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February 24th, 2013, 07:57 GMT · By

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Windows Blue Public Beta Coming

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Even though it was initially rumored that Microsoft wouldn’t release a testing version of the upcoming Windows Blue, sources familiar with the matter now hint that a public beta is very likely to see daylight in the coming months.

According to reports published by Chinese media, Microsoft is working on a preview build of the Blue update that would be offered to all users as a free download.

Since the first major Windows 8 makeover is expected to hit shelves this summer, the preview version is very likely to be unveiled in just a couple of months, as Microsoft needs time to collect and analyze the feedback it receives.

Windows Blue won’t come as a standalone operating system, but only as a major update for Windows 8, with many people calling it “the first service pack” for Microsoft’s new Windows contraption.

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Comment #1 by: ProSevenOne on 24 Feb 2013, 18:39 UTC reply to this comment

I hope they at least bring back the Start Button ?


Comment #2 by: SurfaceSucks on 24 Feb 2013, 20:17 UTC reply to this comment

I hate the new touch-screen Metro interface and no longer want to use Windows. Will some PC manufacturer please make a cheap hackintosh notebook so I can install OS X instead?

Comment #2.1 by: dumarse on 04 Mar 2013, 17:50 GMT

The metro interface is easier to use than the old start menu... Whats so hard about it?

You want a cheap hackintosh notebook? Install Linux on a netbook, there's your mac, AND you can right click, even better!

mac = Linux/bsd with flashy marketing and a closed 'open source' system...oh the irony.

Windows 8 is fantastic if you aren't a complete conservative opposed to change. The new menu makes programs faster to find, the new kernel runs even smoother than windows 7 did. I am a sysadmin for the govt, and a PC hobbyist at home. I also play a good amount of online games, and windows 8 is my choice operating system over any others I have tried dating back to DOS days.

You're all too * to learn a new operating system that is designed to make things easier (and it is)?

sad state of affairs we are in these days.

Comment #2.2 by: qtipster on 06 Mar 2013, 20:49 GMT

So click on the desktop tab and skip it. you don't have to use the tiles. Use it for a minute before you judge it. It requires less hardware so by upgrading from 7 to 8 you actually speed your computer up. You have a ton more options including going back to the old way of doing things from the desk top.

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