Windows 8: “Post PC to the limit”

I’ve been out most of the day and any time I have been home there’s no internet (delay with Virgin Media connection :S)

Anywhoo – the big news today is Windows 8. I haven’t kept up with what went down but Engadget has a good introductory article about it (some you may be familiar with already).

http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/13/windows-8-for-tablets-hands-on-preview/

They seem very pleased – calling OSX lion a tease on post PC, with Windows 8 pushing that to the limit, full frontal post PC. They seem to like it a lot.

Why is  this relevant? Well Windows 8 will redefine Microsoft. It is one of the core pillars that would inevitably support the Windows Phone ecosystem – which inevitably is to Nokia’s benefit if they can capitalise on the phone platform and the tablet platform. We know Nokia can make Apple-Grade PCs, check out that Booklet 3G. They could do the same with a tablet and hopefully a transforming tablet-laptop combo (approx 11″)

If Microsoft is PC and the dominant player, it’s good to see they know where the future is going to they won’t become irrelevant in the new, mainly touched based computer interactions.

Here’s a hands on video:

Category: Windows