zarx said:
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ssj12 said:
Doubt it, Vista/7/8 are apart of the same family like 96/98/2000/ME/XP. UI will probably see a minor change like Vista to 7 was. And there are already multitouch support in W7. It works well. No point in having a completely different UI for it, even for tablets.
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take of it what you will, I mean it's just a rumor but it makes sense especially with the tablet market growing as it is and the fact that MS have said they don't plan to use phone 7 for tablets.
A new rumor suggests that Microsoft is planning to show off a Windows 8 tablet UI by the end of the company's fiscal year. Microsoft's fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30, meaning that we may see the demos in question sometime in the next three months. The tidbit comes from "a source at Microsoft" quoted by Business Insider: This person claims that Microsoft is taking a more Apple-like approach to interface design this time around, and will also be using concepts from the "Metro" interface developed for Windows Phone 7. Ironically, that interface grew out of the Media Center UI that shipped with Windows XP back in 2004, but the Media Center interface was meant to be viewed from up to 10 feet away and controlled with a remote control, whereas Metro is meant to be used with touch screens.
A rumor from just earlier this year suggested that Microsoft has already compiled Windows 8 Milestone 2. This would suggest that Microsoft might want to show off Windows 8 Milestone 3, which would be still very early in the development cycle.
Another rumor also from two months ago suggested that Windows 8 will include a new tile-based user interface, codenamed Mosh, as well as a new app model, codenamed Jupiter, that will target a new Windows Marketplace app store. Let's add more rumor tidbits from three months ago: the OS will have two user interfaces, a new fast hibernation system, and will intelligently manage an SSD.
http://www.techspot.com/news/42617-rumor-microsoft-to-demo-windows-8-tablet-ui-in-june.html
there is also a couple pics that were "leaked" a few days ago, but they are probably fake/new version of the phone 7 and browser. But if they are real and win 7 is in the hands of hardware/developer partners win 8 could be out by the end of next year. They did say they wanted to go back to the old sycle of a new OS every ~3 years
http://www.techday.co.nz/netguide/news/leaked-pics-of-windows-8-tablet-ui-emerge/19803/1/
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