Microsoft have announced that Windows 8 will include support for the much anticipated system on a chip alongside support for mobile ARM processors.
Various sources are also reporting that Microsoft have finished compiling a third Windows 8 Alpha build due to be sent in secret to various partners.
I have recently read a few tech reports about the new Windows 7 successor aptly named Windows 8 ( With the codename of Wind ).
Here is a list of the current rumours:
- Will have an App store!
- Will have 32 and 64 bit compatibility
- Will have 2 separate interfaces (one for 32 and one for 64 bit)
- Will initially only be supported by high end PCs
- Will be in full 3D (64 bit only) and will require 170MB of dedicated video memory.
- Will be dynamic by adapting to a users habits and will be able to automatically create short cuts.
- Will be able to achieve full hibernation mode within 3 to 6 seconds
- Overall performance increases
- The OS will be based on cloud computing (I smell a copy of Google Chromium?)
It is believed that "Wind" is the name of the 64 bit version desktop, much the same as the Windows 7 Aero.
More to follow!
Leave a comment and let me know what you think! If you have heard any rumours then drop me a line! blueskygadgets (AT) gmail (DOT) com
4 comments:
Just saw your Tweet, I don't believe a word of all these rumours - what's your source?
Please insert the source! http://www.windows8italia.com/
Yep! Most of them are from http://www.windows8italia.com/ and a couple of other sites agree!
If this is true, I wasn't expecting it to have a 32 bit version. Maybe it's to make sure that the current generation of netbooks based on the Atom can be upgraded.
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