Windows 8 preview popularity kicking Windows 7′s butt

Microsoft says that so far the Windows 8 Consumer Preview is twice as popular at this point than its predecessor Windows 7 was based on the number of downloads. The company didn’t say how many downloads that is, but claimed it is used by millions of people per day.

Meanwhile, the next prerelease version of Windows 8 will be available in about six weeks, inching closer to a final product that [...]

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Here’s Everything You Wanted To Know About Microsoft’s Upcoming iPad Killers (MSFT)

by Matt Rosoff

Microsoft’s Windows chief Steven Sinofsky just put up 8,000+ word blog post on Microsoft’s plans for Windows 8 on the low-powered ARM processors that today run the iPad and most other tablets.

This is the most critical part of Windows 8.

Like every version of Windows, Windows 8 will probably dominate the market for traditional notebook PCs and desktop PCs.

But it also has to take on the iPad, which is now outselling desktop PCs and had sales last quarter [...]

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