Microsoft Windows 8 Beta version has been launched

Windows 8 incorporates elements of the Windows Phone into a tablet and desktop setting. Specifically, it largely does away with the standard PC interface in favor of an interactive application web. These applications are displayed as tiles rather than icons and can be customized to, say, show your music, calendar, local weather, investments, and photographs all in one condensed segment – an approach that has been labeled a “Metro” software style.

The new operating system can be used with phones, laptops, tablets, and PCs, and it will automatically use cloud computing to synch profiles between all these devices. But analysts believe that the system is largely targeted – and will find its greatest success – on the tablet platform. After all, the Microsoft Phone already boasts a similar interface and the Windows 7 operating system is popular enough that few users will see the need to upgrade. Some commentators have further questioned whether consumers are ready for such a large-scale overhaul of PC desktops in the first place. 


Windows 8 Consumer Preview Demo

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