When was win8 officially released? What's the difference compared with win7?

Bubble net CPU Channel 2065438+00 April 2nd is not only the beginning of a new year, but also the 10th anniversary of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. Generally speaking, for Ballmer and Microsoft, the situation in the past ten years is still quite chaotic: the sales of Windows XP and Vista are quite different, and the sales of Xbox are good, but the performance of Windows Mobile is not improving. On the whole, Microsoft's revenue increased by 163%, and its share price fell by 39%.

In addition, Bing, Windows Mobile, Windows 8, IE9, Midori, Gazelle, Silverlight and "cloud computing" operating systems will all become the top priority of Microsoft's work, and Windows 8 will be the leader of these products. Employees revealed that Win8 was listed in August 20 1 1! Win7 may become a transitional product.

Despite the constant problems since the release of windows7, the media and individuals are applauding windows7. However, after hearing the news that Windows 8 will be released next year (former Microsoft employees leaked Windows 8 or went public in July next year), windows7 has become an excessive product.

According to foreign media reports, former Microsoft employee Green revealed in his MSDN blog that the mainstream support service for Microsoft's next-generation operating system Windows8 will start in July 1 1. Although Microsoft began to develop Windows8 shortly after windows7 went on the market, it was the first time that the release date of Windows 8 was made public. According to the information provided by Green, the mainstream support service of Office20 12 will start on July 2nd, 20 12. In fact, various indications have long indicated that Microsoft will make an all-out effort to sprint the next generation operating system Windows 8 from July 20 10. From the end of last year 10, Microsoft began to recruit relevant personnel. In the past few months, Microsoft has released seven Windows 8 jobs (the future of Windows 8 was predicted in Microsoft recruitment).

However, according to the practice of launching a new operating system every three years, the estimated time for the global release of Windows8 should be 20 12. Perhaps the lack of VISTA delayed Microsoft's plan, and the listing of WIN8 at 20 1 1 may not be groundless.

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Microsoft Win8 research details leak support 128-bit version According to foreign media reports, Microsoft R&D personnel Robert Morgan recently revealed that Windows 8 will launch a version that supports 128-bit computing technology. The news was leaked by Morgan on LinkedIn, a business social networking site.

Windows7 launched by Microsoft will include 32-bit and 64-bit versions. In fact, since Microsoft released the 64-bit version of XP Professional in May 2005, Windows has been supporting 64-bit technology. However, due to the unsuccessful Vista system, 64-bit operating system has not been widely used. Windows8 will launch a version of 128-bit computing architecture.

Morgan said that he was a senior R&D employee of Microsoft. Mainly responsible for the architecture of 128-bit computing technology in Windows 8 kernel and the overall project planning of Windows 9. At present, Morgan's personal information has been deleted by LinkedIn, but related information of Morgan can be searched on Google.

Morgan said in his personal file that he works in the advanced security research and development department, including the strategic planning of medium and long-term projects. He also said that R&D's projects include "Windows 8 kernel compatibility with 128-bit architecture and Windows 9 project planning", and he is also responsible for maintaining relations with major partners such as Intel, AMD, Hewlett-Packard and IBM.

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Win8 Top Ten Improvements Full Preview! Improving the efficiency of netbooks Although windows7 has just come into the market, Microsoft has started to develop Windows 8. Although windows7 is excellent, there are still some fly in the ointment. It is rumored that the following are 10 aspects that Windows 8 needs to improve:

1. Continue to improve security.

Although the security of windows7 has been improved to a certain extent, security is a long-term problem, and Microsoft needs to constantly improve it.

2. Integrate a series of Web applications.

Bing is very successful, Bing Maps is better than Google Maps, and there are email clients. These are excellent network products of Microsoft and should be integrated into Windows 8.

3. Integrate social networking applications

The disappointment of windows7 includes the lack of support for social networking elements, so it needs to be made up in Windows 8.

4. Launch a pure web version

Google will launch Chrome OS system based on web browser next year, and it is certainly impossible for Microsoft to give Google the upper hand in the operating system market. So Windows 8 should include a pure web version.

5. Start a new file system

Windows file system was once brilliant, but now it is no longer effective. Windows 8 provides an opportunity for Microsoft to launch a new file system.

6. Reduce the Windows version

Despite the need to launch a pure web version, Microsoft still hopes to reduce the number of Windows versions and simplify the purchase process.

7. Launch a practical anti-piracy strategy.

For Windows 8, Microsoft should launch a practical anti-piracy strategy to protect legitimate users as much as possible.

8. Improve netbooks

Compared with the standard version of windows7, the basic version of windows7 for netbooks has too many restrictions. I hope that Microsoft will launch a more powerful primary version of Windows 8 to improve the user experience of Windows in netbooks.

9. Improve the networking function in complex environment.

In a complex environment, the networking function of windows7 is still very weak. At present, more and more users have networking devices such as Mac and Windows PC at the same time, hoping that Windows 8 can solve the mixed networking problem.

Avoid repeating the same mistakes. Win8 focuses on anti-piracy technology. Although it is necessary to launch a pure web version of Windows 8, there are few users. At present, Microsoft must still focus on the local desktop system.

Microsoft revealed that the new version of the operating system will implement new anti-piracy measures to completely change the drawbacks of the existing technology and avoid the recurrence of Windows7 anti-piracy defense line being easily broken.

Microsoft is currently recruiting employees to develop Windows SKU. The job is to determine what to keep in different versions of Windows. Microsoft hopes to segment Windows users by releasing different SKUs similar to home edition and professional edition.

At present, there are no more details about the anti-piracy measures of Windows 8, but Microsoft hinted that it will take a different approach, which is expected to be completed in the summer of 20 1 1.

For the current windows7 system, if users use pirated products, the desktop background will turn black and users will be reminded regularly. In addition, there is a watermark reminder on the desktop.

Microsoft will also introduce optional patch updates to fix the built-in activation technology of windows7, which can restore more than 70 cracking methods.

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USB3.0 will become the mainstream of Win8 era. Although USB 3.0 interface has shown obvious speed advantages and is widely expected by users, Intel and AMD chipset will not provide native support for it in the short term. Steve Peterson, the marketing director of Intel chipset product line, was even more outspoken when he attended CeBIT World Congress in Hanover, Germany. He believes that USB 3.0 will really become the mainstream only when Microsoft's next-generation client operating system Windows8 becomes popular.

Windows7 was released at the end of last year 10, when its successor was already on the development agenda. According to the current general forecast, Windows 8 is expected to be released as early as the end of 20 1 1, but it may have to wait until 20 12 years, which is also in line with Microsoft's product roadmap.

Steve Peterson revealed that Intel is cooperating with Microsoft to ensure that Windows 8 can fully support USB 3.0, but Intel will not be blindly optimistic about the mainstream popularity of new technologies. In the next few years, only high-end PCs will be equipped with USB 3.0 interface.

There is also news that windows7 SP 1 will begin to support USB 3.0, but Microsoft has not denied or confirmed it. Of course, if it comes true, it will definitely promote the popularity of USB 3.0 to a great extent.

Netizens in some domestic (operating system) forums posted that the next generation operating system after windows7 is not Windows 8, but Windows 20 13. Netizens who hold this view believe that Windows 8 is only the development code of Windows 20 13.

Isn't the name of Windows 8 "Windows 8"? Yes! It is really possible that the name of Windows 8 is not Windows 8, but Windows 20 13.

Microsoft Windows system can be released in two ways, one is in alphabetical order (Windows XP/Vista); The other is through numbers. According to quantity, it can be divided into two situations. One is according to the system release version (such as Windows 1.0/2.0/3.0/7, which is a more general statement), and the other is according to the release year (such as Windows 95/98/2000/2003/2008).

According to the annual interval of letters and numbers, the Microsoft operating system basically changes its name every three years. (The exceptions are Windows 98 to Windows 2000, Windows 2000 to Windows XP, and the time interval is more than two years, which is not a strict three-year time limit. )

It can be inferred that a beta version of Windows 8 will appear around the end of 20 12 after the release of windows7 (or Microsoft will let users such as MSDN conduct internal invitation tests as before). At this time, the name of Windows 8 of 20 13 will appear in the official information.