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brotkasten · Sep 13, 2011

This is so Zune 5.0. Except, it's not called Zune. :lol

Vandiger · Sep 13, 2011

This looks very nice on a tablet, not sure I'd like this on my laptop/desktop.

Vanillalite · Sep 13, 2011

D4Danger said:
use a virtual machine

Good call!!!!!! I am so hyped I forgot about virtualbox.

ZombieFred · Sep 13, 2011

Looks like I know what I will be doing at work with the network manager, having two of our tablets to test out this build. HYPE!

enzo_gt · Sep 13, 2011

9:28
MJF: The concept of sharing via "Contracts" is something we don't know a lot about yet... more to come this week. It's about how two apps can communicate without knowing about each other

Interesting.

mclaren777 · Sep 13, 2011

I don't care about any of this crap.

Show me Explorer!!

MNC · Sep 13, 2011

So is this only an OS for tablets?

infinityBCRT · Sep 13, 2011

"don't launch bing, don't launch bing."

LOL.

Vanillalite · Sep 13, 2011

LOL.... imagine the file browser metro style browsing some of the insane pr0n folders some GAFers have admitted to having. LOLOLOLOLOL

cbox · Sep 13, 2011

They shoulda practiced this :/

RS4- · Sep 13, 2011

Ugh, that tablet. Need it

show me your skeleton · Sep 13, 2011

haha 'don't show it... skip it'.

D4Danger · Sep 13, 2011

MNC said:
So is this only an OS for tablets?

No. It's for everything that runs Windows. Desktops, laptops, tablets (probably phones as well in the future)

bananas · Sep 13, 2011

Syncing all your profile information?

That's hot.

RubxQub · Sep 13, 2011

Wow, this whole presentation is hacked together :lol

Jesus christ, get better people and be more prepared for these kinds of demos. I can't help but think they're a lot further away than it looks given all this weird dancing they are doing.

DopeyFish · Sep 13, 2011

xbulletholes said:
haha 'don't show it... skip it'.

makes it seem she had something a little... too... personal in there lol

clav · Sep 13, 2011

developers developers developers

HarryDemeanor · Sep 13, 2011

Trot Ballmer out there to get the crowd pumping.

Zombie James · Sep 13, 2011

I want to understand how that UI works with a mouse.

harSon · Sep 13, 2011

MNC said:
So is this only an OS for tablets?

They have a monopoly hold on the Desktop/Laptop OS market, and people are going to purchase the OS directly or indirectly of what they show. It makes sense that they focus on an industry they're trying to break into.

Fersis · Sep 13, 2011

"ARM based machine ..."

* Crowd goes wild *

ZombieFred · Sep 13, 2011

dream · Sep 13, 2011

When he's talking about the innovative way apps communicate with each other, isn't he basically talking about OLE and DDE from circa Windows 3.1?

ColtraineGF · Sep 13, 2011

If you want to watch the stream in VLC:

Open Network Stream -> http://mfile.akamai.com/125013/live/reflector:52976.asx

clav · Sep 13, 2011

ColtraineGF said:
If you want to watch the stream in VLC:

Open Network Stream -> http://mfile.akamai.com/125013/live/reflector:52976.asx

I'll add to OP.

I think you can use Windows Media Player as well.

GloomyHitsuji · Sep 13, 2011

Anyone tempted to buy a touchscreen monitor because of the tricks they're pulling off on the tablets?

ColtraineGF · Sep 13, 2011

Oh, well that settles that. Use whatever language you want to write apps.

brotkasten · Sep 13, 2011

GloomyHitsuji said:
Anyone tempted to buy a touchscreen monitor because of the tricks they're pulling off on the tablets?

Not really. Touchscreen monitors are (literally) a pain to use, if you don't get close to them and tilt them. I'd rather have a tablet.

DavieC726 · Sep 13, 2011

GloomyHitsuji said:
Anyone tempted to buy a touchscreen monitor because of the tricks they're pulling off on the tablets?

*raises hand* yes. I'll wait until W8 is out though

Vestal · Sep 13, 2011

ColtraineGF said:
Oh, well that settles that. Use whatever language you want to write apps.

Its a bold fucking move.. I am hesistant to jump on board, need to see exactly how this new universal api will pan out.

bananas · Sep 13, 2011

LET'S BULD SOME MOTHER FUCKIN' APPS!

D4Danger · Sep 13, 2011

JavaScript as a first class citizen

*sheds a tear* my baby's all grown up

clav · Sep 13, 2011

Keep Antoine on stage.

StudioTan · Sep 13, 2011

Remember when apps were called "programs"?

mclaren777 · Sep 13, 2011

GloomyHitsuji said:
Anyone tempted to buy a touchscreen monitor because of the tricks they're pulling off on the tablets?

No. Absolutely not.

mouse > touch

Burger · Sep 13, 2011

Horace Dediu said:
Wait, what? Win8 tablet review: "However, fan noise is very noticeable, as is the heat coming out of the top vent"

Wait, what?

bananas · Sep 13, 2011

StudioTan said:
Remember when apps were called "programs"?

You mean Progs?

Vanillalite · Sep 13, 2011

brotkasten said:
Not really. Touchscreen monitors are (literally) a pain to use, if you don't get close to them and tilt them I'd rather have a tablet.

Ditto. Basically what people want is a tablet that happens to have a docking station if need be.

HarryDemeanor · Sep 13, 2011

GloomyHitsuji said:
Anyone tempted to buy a touchscreen monitor because of the tricks they're pulling off on the tablets?

No. It'd be a waste of money to me since I would be using my keyboard and mouse 99% of the time. I'd buy a tablet instead for the touch features.

Man · Sep 13, 2011

I get stressed listening to the Visual Studio demoer. Sounds like he is about to sneeze or cry or something.

clav · Sep 13, 2011

bananas said:
You mean Progs?

Or executables?

An-Det · Sep 13, 2011

Vestal said:
Its a bold fucking move.. I am hesistant to jump on board, need to see exactly how this new universal api will pan out.

It is, but if it works out, goddamn it'll be awesome.

D4Danger said:
JavaScript as a first class citizen

*sheds a tear* my baby's all grown up

JS will only ever be 3/5's of a true citizen.

ColtraineGF · Sep 13, 2011

The chart, for those who didn't see it before.

bedlamite · Sep 13, 2011

This would make a killer tablet OS, but as a desktop OS to be used with a mouse? No. Doesn't 8 have a more traditional alternate UI?

Calisto Glory · Sep 13, 2011

So can someone make a round up on all important facts?

Vanillalite · Sep 13, 2011

I wonder how hard it'll be to create an app that works on both x86 and arm. Think of all of the apps that are x86 apps now that aren't on arm based tablets now.

Emily Chu · Sep 13, 2011

metrotize me captan

dude · Sep 13, 2011

bedlamite said:
This would make a killer tablet OS, but as a desktop OS to be used with a mouse? No. Doesn't 8 have a more traditional alternate UI?

He's using the more traditional UI right now.

clav · Sep 13, 2011

bedlamite said:
This would make a killer tablet OS, but as a desktop OS to be used with a mouse? No. Doesn't 8 have a more traditional alternate UI?

Aero still exists if you haven't noticed.

HammerOfThor · Sep 13, 2011

So will Windows 8 have the option to have a normal desktop similar to Win 7? I wanna know how this looks on a desktop. Unless it only touch/tablet/mobile

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