Windows 8 expected to be released on October 28? (rumor)

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Home › Windows 8 expected to be released on October 28? (rumor)

by Ron on July 11, 2012 - 09:47am

A new report suggests that Microsoft will make available Windows 8 to the general public on Sunday the 28th of October. This report is based on an anonymous source who works at an OEM. Regardless if this is true or not, Microsoft is expected to release Windows 8 at the end of October.

Citing an anonymous OEM source, Bouweenpc.nl is claiming that Windows 8 will reach general availability on the 28th of October, which coincides with what Microsoft has stated about a "late-October" release. Of course, this is a rumor so take it for what its worth. This is the same website that claims Microsoft Office 2013 Consumer Preview is to be expected in late July.

During Microsoft's annual Worldwide Partner Conference, the company officially announced that Windows 8, the company's next generation operating system, will reach Release to Manufacturing (RTM) first week of August. Windows 8 will reach general availability by the end of October.

Thanks to T. Hochstenbach for sending this in.

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Windows 8 reaches 8513, RTM getting ever so closer

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Home › Windows 8 reaches 8513, RTM getting ever so closer

by Zac on July 13, 2012 - 07:15am

According a source familiar with Microsoft, Windows 8 has reached build 8513. This build was compiled on the 12/07/2012, which makes that yesterday. Microsoft compiling builds means they are still fixing and tweaking things, and it also means we're getting close to RTM. Not long now!

Not build 8513

Build 8513 is 913 more builds from that of Windows 7. We know Microsoft like to jump builds, but if they were building in chronological order, 913 is correct. Anyway, Windows 8 has hit build 8513, which indicates that Microsoft still aren't done with Windows 8.

Windows 8 should hit RTM pretty soon, it could even happen next week. Microsoft recently announced that Windows 8 is expected to hit RTM in August, that technically isn't true. The company will compile the RTM in July, but will announce and release to OEM's in August, just like Windows 7.

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Microsoft to drop retail version of Windows 8, offer OEM and Upgrade only? (rumor)

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Home › Microsoft to drop retail version of Windows 8, offer OEM and Upgrade only? (rumor)

by Ron on July 13, 2012 - 07:31am

A new report suggests that Microsoft is planning on dropping retail boxes of Windows 8 in favor of just an Upgrade package and OEM package. This new rumor comes along with another rumor that Windows 8 is expected to be officially released on October 28th.

According to the report, Microsoft will offer the Windows 8 Upgrade package for $39.99 and the Windows 8 System Builder Kit (OEM), which consumers can purchase online. Microsoft has already made it a point to emphasis the Windows 8 Upgrade special for just $39.99. Is this just a big rumor or is it practical? We will have to wait and see. Microsoft has already detailed its Upgrade plans for Windows XP, Vista, and 7.

A recent report suggests that Microsoft will make available Windows 8 to the general public on Sunday the 28th of October. This report is based on an anonymous source who works at an OEM. Regardless if this is true or not, Microsoft is expected to release Windows 8 at the end of October.

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Windows 8 to reach RTM first week of August, general availability by October

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Home › Windows 8 to reach RTM first week of August, general availability by October

by Ron on July 09, 2012 - 07:11am

During Microsoft's annual Worldwide Partner Conference, the company officially announced that Windows 8, the company's next generation operating system, will reach Release to Manufacturing (RTM) first week of August. Windows 8 will reach general availability by the end of October.

"For the first time, we provided details on Windows 8 availability. Windows 8 is on track to Release to Manufacturing (RTM) the first week of August. For enterprise customers with Software Assurance benefits, they will have full access to Windows 8 bits as early as August," Microsoft stated in an official blog post. This quells a lot of rumors about when Windows 8 would be officially released. Now we know straight from Microsoft. Everyone ready for Windows 8's August release?

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Microsoft details File History feature in Windows 8, continuously protects personal files

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Home › Microsoft details File History feature in Windows 8, continuously protects personal files

by Ron on July 10, 2012 - 08:27am

In a new Building Windows 8 blog post, Microsoft details the new File History feature in Windows 8. This new feature is more powerful that Windows Backup and Restore (found in Windows 7) and offers a cool new way to continuously protect personal files.

Microsoft understands that using a backup tool is not really all that popular. In fact, less than 5% of consumer PCs use Windows Backup. Even if statistics tally up third party backup tool use, less than 50% of computers are backed up. Microsoft hopes to change this with the new File History feature in Windows 8.

"File History only saves copies of files that are in your libraries, contacts, favorites, and on your desktop. If you have folders elsewhere that you want backed up, you can add them to one of your existing libraries or create a new library," Microsoft explains.
Simply open File History from the Control Panel, and then click On. Microsoft recommends the use of an external drive for File History backup.

Restoring a file is very easy as well. "With File History, the search starts right in Windows Explorer. You can browse to a specific location and click or tap on the History button in the explorer ribbon in order to see all versions of the selected library, folder or an individual file," Microsoft explains.

File History will run once an hour and runs silently in the background. It also requires minimal setup. As far as cloud storage goes, File History is designed specifically for consumers and does not support cloud storage in this release. "File History silently protects all of your important files stored in Libraries, Desktop, Favorites and Contacts. Once turned on, it requires no effort at all to protect your data. When you lose a file or just need to find an original version of a picture or a specific version of a resume, all versions of your files are available. With the File History restore application you can find it quickly and effortlessly," Microsoft adds. Take a look at the demo video below:

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Microsoft hopes to sell 'a few million' Windows 8 Surface tablets in 2013

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Home › Microsoft hopes to sell 'a few million' Windows 8 Surface tablets in 2013

by Ron on July 09, 2012 - 04:04pm

During the Worldwide Partner Conference keynote, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer stated that the company was hoping to sell a "few million Surface PCs" in the coming year. Ballmer also believes that there will be 375 million Windows PCs sold in the next 12 months.

According to the report, Steve Ballmer believes that Microsoft will sell a few million Windows 8 Surface tablets in 2013. By stating this during a keynote, it clearly showcases how Microsoft is planning a big push for the Surface tablet. Ballmer also has high hopes for the Windows platform in terms of sales. "Ballmer also said that according to estimates, there will be 375 million Windows PCs sold in the next 12 months. His implication was there would still be lots of OEMs making Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows RT (Windows on ARM) machines, too," the report states. With Microsoft's recent purchase of large-screen multi-touch display vendor Perceptive Pixel, will we be seeing a large push towards this product and will Ballmer's estimates be right?

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Windows Server 2012 to hit RTM in the first week of August

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Home › Windows Server 2012 to hit RTM in the first week of August

by Ron on July 10, 2012 - 08:09am

During Microsoft's annual Worldwide Partner Conference, the company officially announced that Windows 8, the company's next generation operating system, will reach Release to Manufacturing (RTM) first week of August. Now, Microsoft reveals that Windows Server 2012 will hit RTM at the same time.

"Windows Server 2012 will be a focus of attention at the event, of course, and it is nearing final release. In fact, at the conference we are announcing that Windows Server 2012 will be released to manufacturing in the first week of August. The code will be complete and we will begin delivering it to our hardware partners. Then, the product will be generally available to customers worldwide through multiple channels in September," Microsoft announced via a blog post. Windows Server 2012 will hit RTM in the first week of August and general availability will be in September. Microsoft also revealed that Windows Server 2012 pre-release builds were downloaded over 500,000 times.

Microsoft believes that Windows Server 2012 is the biggest and most transformational server release they have ever had. "It’s not just the great advances we’ve made in storage, networking and virtualization. What’s most transformational is the change of identity. In past, we always viewed Windows Server as an operating system for a single server," Microsoft adds. Not anymore. Windows Server 2012 will now be viewed as a cloud operating system.

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