Robert from our team has pulled together some more screenshots from the first public Windows 8 build that was released last week at the Microsoft Developer conference.
About Everton
Everton is based in London and has worked in the internet and mobile space for over ten years now, and before that worked in corporate strategy and consulting. He has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University, and currently runs the Portal and online operations for one of the largest ISPs in the UK. He also writes for Windows 7 News, Connected Internet and One Tip A Day.We’ll be publishing screenshots of all the new features we can find in Windows 8 Pre-Beta in the days to come, starting with the Windows 8 installation screenshots below.
Download a pre-beta copy of Windows 8 – click on the relevant like below. As this is an early build of Windows 8, it is not recommended that you install this on a production machine as it might not be stable enough.
Is this the end of the DVD Drive? Dolby reveal that Windows 8 will not include inbuilt DVD Support.
Mosaic adds Windows 8 Metro UI widgets to the Windows 7 desktop, and Mosaic Mango Edition gives the widgets a Windows Phone 7 Mango look & feel.
Pulmon brings the tile based Metro UI to the Windows 7 operating system.
We are now accepting guest posts from our readers. You can submit guest posts either for this site, but also for our sister site Windows 7 News.
I’ve just discovered that their was a problem with the splogger protection on the new Windows 8 Forum, that was blocking ALL registrations. If you tried to register earlier, please [...]
We’d like to announce that we’ve created a new Windows 8 Forum to make it easier for readers to connect with other readers and to start their own topics and discussions.
We’ve found another Windows 8 Theme to help you fill the gap until you can run Windows 8 legally as part of the Windows 8 testing program.
Impressive Windows 8 Tablet Concept, Windows Slate 8′, that attempts to combine the power of Windows 7 with the simplicity of Windows Phone 7.
We don’t need to change the name of this site; Microsoft finally confirm that Windows 8 will be the name of the OS to replace Windows 7.
We were contacted today by one of our readers who has installed the latest Windows 8 Build 7989 on his tablet. Below are the screenshots that we were sent along with some commentary for each exclusive screenshot.
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Latest Build – Windows 8 Pre-Beta
Windows 8 Download Center
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Microsoft: Windows 8 Will Have Plug-in Backdoor
February 1, 2012
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Microsoft Highlights Windows 8 File Management Improvements
January 31, 2012
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Could There be Just One Edition of Windows 8?
January 29, 2012
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Windows 8 Now Stable on ARM – On The Way To Developers Soon
January 28, 2012
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Microsoft: No Custom Metro UI Backgrounds In Windows 8
January 28, 2012
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Microsoft: No Custom Metro UI Backgrounds In Windows 8
January 28, 2012
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Windows Store Details Revealed In Latest Development Update
January 21, 2012
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Microsoft Talks About Sensor Support In Windows 8
January 24, 2012
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Will the Windows 8 Beta be the “Consumer Preview”
January 24, 2012
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Microsoft Talks About Mobile Networks In Windows 8
January 21, 2012





