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Windows 8 Release Preview coming in June

The most talked about operating system this year has to be Microsofts Windows 8. Its big for a number of reasons - its going to be

April 24, 2012 / 18:10 IST

The most talked about operating system this year has to be Microsoft’s Windows 8. It’s big for a number of reasons - it’s going to be available for desktops as well as tablets. Last year, Microsoft released an early Windows 8 Developer Preview in September. It showed the basic framework of the platform and things finally started taking shape in January. In February, soon after CES 2012, Microsoft released a more public and more complete, Consumer Preview. This preview build had better implementation of the Metro user interface and with many of the bugs ironed out. AllThingsD is reporting that a new release is coming out in the first week of June. The announcement was made by Microsoft’s Windows President, Steven Sinofsky at a developers event in Japan. This release preview as it’s called will be very close to the final release.

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first published: Apr 24, 2012 06:01 pm

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