






Windows 8 Upgarde
Microsoft is currently selling Windows 8 upgrades via pre-order.



HTC Windows Phone 8X



Sources: Microsoft, FT [analyst estimates]

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By Reclaimer77 on 10/19/2012 3:20:02 PM , Rating: 2
We have hardware that in 1995 would seem like science fiction but the interface is almost exactly the same.

No offense but this is hyperbole. MS didn't change the Windows8 UI because they suddenly came up with a better way. They did it so they didn't have to write two different operating systems in their entirety.

Windows 8 is optimized for touch first, not keyboard and mouse. So your argument doesn't really add up on the desktop. Sure we have faster hardware, so what? We still have the same "basic" UI format because it's been proven to be THE most productive and intuitive by far.

I'm not sure how throwing the Metro UI on Windows OS is some "innovation", but that's just me. It's different though.

And sadly our hardware isn't that good. Science fiction predicted by the year 2000's we would have virtual reality out the wazoo and hover cars and our computers would be able to become "sentient". Not quite there yet :P

