Microsoft To Switch Focus To Windows 8 In July 2010

An anonymous reader noted a bit from Ars saying Microsoft will be switching internal focus from Windows 7 to Windows 8 in fiscal year 2010. Microsoft's fiscal year starts in July, which is only eight months away. According to Microsoft's roadmaps, the release of Windows 8 is scheduled for 2012."

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Windows 8..

[headhot]

The Ocho!

Re:Windows 8..

[sdnoob]

... my data

Re:Windows 8..

[Anonymous Coward]

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Re:Windows 8..

[jhoegl]

you are right.. Linux distros are getting SOOOO rich off of free releases.

Re:Windows 8..

[Anonymous Coward]

The Ocho!

If you can dodge a chair, you can dodge a release date.

Re:Windows 8..

[morgan_greywolf]

To support all those 128-bit processors and 128-bit applications currently on the market? To support more than the 192 GB of main memory supported by Windows 7 64-bit? I thought 192 GB ought to be enough for anybody!

Re:Windows 8..

[Archangel Michael]

192GB is going to be the minimum needed to run Win 8, so it will have to address more than that ;)

2012

[Anonymous Coward]

2012 OMG.... Always kinda knew it would be Microsoft to end the world...

Pre-order?

[Anonymous Coward]

Where can I pre-order?
Do they do collectors edition?

End-of-the-world-screen-of-death

[Anonymous Coward]

Yeah - you were thinking it.

Odd - even cycle

[Hognoxious]

Is it going to be like the Star Trek movies, where whether it sucks or not depends on whether it's odd or even?

If so

[FTWinston]

Win8's new critical stop sound:
GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATES!!!!
Sorry.

Re:And?

[Kamineko]

I thought Poe's law was 'put the bunny back in the box'.

Re:Scheduled for release in 2012?

[mister_playboy]

Isn't this late 2009? How is late 2012 four years later?

Are you doing math on a Pentium?

Isn't this late 2009? Are you still telling jokes about the original Pentium?