Microsoft unveils Windows 8
23.05.12
Or earlier versions when that happens), though that's likely to be well after Windows 8 actually goes on sale.
Microsoft wouldn't give firm dates and didn't reveal pricing or other details in Barcelona. But a very reasonable assumption is the fall.
So what can you expect? Highlights:
As with the developer preview, you notice the dramatic turn in Windows from the very start - even before you get to the newly designed Start screen. At your option, you can log in with a picture password, instead of the standard typed password, by "drawing" a chosen image with your finger on the touch-screen in a predetermined pattern. You can see notifications from Twitter and Facebook.
From the Start screen you can view the weather, appointments, contacts, and more - you get to choose how the information is organized.
Suffice to say it looks very different from your daddy's Windows. At the core of the new operating system is an attractive, customizable user layout called Metro, similar to what folks using the latest Windows Phones see, and based on colorful and dynamic touchable tiles of different sizes rather than standard icons to display information.
Source: WTSP 10 News