Windows 8 - what we know so far?

There is only so little time left till the launch of Windows 8, so we wanted to sum up everything we know about this new gen Microsoft operating system. Last week Windows 8 went RTM (release to manufacturing) which is the last stage of development before release.

These are the packages for the two Windows 8 versions (The Verge)

1. Versions & Pricing - Windows 8 has revealed that the release date of this OS is on October 26th. Also revealed the price which is going to be 39.99 $ for a upgrade - this is going to last to January 31 and then the price is going to get bigger. Windows 8 is going to standard ship in 2 versions - Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro.





2. Metro UI? Not so much... - As you probably know innitialy in the Developer preview and Consumer preview called the new UI the Metro UI. But not anymore. They got a court order from a company saying that they are using the new Metro which is already taken. So Microsoft temorarely called it the Windows 8 Style UI but as we find out today the final name of the user interface is going to be, wait - MODERN UI. What a creative name, don't you think?

3. Surface - Microsoft, as they said are also a hardware manufacturer so they wanted to create a companion for the new os so they created the tablet Surface. The surface trablet is going to come in two versions. A wide consumer range one and a Pro one. They also come with smart cover like keyboards. So we know pretty much everything about this tablet, but the only thing that remains a mistery is the price. More about the Surface in a future article.

4. Store - so as you know with Windows 8 you get the Windows store for apps. There isn't much to tell you about the store, the only info we need to give you is that the store has about 500 apps. The number is only going to get bigger as we approach the release day.

So we think there isn't any more stuff that is important to write about we are going to see everything and maybe more goodies on the release day.