Windows 8: First Impressions

Since before Windows 7 was released the rumour mill was already rife with speculation on Windows 8 and at this years All Things Digital D9 conference Microsoft have now taken the covers off and started whetting our appetites with solid details and releasing the first in a series of videos called Building “Windows 8”

It doesn’t take a genius to instantly recognise that Windows 8 has taken some cues from its little brother Windows Phone 7, big colourful ‘live tiles’ and a very Metro looking interface make you wonder if Microsoft have gone too far. Are they going to alienate the core business and education markets by ‘dumbing down’ the OS in an effort to compete with a more and more tablet and touch centric marketplace.