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  • Touch screens are good on phones and tablets but not for normal PCs. There are situations where a touch screen is great but most of the time the best and most productive way to interact with a PC is via a keyboard. Next best is a mouse.

  • Looking more and more like Linux! M$ this is not new tech, just stole it from linux.

  • For Windows 8, While the Tiles may work well for Mobile OS... Why would I want to change the "look and feel" of my Windows Desktop from Windows XP?

    I just don't get it. Looks like a bad idea gone to seed.

    This "upgrade" looks like a major "downgrade" to me!

    Change for Change sake? No thanks! Give us a solid product with better performance without the cheesy fluff.

    Just when we thought Windows 7 look and feel was bad. This one takes the razzy prize for extremely poor interface design!

  • This is a good idea, as long as it runs smooth

  • How can you say windows 8 is bad when it hasn't been released yet

  • @1RealityBroadcasting the giant icons are for touch screens like tablets.

  • looks great but wont be worth the $300 microsoft will probably ask for it. All microsoft products are overly priced when you can get osx for $30 online. Sorry but im sticking with windows xp and 7 until something BIG really comes out, not an imitation like vista.

  • @FluffbearRCT What could be bigger than this? This is a the biggest and boldest change I've seen in tech in years.

  • i'm glad i got a mac

    

  • AWESOME and yes i'm a gamer but still something that looks pleasent to the eye

  • fsfsfsf

  • Looks great to me.

  • How can you say win8 is bad if it has all win7 has, plus other stuff?

  • what if you a normal person and cant afford a touch PC and actually use a mouse and keyboard

  • @billonicle You can still use a mouse and keyboard with the regular windows interface, and plus, by the time that Windows 8 is actually released, touch screens and tablet PCs will probably be as expensive as the mouse & keyboard PCs of today.

  • @Bugzeeolboy good point tbh

  • This looks pretty awesome! But I wonder if it would look as good without the touchscreen.

  • it is a computer. Not a cell phone.

  • i love how they are completely coping off of Gnome 3...Windows, shame, shame, shame...

  • It's going to be kinda sad when Win8 comes out, Win7 will be the old version. Win7 is so good.

  • Windows is for commercial applications.

    If you're a kid who plays games, stick with Android or Apple.

  • i i got a feeling that windows 8 is going to suck again, there is some sort of good-bad in windows

  • Is this going to try & push clunky interfaces on me again? There's a reason I got rid of Windows Media Centre from every recent PC I've bought & instantly replaced it with VLC, it's just unnecessarily slow & resource hungry, same as Internet Explorer with Mozilla Firefox.

  • Lame demo of half-baked software - laughing at the bombs - HA HA HA - bogus 90's action.

  • Windows Blows!

  • This Is gonna be great, leave alone the hating.

  • Just looks like a touch friendly media centre.

  • I've seen a few problems to this first is that i don't know how well the new start screen will be with a traditional mouse/keyboard. Secondly who can afford to replace perfectly good laptops and desktops just for one with a touch screen since people are losing jobs in a recession. Thirdly what benefits are there for corporate customers when alot are about to start the upgrade from xp to 7 again i cant see large corps spending thousands on new touchscreen monitors for a gimmick?

  • I think microsoft knows what they're doing. This is their way to keep up with the development of the new type of computers, with all of us still being able to use windows 7 in the background. I'd love a tablet pc with windows 8 rather than android at any time.

  • @botterfcuker you can get a tablet with windows today. Just go to the computer section and look for the 1 inch thick 4 hour battery life tablets. Windows has pushed stuff like this for a while. The market doesn't want it as you can see from pc tablet sales. iOS=success because its weak and gives great battery life. Windows=fail ON TABLETS because its too powerful and therefore, the computers also have to be

  • What is up with both apple and windows and using phone/slate versions into laptops and computers and calling it the new windows or iOS. Seriously.

  • Windows 8 winning over 1000 awards

    The worst OS

    The least likely OS

    ...

  • i bet windows 9 will be a fully cloud based os like google chrome

  • For those who wanted a windows phone hybrid

  • @sandrodream1 its not even out yet

  • why does nobody understand that windows 8 is still far from final and release...... also its not finished for all we know Microsoft may be trolling us with a fake ui.....

  • WTF IS THIS SHIT??? I THINK I HAVE A BETTER OS ON MY PHONE! IM NOT UPGRADING. THERE MAKING THESE THINGS WAAAAY TO DAMN USER FRIENDLY.

  • Windows 98 - great

    Windows Me - fail

    Windows XP - great

    Windows Vista - fail

    Windows 7 - great

    Windows 8 - #LOL

  • @Bigchriztian01 i guess we'll wait for windows 9

  • @1470cool they should just stop with the the whole win 7 and 8 and go back to windows with alphabets ( windows XP)

  • @Bigchriztian01 billgates=great

    steve ballmer=fail

    steve jobs=great

    tom cook=fail

    both companies are dying 

  • @WarpeaceWar6 it's tim cook lol

  • @20goblue20 sows how worthless he really is...compared to god (steve jobs) at least

  • that snap "feature" is like windows 1.0, tiles? WTF???? fuck this shit, i'm installing Linux

  • Wonder what the hour glass pointer will look like?

    Open up the Pictures folder, watch the hour glass churn for ages. This pile of crap is probably still built on top of MSDOS

  • and by that i mean other than windows xp

  • looks like shit........

    i hope they only work on this crap for a bit... how about a FUNCTIONAL operating system first.

  • Looks really cool for a tablet/slate device.

    But as for classic laptop / desktop? DO NOT WANT!

  • There are tons of touch screen desktop units on the market that this will be awesome for. Also, technology is going mobile. Accepting this is important as living without mobile tech in the near future will be like not have a pc today. This is a great move on Microsoft's part. Hope to see more soon!

  • Tablet and touchscreen laptop=Yes

    Desktop or gaming laptops=No..Just no..

  • im sorry but this really looks like shit for a desktop computer.

  • Looks more like a ripoff of a handheld device. For a pc it seems quite uncomfortable.

  • I was Expecting a more optimized version of W7 I'm still using XP cause it's great 2001 - ongoing.

  • well, it looks alright. makes me want to ring up Dell and get them to replace the screen on my laptop with a multitouch one so i can give the new UI a go.

    Having two COMPLETELY different UIs seems a little strange though. it's like windows 8 is trying to coax desktop users out of the good old mouse/keyboard window-menu-icon UI into a tablet based multitouch interface. i think windows tablets should have the single touch-friendly UI, and the desktop windows 8 user can *choose* between both

  • So where is the keyboard lol fuck playing games with no keyboard.

  • I'm scared of windows 8 :(

  • As a gamer, Windows 8 is slightly concerning. It looks heavy, and too apple-like.

  • I think they should make windows 8 just for tablets.

  • windows, you are not apple, do not get rid of your best selling aspect by doing these retarded gimick things that apple does.

  • I think the layout is good, it's practical cause touchscreens are popular. But you should be able to open over two programmes and make their screens the same size cause when i'm on youtube i'm also on another site.

  • They really shoulda put more effort to change the UI for the actual windows desktop. I think ill stick to win 7 till win 9

  • Oh great, your Windows machine is now and iPhone..No thanks

  • i have a mac. love os x.

    just went out and bought a dell multitouch monitor so i can use it on my macbook pro. zoo excited about windows 8 now :D

  • looks shit, great on tablets, which are shit, but shit on desktop i think i'll stick with 7 or go to lunix if microsoft goes this way

  • unity is doing a much better job

  • BLAH BLAH BLAH..WAA WAAWAA...MS SUCKS...APPLE SUCKS. LINUX O.S. DISTROS TAKE TOO MUCH EFFORT TO MAKE AS GOOD AS EITHER one of them

    SHUT THE FLYING FUCK UP ALL OF YOU!! STOP BEING FANBOYs.

    Use ALL 3 AND BROADEN YOUR HORIZONS. ftr I have a macbook pro 17 (and yes i installed my OWN mushkin callisto deluxe 240 gig ssd with a clean copy of snow leopard on it. works perfectly), win 7 pro 64 bit custom built gaming pc, media center pc using Ubuntu 10.04. I love all 3 EQUALLY. so grow up!

  • @chronofusion

    Yes! Multiple OS use is good experience.

  • Microsoft FAILED!!! This OS is crap! Since Gates left Microsoft, most their products are total CRAP.

  • @piotralex5 It's so their mobile phones can use the same OS..This Sucks..Fire Ballmer

  • "Now we're in regular Windows"

    .........And cue pedantic twat,

    "We're in Windows all the time".

  • they didn't change anything, they just put a touch interface over the actual windows architecture. So basically what they did is create yet another background process that will be exploited by hackers since you will just have it open and connected to various things all the time. I'm glad I switched over to Linux.

  • @d4wn0ff473 And it will run even slower as a bonus :-((

  • youtube.com/watch?v=foVcbsy1Mm­w

  • I fail to understand who is the target audience for the upcomming it seems it is only the tablet market....so where does the normal PC user go? do we have to be stuck with the old Windows 7 UI once we get windows 8?

  • you ms dicks have never used a mac have you? everyone knows osx is way better.

  • im sorry but i dont like this. They went kind of overboard with trying to make it different.

  • Problem i have with touch screens... is how hard it is to multitask.

  • Your Start Button is here:

    Right There:

    0:24

    Jeez... For Christ Sake... nothing's changing, they are just adding tons of new features.... Imagine the new UI as having an always opened Windows Media Center.... that's all!

    If don't like, stay with Win 7

  • @superjosereborn2 But windows media center is awful =(

  • @TerrinixNyphona

    Yeah... I know where you are getting at....

  • where the fuck is my start buton?

  • whens this out

  • There's not really a big change, just a few additions. The Windows 7 interface is still there, but there is also features from something similar to Windows Phone 7...it's not like you have to use all of the new features.

  • @ryanmcapple are you serious Mate ??? the windows 8 has a completely different UI (user interface ) .. totally different Design and many more exciting features !!!

    And if you are an apple fanboy .. then tell me what is the fucking difference between an iPad/iPod/iPhone and all their updates ??? except for its size ?!?!?!?

  • @DerekDeSouzaa No I'm not an apple fan boy, the ryanmcapple is part of a inside joke with my friends (they call me apple because its a combination of my sisters name and my name (Ryan and April became RyanMcApple) I am NOT an apple fan boy, let me tell you, I despise apple and think they rip everyone off.

  • @ryanmcapple ohh Sorry :(

    and thats quite funny :')

    yeah i know what you mean, their products are too pricey :/ steve the ripper :P

    Cool that youre not an apple fanboy :)

  • Where is User Tile?

  • 53 People that watched this video uses a mac

    Apple Can Suck my Win HD

    Apple Sucks, Nuff Said.

  • "The fascinated eagerness to consume the latest (technology) of the day not only leads to indifference towards the matter transmitted by the (technology), but encourages stationary rubbish and calculated idiocy." - Theodor Adorno, Minima Moralia

  • well who knows whose gonna win the boys up in redmond washington or the boys in cupertino california in the long run competition is good for industries cause we are all getting good prodiucts at reasonable prices we are all winners and alot of great things are happening :)

  • @xXTheKonduitKillerXx No?! I didnt say i would buy a mac. It's just better than windows. Still much worse than for example ubuntu. Windows gets slow very fast. Customize... as in changing the wallpaper and some colors? On ubuntu you can change between many different GUIs like KDE, GNOME, etc. And you can have mad desktop effects n stuff. everything you want. And if you have a nvidia card, you can play games (ati doesnt release wine compatible drivers afaik).

    And all that for FREE

  • @xXTheKonduitKillerXx Or you pay nothing, get ubuntu and be able to play games.

  • @xXTheKonduitKillerXx Usability, stability, performance, security, applications, design, ...

    Lots of things. Easy. Because winodws sucks.

    The thing is, that there's something even better than OSX, which doesnt impair your freedom and is completely free: Ubuntu

    You can even play most windows games on there, like call of duty stuff...

  • mac is great for furniture lol

  • if this is for tablet, it will be great as I can use windows applications on it. But if this is the default interface for desktop PC then I think MS is going to get screwed and have further market share reduction.

  • @socialjazz read the top most rated comment, moron. *facepalm*

  • where's pc version?? if thats for pc the it will suck for sure

  • @MindGem2010 read the top most rated comment before you post please *facepalm*

  • Phew. Thank god this is primarily for tablet computers. When I first saw this I'm like "HOW THE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO PLAY ON THAT?"

  • Lol Windows are sick the new SoC system will blast any MAC out of the market.

  • I fuck Android retards and iphone-retards too....They are too fucking blind ...what the fuck this people want?....windows is actually the best, YOU ARE FUCKING MORONS AND JERKS MOTHERFUCKERS HEAR ME NOW! Stop fucking talking about android or iOS because they are softwares /OS for Smartphones(the future of the technology) PCs and windows operating systems like windows XP or computers are fucking going down...(The reason windows released a tablet...)

  • @AlexMangekyo lol good one...

  • @shawnzee102 IOS5 copied w7 and w7 copied KDE. suck that dick.

  • windows 7 better

  • @DrRuelel and you're a little tosser with no life! If you think this shit is good then no one can help you Loser! Haha! I'm so going to enjoy watching windows 8 fail and seeing your sorry ass crying like a baby in the corner. Now go play dollies some where else!

  • @xzotic27 I think you're retarted.. HAHA Loser, *eats popcorn* HAHA

  • @shawnzee102 lovin this popcorn....keep going I think you might blow a gasket! Haha, typical windows loser. You FAIL at life. LMAO!

  • @xzotic27 and you're a little mac fag. now use an actual good OS or get off the internet

  • @shawnzee102 haha,

  • 40 mac fans and 9 jaded pc users who dont like change.

  • @shawnzee102 os x lion is goin the same way

  • @shawnzee102 I really dont know why anyone wouldnt like this. First off, i think its damn incredible windows is trying to make their system at all flashy, so i wouldnt want to make them mad. Second, why cant anyone see they can use it both ways? i mean, its not that hard. Plus itll be on arm now, tegra 2... after saying tegra 2, i believe the ipad just bit the dust. Steam on a tablet, will be amazing. Not to mention real and full aplications!

  • @shawnzee102 One has to be hardcore mac fan to Dislike windows. That aside it looks quite awesome given that i like Windows 7 already! Waiting for beta to come out...

  • @shawnzee102 WOULD YOU STOP WITH THE DISKLIKE COMMENTS? THEY ARE NOT ENTERTAINING ANYMORE, Let People have their own Fucking opinion.

  • @shawnzee102 change? what change? w8 = w7 with a metro UI ! WTF! FLOP

  • 167 pretentious mac users who think their dull idea of technology should be pushed onto PC users because they are too retarded to handle a windows based PC. 68 PC users who have common sense.

  • OSX Lion, IOS 5, iCloud = Game, Set and Match to Apple. Windows 8 is officially dead in the water. Too little, too late, too irrelevant. Typical Microsoft will stay the course though, so it will be fun to watch the train wreck and the stock price to fall. "Grabs popcorn" and waits for the MS supporters to fall on their sword. ROFLMAO! In the words of Jim Carry - "Looo whooo seee herrrr"! It's over MS Supporters, time to pack up and go home! Bye Bye.

  • @xzotic27

    You are a fucking moron. IOS 5 copied from wp7 and android, camera shortcut (wp7) swype notification to open app (wm 6.5) cloud uploading (skydrive 25gb which is free (wp7) wifi sync (wp7) twitter integration (wp7) background downloading(xbox 360 and wp7) split keyboard( windows ultra mobile pc) OTA updates (android)

    notification bar(droid)

    LION copies too, air drop(home group windows phone) Look it up, tis true.

    btw osx 58 mil in 10 yrs win 7 = 300 million in 1 yr 3 months.

  • hello hackintosh.

  • Thank goodness that they're still keeping the old interface with the new "tablet" one. I saw the official Mircrosoft video and about had a heart attack because they made it look like the new GUI was basically all there was.

  • As always nothing new, merge of ipad, android, gnome 3 interfaces....

  • @xXTheKonduitKillerXx I'm a Windows guy till the day I die, but your comment was just a bit over the top is all. You can't use Google on an airplane to look up those words since you don't have internet.

  • @andStack Use one of thousands offline dictionaries. And Ubuntu.

  • @SaschaHeylik

    He asked for one thing that was better in OSX than Windows. I gave it to him.

  • fuck this shit

    i want my real windows 

  • why argue about what OS is the best. If it is your favorite OS then buy it.

    Now back to the topic of this video. ... I am skeptical about this simply because Windows has traditionally been aiming to suite keyboard/mouse users, I know you can revert back and all, but rest assured the next windows wont have that backward compatibility as windows 8 might because well.. it's obsolete. Also, it reminds me of the iTouch, ... I already have one, but nothing like good old windows... (7 and younger)

  • @xXTheKonduitKillerXx agreed, now if you excuse me, im going to play crysis 2 on ultra settings ;) PC ftw

  • @xXTheKonduitKillerXx umm im a windows guy too and never owned a mac but i have a list of things mac is good at:

    -Not as much viruses

    -Looks Nice

    -Best at gam---- oops forget that.

  • @xXTheKonduitKillerXx

    You can look up words and their definitions with spotlight. Can't do that with desktop search on Windows.

  • in fact. this is genius. the people are just thinking that its just an app thing.

  • Any updates to the old GUI? I feel like they're only focusing on the new one.

  • Winblows 8

  • windows Ftw. Apple can go suck my zune hd, sony vaio L series, and xbox and xbox 360.

  • @sithdestroyer1000 u do know the xbox 360 runs mac hardware, right? microsoft had to like pre order that shit from apple dude... linux ftw

  • @TheSteveAndJokerShow

    PowerPC doesn't "invented" by Apple

    It was an alliance between Apple–IBM–Motorola and manufactured by IBM

  • @abhishekrdesai *isn't and no matter who "manufactured" it every party player a role in the creation of the technology. if we were to credit who "manufactured" something then IBM, Motorola, ect would have credit for almost everything!

  • @sithdestroyer1000 whats wrong with xbox? xbox is a gaming system anyway -.-

  • @sithdestroyer1000 lol to bad nobody has ever heard of those!

  • @sithdestroyer1000 lol, zune. anyway go suck a donkeys dick you sad nerd. its just a computer, not a religion. LEARN THAT AND GROW UP.

  • BORRING!!! The Windows 2013 or Windows 8 concepts were better!

  • @MercedesRenovatio Stick to your Gameboy Advanced, kid.

  • If they force this UI on desktop computers it will be a fiasco. After 16 years of GUI evolution we get a stinking phone OS?

  • A silly little toy for silly little people.

  • You should sign up for a YouTube partnership :D They give you money to buy stuff :DD

  • yeah Microsoft OFFICE for tablet, support ALL video chat from any messengers. SUPPORT flash player. Running on AMAZING RIG, Full support all Adobe Product. (photoshop, after effect) DAYMN man, this is for real. I mean Finally!!

  • @Blazeocity7 I know, but it seems like they are trying to phase it out. They also ruined the explorer, which makes me want to not use it at all.

  • they should release it in 2013. 2012 is too early

  • so wate tell me? is my desktop gona have a bunch of apps now? cuz this looks like a tablet way more than any laptop or anything.

  • @Mrsaladization No it's not - unless you upgrade to Windows 8. In which case, no it's not, because you don't have to install them. The touch UI is an alternative interface to the desktop UI (which generally has too much fidelity for touch). You don't have to use the new UI, nor do you have to use the self contained "Apps" that will accompany it. You will be able to use Windows 8 like any other version of Windows, or stick with XP/Vista/7 for as many years as you want. Like always.

  • @Mrsaladization Look up what fidelity means in the dictionary, low IQ species.

  • @AlmostHelpless

    thank you, well said...

  • yay windows 8!....wait did you hear windows 9 coming out next summer lol

  • @trashman203 windows 8 will come out next summer, windows 9 3 years after

  • @HitcHikerStudios wow wat u just said is dumb as fuck

  • Everyone get ubuntu, windows is dead.

  • @SaschaHeylik No, everyone get Fedora, Ubuntu is lame.

  • @G0lfYankee Ubuntu is the way to go for (ex-)windows users. For experienced linux users, there are hundreds of distros to choose from. But none of them is "lame". It's all the same kernel, just a different GUI and some pre-installed apps. There's no "best" distro. No point in arguing about how good a distro is. For now, what we all should do, is show all these windows users how much better linux is. I would use Ubuntu for that, since it is designed for this purpose. Cheers

  • love it

  • What do applications like software development and 3d modelling look like on touchscreens ??? at the minute, I am inspired by the mac's multitouch trackpad e.g. 3finger drag option... and a touchscreen should be able to do the job of hotkeys better - but I imagine existing software will need *quite a bit of reworking*.

  • My gosh. what happened to microsoft?

  • @FanOfVacuums2 I'll tell you what happened to them: More and more people are using tablets, so Microsoft released a tablet + desktop OS. It just works.

  • @Crashbndcoot121 As opposed to Apple, who for some reason released tablet + phone OS. I'm increasingly frustrated that my tablet 'computer' is no more capable than my mobile phone. As soon as the first generation of W8 tablets comes out I'm ditching my retard-Pad. Windows FTW.

  • @G0lfYankee Yep, Windows FTW. I'll never ditch it for something else.

  • @G0lfYankee Retard-PAD, lol, well said.

  • @Crashbndcoot121 The stuff just seems useless to me. I have never touched a tablet.

  • windows FAIL

    

  • don't like it. Probably won't get it.

    Hey...I'm still running Windows XPHome with no issues. :)

  • @ljaureguiv I'm still running Windows 95 with no issues! But seriously, there will come a point where the decade-old XP will be incapable of running/installing new software. Cudos for hanging in there, but much like '95 freaks out on web 2.0, XP's lack of interoperability will eventually force you to use W7+ anyway. It's just delaying the inevitable.

  • this looks amazing

  • .... it looks like the Windows 7. Oh wait... it -is- Windows 7 with unknown features and bugs (or planned features) in the words of Windows.