Windows President Steven Sinofsky subsequently made the official date announcement at Microsoft's annual sales meeting. RTM took place in August; that means release to manufacturing, essentially the date at which the bods at Microsoft shout "it's finished", the code goes gold and it gets sent to the disc pressing plants.
That long-awaited operating system will be available in all of the major territories as a downloadable upgrade or to buy in store on that launch date, a mere 14 weeks away. Reller also revealed Microsoft has sold million Windows 7 licenses to date - 30 million extra sales over the company's previous announcement in June. North America. Audio player loading…. Retrieved 5 May Windows 8 Consumer Preview. Retrieved March 1, Retrieved The Verge.
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February Retrieved on Windows 8 Beta Retrieved 24 February PC World. Ars Technica. SuperSite for Windows. Retrieved April 10, October Maximum PC. MSDN Blogs. Retrieved 15 August Retrieved 4 June May 9, Computerworld UK. London: guardian. To return the PC to its pre-Windows 8 state, you must reinstall the older operating system, and restore applications and data from a backup. You did do a backup before upgrading, right? This is the single-most-likely snafu of the Release Preview.
If you don't believe us, just do a search for "uninstall Windows 8" and count the results. Microsoft has tried to be clearer about that this time around by posting a caveat labeled "Important" on the download page. Users who need to reinstall Windows 7 after dumping Windows 8 can refer to Microsoft's guide , or watch a video published by WinBeta last March. When does the Release Preview expire? Like the Consumer Preview, on January 15, Starting from the expiration date, you may not be able to access any unsaved data used with the software.
Any applications you receive through the Windows Store will also cease to be available to you in future versions, unless they are made available for re-download and you re-acquire them. You may not receive any other notice. By the expiration date, of course Windows 8's final better be available. Or, failing that -- or a decision to not buy the operating system -- you can reinstall the prior OS. Has Microsoft listened to users who have complained about the disappearance of the Start button?
Microsoft officials have said that they will include a tutorial to get users comfortable with the Start screen -- and presumably, the omission of the Start button -- but whatever Microsoft has planned isn't in the Release Preview.
Although the Windows Media Center will be a for-a-fee add-on to Windows 8 Pro -- Microsoft hasn't said how much -- the company's giving it away during the Release Preview period. The "hotspots" in the corners of the Windows 8 desktop seem to be more reliable, in that mouse movements to the lower left and lower right corners -- for returning to the Start screen and pulling up the Charms menu -- don't need to be as precise as in the Consumer Preview.
The Release Preview also has added gesture support for trackpads, the kind embedded in most notebooks' cases, according to Windows blogger Paul Thurrott. However, Thurrott reported that support for trackpad gestures -- think of the kind that Apple offers on its MacBook Pro and MacBook Air lines -- will be available only on new Windows 8 notebooks, and not likely to be supported by current Windows 7 laptops. Trackpad support, though perhaps no replacement for a true touchscreen, could go a long way to quieting complaints about Windows 8's Metro interface and its gesture-first UI.
Previously, Microsoft had said it would ban all plug-ins, including Flash , from the Metro version of IE10 in Windows 8, with the company's biggest browser executive saying plug-ins were "not a good match with Metro style browsing. All of their settings, data and apps will carry over, according to a spokesperson for the company. Users will also be able to decide for themselves when they would like to perform the update on their devices. Free CP Newsletters Join over , others to get the top stories curated daily, plus special offers!
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