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Windows 8 Will Run On All Current PC Hardware

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the just-a-little-slower dept.

Stoobalou writes "Microsoft exec Tami Reller told attendees at the company's Worldwide Partner Conference 2011 taking place in Los Angeles yesterday that any PC capable of running Windows 7 today would be capable of running Windows 8 when it is released, towards the end of the year."

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  1. Windows 8 by Dyinobal · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I just upgraded from Window XP to WIndows 7 now you want to tell me you're planning windows 8 already with in the year? It's not like windows seven is another vista, it's a solid OS and is remarkably stable, why do I want Windows 8?

    1. Re:Windows 8 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

      Windows 7 is Windows Vista SP3

    2. Re:Windows 8 by Skarecrow77 · · Score: 1, Insightful

      XP was just a theme for windows 2000, and look how well it did.

      Hell 7 isn't much more than a theme/ui upgrade for a bugfixed vista, and everybody loves it nonetheless.

    3. Re:Windows 8 by DrgnDancer · · Score: 3, Insightful

      It'd be nice if they adopted Apple's more recent model for OS upgrades. They are relatively more frequent than they used to, less revolutionary than evolutionary, and extremely inexpensive for upgraders ($35 or so). There's nothing so OMG Awesome about Lion that I have to have it, but it's got a few nice features, and for less than the price of most app software I'll upgrade the Macbook (once I figure out if it's second gen or first gen Intel). Similarly I doubt Windows 8 is revolutionarily different from Windows 7, but if it's got a decent number of useful upgrades and is only going to cost me $30-50, I'll do it. If it's going to cost $150, forget it till they force the issue.

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    4. Re:Windows 8 by Mia'cova · · Score: 3, Insightful

      You'll want it for an ARM-based tablet.

  2. Re:Why hello there! by MightyMartian · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I think more likely it's Vista SP5. Between Microsoft and Firefox, version numbers have been rendered meaningless.

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  3. But... by SwedishChef · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You won't be able to find anything until you either take a certification course or spend hours clicking on buttons searching for the simple commands you used to be able to find instantly.

    Bwhahahaha!

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