The mobile 
-device world just got one step closer to using a Windows operating system optimized for tablet computers. Microsoft is reading Windows 8 for the pre-release stage.
-device world just got one step closer to using a Windows operating system optimized for tablet computers. Microsoft is reading Windows 8 for the pre-release stage. In a blog post, Microsoft President Steven Sinofsky pointed out that more than two of every three PCs are mobile (read: laptops, netbooks, notebooks, tablets, slates and convertibles). He also noted the trend toward cloud -based storage .
-based storage . "The appearance of touchscreen mobile phones, with the rich capabilities they bring, have together changed the way we all view computing ," Sinofsky wrote. "Most of all, computing is much more focused on applications and on people than on the operating system itself or the data . These changes in the landscape motivate the most significant changes to Windows, from the chips to the experience."
mobile phones, with the rich capabilities they bring, have together changed the way we all view computing ," Sinofsky wrote. "Most of all, computing is much more focused on applications and on people than on the operating system itself or the data . These changes in the landscape motivate the most significant changes to Windows, from the chips to the experience." An Open Dialogue
Microsoft previewed Windows 8 in June. The next look the market will get is at the BUILD conference in September. There developers will get more details about the tools and capabilities available for Windows 8.
"With our preview in June, we started by showing you user experience, because it is the most visible change to Windows," Sinofsky wrote. "Rest assured we've thoughtfully engineered changes across the full range of Windows capabilities."
He promised to start revealing specifics of features in the coming weeks, from fundamentals to user interface to hardware support and more. Microsoft is working to balance a discussion about the features before executing them, while communicating details of the next iteration.
and more. Microsoft is working to balance a discussion about the features before executing them, while communicating details of the next iteration. "Our focus on performance, reliability, compatibility, security and quality is now baked into our engineering process even as we change Windows for a new generation," Sinofsky wrote. "With these changes come new ways of doing work on Windows PCs as well as continual investments in hardware, software and peripherals."
and quality is now baked into our engineering process even as we change Windows for a new generation," Sinofsky wrote. "With these changes come new ways of doing work on Windows PCs as well as continual investments in hardware, software and peripherals." A Three-Horse Race
Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, said it appears that Microsoft is working to have Windows 8 on hardware in time for back-to-school shopping in 2012. That would mean scheduling a release to manufacturing, or RTM, around the middle of 2012.
"Microsoft is getting aggressive. Tablets are chewing into the Windows market share now pretty aggressively, and now they are definitely responding to the competitive threat," Enderle said.
Windows 8 embraces tablets. Enderle expects Microsoft to market Windows 8 as everything the iPad isn't. Microsoft, he said, recognizes that Apple is going down the same path and will eventually merge iOS and Mac OS X. Microsoft, he said, wants to get there first.
isn't. Microsoft, he said, recognizes that Apple is going down the same path and will eventually merge iOS and Mac OS X. Microsoft, he said, wants to get there first. "It's an aggressive race. Both Apple and Microsoft are looking at Google, because with this Motorola buy it is likely that Google on Motorola hardware might offer something at or close to free in that same time frame," Enderle said. "So it's a three-horse race, and Windows 8 is one of the horses that Microsoft is riding."
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