showcased how Windows 8 will run on both x86 and ARM-based architectures on a variety of different prototypes including touch-centric hardware.”
The D9 conference had Steven Sinofsky, President, Windows and Windows Live Division and Julie Larson-Green, Corporate Vice President, Windows Experience on the same stage.
As was the case with the early Windows 7 D9 demo, Larson-Green was responsible with demonstrating the early development milestone of Windows 8.
The first video embedded below is from the D9 conference, and it reveals all the Windows 8 features showcased by Larson-Green.
“Steven brought (…) Julie Larson-Green with him to show a demo of the next generation of Windows – internally codenamed “Windows 8” – in action!” LeBlanc said.
“Earlier this year at CES, we announced that the next version of Windows will run on System-on-Chip (SoC) architectures. Today, we revealed more about how every level of Windows architecture is being reimagined, specifically details around how we are thinking about the user interface.”