Microsoft will officially release Windows8 in October

March 20th news, according to foreign media reports, Microsoft will complete all the work before the release of Windows8 this summer, and will sell Windos 8 in October.

Windows 8 has an Intel processor version and an ARM chip version when it was first publicly displayed. Microsoft has promised to be compatible with the above chips. At the time of the show, Microsoft used five devices equipped with ARM processors, compared to 40 models with Intel processors.

This schedule is to cater to the Christmas consumer boom. In the past, touch screen devices, notebooks, and desktops were selling well during this period. Microsoft has been slow to announce that the official sales date of Windows 8 is very clear, in order to recapture the tablet share that was seized by the iPad and boost the sluggish PC market. Because Apple just released a new iPad this month, it brings tremendous pressure and challenges to Microsoft.

Gartner analyst Michael Gartenberg said that if Microsoft misses the September and October deadlines and will completely do nothing in 2012, what Microsoft needs to do is not to bring Windows tablets when the new iPad is hot. Too much time on the pressure.