Hello again, thought it was about time I posted on here again.
Ok so next month is Microsoft’s BUILD developer conference in which they will be showing many of the new features in the upcoming Windows 8 and they will be also be handing out a developer preview build to people attending much like they did at PDC in 2008 with Windows 7, Inevitably this build will be leaked and I’ll be sure to install it onto one of my PC’s to try it out.
Now earlier this year Microsoft demoed the new home screen which will be in Windows 8 which uses the METRO interface from Windows Phone and Zune which is a Beautiful interface in my opinion, now from the looks of things at the moment its primly focused towards touch interface but of course will be perfectly useable with a mouse and keyboard, I’m not sure how well this will work but I’m going to reserve my judgement until I ACTUALLY BLOODY USE IT unlike a bunch of tech” journalists” who have been WHINEING on and on about how it’s going to use up too much RAM and it won’t be practical and “it’s another Vista” (Vista was bloody good ok FAR better than XP, Windows 7 was built on top of Vista and you all like that now don’t you?) In all likelihood Windows 8 will have the same or lower memory footprint than Windows 7 and if you’re still only using 1GB of RAM for god sake buy some more!! Its dirt cheap now you have absolutely no excuse not to and if you don’t like it well bloody well turn it off and stop your bitching no one will force you to use it, but of course if your system is low spec it will be turned off by default. The new home screen in windows 8 is just another layer to the OS it’s not removing the UI that was in Windows 7, it’s all still there. Ok maybe to you it’s a step in the wrong direction but here’s why it think it’s not.
I’ve been running Windows Phone 7 now for the past three months after upgrading from my HTC HD2 (which I had running Android) to a HD7. The METRO interface is just superb it so fluid, clean and runs lightning fast!
It is by far the best phone OS I have used in my mind WP7 is a joy to use and I would strongly recommend it anyone else , it just works and without messing about trying to get things to work or set up correctly, though I have to say I do miss some of the customizability and complicatedness that came with Android and Windows Mobile 6.5.3. When I first got the phone I was on the first build of WP7 which wasn’t without its failings, there was not cut and paste which drove me mad and there were a few bugs which could be a problem for me from time to time but this is all expected when dealing with a new OS it’s going to be rough around the edges at first and that’s part of the fun. Since then Microsoft have updated WP7 quite often and latest of which is being pushed out next month Mango (build 7.10.7720) which is a major update bringing over 500 new features (sorry but can’t be aresed to find them all) I’ve been running the Mango beta on my phone for the past month without a single hitch and last week I updated to the RTM build which leaked on the 12th. After using WP7 with its tile based home screen which is pretty similar to what the Windows 8 home screen will be I think it will be fantastic to use on tablets but I’m not too sure about using it with a mouse and keyboard but we will see next month hopefully.
Peace and love,
Samson
