Windows 8 already out for previews!!!!

Windows 8 Consumer Preview

 

Windows 8 is the codename for the upcoming version of Microsoft Windows that follows Windows 7. It features a new Metro-style interface that is designed for touchscreen, mouse, keyboard, and pen input. It also adds support for the ARM processor architecture in addition to the previously supported x86 microprocessors from Intel and AMD. Its server counterpart is codenamed Windows Server 8. A release date for the finished version of Windows 8 has not yet been announced. The most recent pre-release version is the Consumer Preview, which was released on February 29, 2012.

It's Windows reimagined and reinvented from a solid core of Windows 7 speed and reliability. It's an all-new touch interface. It's a new Windows for new devices. And it's your chance to be one of the first to try it out.

See what's new

Swipe, slide, and zoom Touch a full-powered PC. It's fast and it's fluid. Take natural, direct, hands-on control.

Apps, front and center Apps in Windows 8 work together to get things done faster. Get them from the Windows Store.

Your Windows, everywhere Windows 8 can connect you to your files, photos, people, and settings, wherever you sign in.

Wall-to-wall web Internet Explorer 10 Consumer Preview brings you immersive web browsing on screens big and small.

The familiar, made better Still devoted to your mouse and keyboard? Windows 8 makes the tried-and-true feel brand new

The Windows Experience Blog Read this Windows Experience Blog entry for some tips on getting started with Windows 8 Consumer Preview.

 

 

New File Type  -  ReFS, (which stands for Resilient File System)

Underneath this reused portion, the NTFS version of the code-base uses a newly architected engine that implements on-disk structures such as the Master File Table (MFT) to represent files and directories. ReFS combines this reused code with a brand-new engine, where a significant portion of the innovation behind ReFS lies. Graphically, it looks like this: