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• Forget Windows 8: Give us Windows 7.8

  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 21:09 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  A billion Windows users don’t have touch-sensitive hardware. That’s a BIG market for an improved version of Windows 7.

  InfoWorld. 

  Windows News Windows 7.8, Windows 8

• Win8 vs Windows RT

  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 07:07 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  What you need to know before you spend your hard-earned cash.

  Windows Secrets Newsletter top story.

  Windows News Win8, Windows 8, Windows RT

• Acer CEO issues warning as Microsoft staffs up Surface team

  Posted on August 8, 2012 at 21:40 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Acer to Microsoft: “Think twice”

  Microsoft to Acer: “Read my lips”

  InfoWorld Tech Watch.

  Windows News Acer, Surface, Windows 8

• Windows 8 RTM

  Posted on August 3, 2012 at 23:55 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Man oh man.

  Windows 8 RTM works one whole HECK of a lot better than RP.

  Fast. Slick. Haven’t tried it with touch just yet.

  But what is this stupid Bing tile? And where are Music and Videos?

  Windows News Windows 8, Windows 8 RTM

• Death of the Metro Brand: Windows 8’s latest flub

  Posted on August 3, 2012 at 22:56 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Place your votes for the new version of “Metro.”

  I like “Wetro” but somehow I don’t think Microsoft will agree.

  C’mon over to InfoWorld Tech Watch.

  Windows News Metro, Windows 8

• Where we stand with Windows 8 – Update – RTM version HAS leaked

  Posted on August 3, 2012 at 07:30 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Several people on the Winunleaked blog have asked for periodic updates on where we stand with Windows 8. I’ve been following the blog pretty closely for some time now — it has, by far, the most reliable leaked info about Windows 8 that I know  about– so I figured I’d take some pressure off the admins at Winunleaked by periodically posting a summary of what has been reliably leaked about Windows 8.

  Has Windows 8 RTM’d? Yes. Details are on Brandon LeBlanc’s post on the Windows Team Blog. In fact, Build 9200 (the RTM build) was put together on July 25.

  Official dates, from Brandon:

  August 15th: Developers will be able to download the final version of Windows 8 via your MSDN subscriptions.

  August 15th: IT professionals testing Windows 8 in organizations will be able to access the final version of Windows 8 through your TechNet subscriptions.

  August 16th: Customers with existing Microsoft Software Assurance for Windows will be able to download Windows 8 Enterprise edition through the Volume License Service Center (VLSC), allowing you to test, pilot and begin adopting Windows 8 Enterprise within your organization.

  Does anybody outside MS have a copy of Win8 RTM? Yes. The RTM build has gone out to at least some major hardware manufacturers.

  There’s also a leaked, good X64 Win8 Enterprise N copy, compliments of Wzor, which will install without a key, according to Canouna.

  NAME: MICROSOFT.WINDOWS.8.ENTERPRISE-N.RTM.X64.VOLUME.ENGLISH.NON-BOOTDVD-SAMOVARWZ

  BUILD: 9200.16384.WIN8_RTM.120725-1247

  9200.16384.120725-1247_x64fre_enterprisen_en-us_VL_EnterpriseN-NONBOOT_DVD.rar

  SIZE: 3,009,678,501 byte 

  SHA-1: 06E84C99BB14949443018DC4E6447A7501BD25E4

  MD5: B70FE9CDE8B3C5E7E360660F64F8FF58 

  The usual admonitions apply: be VERY careful and triple-check anything you download. 

  When will we get copies? Most of us are probably best off waiting for the posts on MSDN or TechNet sites. I was surprised to read that VLSC customers will get the bits one day after MSDN and TechNet.

  What about keys? Ay, there’s the rub. Win7 and earlier installed without keys, or with 30-day keys. Vista and Win7 could be re-set for up to 120 days of use without a key. Not so Win8: the installer requires you to have a key, or Win8 won’t install – except for the Enterprise version. There are people actively working on cracks, but nobody knows if they’ll succeed, or how the keys will be genned.

  Online upgrades? Not even a clue. The RTM build is distributed as an ISO, which may or may not correspond to the System Builder edition of Windows 8. Haven’t heard a thing about online upgrades. Windows RT? You gotta be kidding – nobody outside MS has seen anything resembling Windows RT, except in very short, carefully controlled circumstances.

  There’s still a lot we don’t know about Windows 8 and Windows RT.

  I have a snapshot of the rollout process in the latest Windows Secrets Newsletter.

  I’ll update this post as new information comes out. I’d like to thank the people who have asked for a summary of this info — MichelZ, and others, great idea, guys — and hope that this takes some of the pressure off the Winunleaked admins.

  I’ll have much more information about the Windows 8 unveiling in Windows Secrets Newsletter this Thursday, and ongoing coverage as real news (as opposed to unattributed speculation!) breaks on InfoWorld Tech Watch. And I’ll update this site as the rumors keep changing.

   

  Windows News Windows 8

• What we still don’t know about the new Windows

  Posted on August 2, 2012 at 21:52 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Lots.

  InfoWorld Tech Watch.

  Windows News Internet Explorer 10, Windows 8, Windows RT

• Where we stand – and where we’re heading – with Windows 8

  Posted on June 29, 2012 at 20:16 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Lots and lots of things happening.

  Windows Secrets Newsletter Top Story.

  Uncategorized Windows 8

• Windows 8 Preview

  Posted on June 14, 2012 at 22:55 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  The best upgrades and oddest quirks.

  InfoWorld Slide Show.

  Windows News Windows 8

• Google Chrome vs IE 10 in Windows 8 Metro

  Posted on June 13, 2012 at 19:11 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  I was stunned by how well Chrome works.

  If you have Windows 8 RP, follow along with the steps in my InfoWorld Tech Watch article. Bet you’ll be surprised!

  Windows News Chrome, Internet Explorer 10, Metro, Windows 8

• Internet Explorer 10

  Posted on June 11, 2012 at 18:41 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Even Microsoft can’t get it right.

  Frustrating. Very frustrating.

  InfoWorld Tech Watch.

  Windows News Internet Explorer 10, Metro Music app, Windows 8

• Flash is on Windows 8, but that’s just part of the story

  Posted on May 30, 2012 at 07:26 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  There are a whole bunch of shoes that have yet to drop.

  InfoWorld Tech Watch.

  Windows News Flash, IE 10, Internet Explorer 10, Metro, Windows 8
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