Till day before we are in imagination now it was not
really clear when Microsoft’s upcoming operating system Windows 8 would available
for all. We have seen lots of estimates in the past based on the views that
Microsoft revealed about the release process. Especially the announcement that
it would be available three years after Windows 7 was helpful in this regard, as it
allowed us to off the curtain to the last quarter of 2012.
According to Microsoft’s Tami Reller, the company
will release the Windows 8 RTM in the first week of August, and the retail
version at the end of October. This has just been announced at the Worldwide Partner conference in Toronto which is
currently available as a Life stream on the Digital Worldwide Partner Community
website (please note that Microsoft Silverlight is required to watch the live
footage).
A release in October
2012 basically means that Windows 8 will exactly be released three years after
the release of Windows 7, which as we all knew has been made available in
October 2009 for the very first time.
Existing Windows users from that moment on have
until January 31, 2013 to take advantage of the upgrade promotion to upgrade their current version of the operating system to Windows 8
Pro. This offer is valid for all versions of Windows XP, Windows Vista and
Windows 7. Differences exist in the data that users can migrate when they
upgrade to Windows8.
All users can
migrate their personal files, while Vista and Windows 7 users can migrate
operating system settings, and Windows 7 users installed applications.
A release in
October, or the availability of devices running Windows 8 in October, ensures
that the operating system will be available for the important holiday season.
It also gives us a great opportunity to compare the popularity of the operating
system with its predecessor Windows 7.
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