Microsoft Windows 8 official version listed as soon as one year later

At the Build Developer Conference, Microsoft revealed more information related to Windows 8. Microsoft did not disclose the specific time of the official release of Windows 8 at the conference, but the industry believes that it may take at least a year.

Microsoft executives took turns to demonstrate the new features of Windows 8 yesterday. According to the demo, we can know that Windows 8 will adopt the Metro user interface, compatible with Windows 7 applications, faster startup, lower hardware configuration requirements, and built-in Windows Store.

The industry's initial impression of Windows 8 is very good, and now when it is officially listed has become the focus of users. Steven ·, senior vice president of Microsoft's Windows 7 division; Sinowski gave some rough information at the Build conference.

He revealed that the next milestone for Windows 8 will be the Beta user beta, then the RC (Release Candidate) candidate, then the RTM version (Release.to.Manufacturing), and finally the GA official version. He stressed that the final release of the official version of Windows 8 will be based on its "quality factor" instead of "time factor".

In fact, he revealed that the Windows 8 release process is similar to Windows 7. Microsoft launched the Windows 7 pre-installed version in October 2008, but the official version of Windows 7 did not officially be introduced to the market until November 2009, a year later, during which it took more than a year.

Based on this, the industry believes that Microsoft may not be able to launch the official version of Windows 8 until the fall of 2012, but if something goes wrong in the middle, the final launch time may be postponed until 2013.

However, it is worth mentioning that Steve Felice, president of Dell Consumers and SMBs, said on Tuesday that Microsoft may launch Windows 8 in October 2012. . In the early May, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer revealed at the Developer Forum in Tokyo that Microsoft will launch the next generation Windows system next year.