Microsoft Introduces Windows 8 at CES 2011

Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 10:26 pm

Found this article and thought I would share it.

Microsoft introduced the next version of Windows for the first time ever at the 2011 International Electronics Consumer Show in Las Vegas on January 5th, 2011.

It’s important to underline from the get go that neither Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer nor Steven Sinofsky, president of the Windows and Windows Live Division at Microsoft have actually used the “Windows 8” moniker.

Instead, they both referred to the next version of Windows, and the fact of the matter is that the actual brand for Windows 7’s successor is not yet decided.

However, Windows 8 has become somewhat of the de facto label for Windows vNext, and its usage is already widespread, so we might as well go with it.

Just ahead of Ballmer’s opening keynote address at CES 2011, the Redmond company provided the first demonstration of Windows 8, the first time ever that the software giant has done it.

Let’s just hope that Microsoft is gearing up to say more and more about the forthcoming major iteration of the Windows client in the future. It’s about time, by any accounts.

Windows 8’s first public appearance was all about platform support and not much of anything else.

Both Sinofsky and Ballmer stressed support for System on a Chip (SoC) architectures with the next version of Windows. And yes, this does mean that Windows 8 will play nice with ARM-based systems.

“With today’s announcement, we’re showing the flexibility and resiliency of Windows through the power of software and a commitment to world-class engineering. We continue to evolve Windows to deliver the functionality customers demand across the widest variety of hardware platforms and form factors,” Sinofsky said.

Chip makers such as NVIDIA, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments will be working closely with the Redmond company in order to offer for the first time ever ARM-based designs for the Windows client.

At the same time, the software giant stresses its continued support for existing architectures, with the promise that its partners will deliver the widest possible set of devices, making sure that customers have something they don’t from rivals, choice.

Both Intel and AMD are hard at work pushing x86 platforms forward, while also focusing on new low-power systems and new designs including the 2nd Generation Intel Core and AMD’s Fusion accelerated processing units (APUs).

“At today’s announcement, Microsoft demonstrated the next version of Windows running on new SoC platforms from Intel running on x86 architecture and from NVIDIA, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments on ARM architecture.

“The technology demonstration included Windows client support across a range of scenarios, such as hardware-accelerated graphics and media playback, hardware-accelerated Web browsing with the latest Microsoft Internet Explorer, USB device support, printing and other features customers have come to expect from their computing experience.

“Microsoft Office running natively on ARM was also shown as a demonstration of the potential of Windows platform capabilities on ARM architecture,” Microsoft revealed.

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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Introduced-Windows-8-at-CES-2011-with-Support-for-System-on-a-Chip-Architectures-176473.shtml

Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 11:23 pm

Thanks jameshotwire , its first im hearing of it ,very interesting ,il look it up , cheers!

Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 11:35 pm

I had no clue, things become obsolete so quickly these days. I remember when i got my first bike, It was the coolest things for years, and Atari 2600. Thanks for the info. Cool

Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 4:58 am

JamesHotwire wrote:

Chip makers such as NVIDIA, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments will be working closely with the Redmond company in order to offer for the first time ever ARM-based designs for the Windows client.

This sounds particularly promising..as long as they don't forget about the rest of us.

Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 5:04 am

WhiteViper wrote:

This sounds particularly promising..as long as they don't forget about the rest of us.

With the new DRM approved CPUs and hardware they have forgot about us ...

OH WAIT, they HAVEN'T forgot about us. They WON'T forget about us.

Evil or Very Mad

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Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 8:30 am

PA3 wrote:

WhiteViper wrote:

This sounds particularly promising..as long as they don't forget about the rest of us.

With the new DRM approved CPUs and hardware they have forgot about us ...

OH WAIT, they HAVEN'T forgot about us. They WON'T forget about us.

Evil or Very Mad

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??

ARM not DRM

Without getting technical ARM is the thing that runs most low powered devices that run off a processor, like MP3 players, DVD players, Set Top Boxes, Phones etc etc. So far other than embedded OSes, Linux was the only one that supported ARM processors. There are a bunch of Linux distros that run on it. This is not counting Windows CE, Symbian OS, Apple iOS, Android etc which, after all, were written for it.

Theoretically this means that windows 8 itself could run on your mobile phone. No scaled down mobile version. Practically this could be some time away. What it could do though is allow you to connect your PC/Laptop to your Dvd Player or Music System or whatever just using a USB cable, since windows will now understand how to send the data so the processor on your DVD player will understand it. No more A/V ,HDMI blah blah cables...and the quality is preserved 100%. No loss even due to signal noise, since transmission is now digital, literally.

I will have to read more to understand what it truly implies, cause this thread is the first I've heard of it too. Even so, it's obvious, the implications of getting windows into the "System on a Chip" mold are pretty huge.

Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 9:33 am

So Soon? Have they decided Windows (7) was a flop just like Vista?

Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 9:58 am

I don't think it's coming out anytime soon.

Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 10:40 am

WhiteViper wrote:

PA3 wrote:

WhiteViper wrote:

...as long as they don't forget about the rest of us.

With the new DRM approved CPUs and hardware they have forgot about us ...

OH WAIT, they HAVEN'T forgot about us. They WON'T forget about us.

Evil or Very Mad

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ARM not DRM
...

DRM nor ARM Shocked

Maybe you haven't, but now you can ...
Read this! Idea

Intel’s Sandy Bridge chip to offer built-in DRM
http://ces2011.techradar.com/2011/01/intels-sandy-bridge-chip-to-offer-built-in-drm/

Intel's Sandy Bridge sucks up to Hollywood with DRM
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1934536/intels-sandy-bridge-sucks-hollywood-drm

Intel Builds Sandy Bridge With a DRM Tollbooth
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/71568.html

This not only suXX, but is pure evil! Evil or Very Mad

Beware

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Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 12:47 pm

GraphikalDesign wrote:

So Soon? Have they decided Windows (7) was a flop just like Vista?

I don't think it was a flop, M$ just hates being years behind linux Laughing

Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 1:15 pm

PA3 wrote:

DRM nor ARM Shocked

Maybe you haven't, but now you can ...
Read this! Idea

Intel’s Sandy Bridge chip to offer built-in DRM
http://ces2011.techradar.com/2011/01/intels-sandy-bridge-chip-to-offer-built-in-drm/

Intel's Sandy Bridge sucks up to Hollywood with DRM
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1934536/intels-sandy-bridge-sucks-hollywood-drm

Intel Builds Sandy Bridge With a DRM Tollbooth
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/71568.html

This not only suXX, but is pure evil! Evil or Very Mad

Beware

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That's interesting. Really is. But it's not related. That could happen even if you ran such a processor with windows 7, perhaps even XP. And it has not to do with ARM processors.

If that does happen, AMD should see a rise in sales. Also, someone will eventually find a way around it.

Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 3:43 pm

I had an email from some Microsoft tech guy about Windows 8 with a few links in it, should still be in my inbox so will copy and paste it if there's any further info in it ......

Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 4:01 pm

WhiteViper wrote:

That's interesting. Really is ... That could happen even if you ran such a processor with windows 7, perhaps even XP ...
If that does happen, AMD should see a rise in sales. Also, someone will eventually find a way around it.

Yes, has nothing to do with W8 (windows 8 or w~eight = wait Wink

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But I thought I fill you in on the information!
With this CPU they (the evil powers) could "infiltrate" every OS not only the windooze stuff. Help!

I hope that people will be smart enough again to buy AMD CPU if this bullcrap comes thru. Clue Hammer

Finding a workaround on hardware most off the times means slower working speed. Owned!

I hope they put this idea where the sun don't shine Cool

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Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 9:14 pm

cbilljones wrote:

GraphikalDesign wrote:

So Soon? Have they decided Windows (7) was a flop just like Vista?

I don't think it was a flop, M$ just hates being years behind linux Laughing

Ha! Yes Sir!