14 DAY TRIAL // New details about the next iteration of the Windows client might be just around the corner, in fact, they could be shared with the world as soon as next week.
Earlier this week, the presence of Steven Sinofsky, President, Windows and Windows Live Division was confirmed for the D9 Conference which takes place in Rancho Palos Verdes, California between May 31-June 2, 2011.
There’s no information on what Sinofsky will talk about, or demo at the ninth D: All Things Digital event, but my bet is on a new showcase of Windows 8, or Window vNext, as Microsoft insists on calling it.
Microsoft has not confirmed that a Windows 8 demonstration will happen at the D9 conference, but if history offers any clues, it most certainly will.
For once, the Redmond company has already used the D: All Things Digital to provide users with a sneak peek at an upcoming release of Windows, when Windows 7 was still very early in the development process.
The same could happen next week, as Windows 8 is reportedly at Milestone 3 (M3) stage and getting close and closer to the first Beta.
In addition, Sinofsky has quite the track record of Windows 8 demos with every appearance, at least this year. Sinofsky provided a glimpse at Windows 8 both at CES 2011 and at MIX11. He might do the same at D9.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer talked about the future of Windows during his visits in China and Japan this week. However, Ballmer did now say anything new, and provided details such as:
“Last January, we announced that the next version of Windows will support the next generation chip technologies, so-called systems-on-chip, from Intel, from AMD, from Qualcomm, from TI, and from NVIDIA, a range of ARM processor vendors,” Microsoft’s CEO noted.
“So, whatever device you use now or in the future, Windows will be there. And over time, we'll start to see these devices get better and better at predicting what people are trying to accomplish, and they will utilize more natural ways to anticipate and to interact with all of us as individuals.”
As far as I’m concerned any new, official details on Windows 8 will do, since it has been quite a draught of information after CES 2011 in January. I’d love to see Sinofsky talk a bit about Windows vNext to get consumers excited about the operating system, even though they’re not the focus at this point in time.