Windows 8 Officially Launched by Microsoft After Massive Testing

Windows 8 Officially Launched

Windows 8 Officially Launched by Microsoft today in New York City.  Steven Sinofsky exclaimed that Windows 8  went through 1,240,000,000 hours of testing in public in 190 countries.  In his words

No product anywhere receives this kind of testing anywhere in the world

It’s a giant NEWS for all of us. A big day for Microsoft indeed, having more than 1000 certified PCs with Windows 8 in it sold up till now. Windows 8 is basically targeted for new era devices like tablets or you can say Touch Enabled Targeting. Some of the users were even found complaining about Windows 8 being hard to use on normal laptops.

With Windows 8 another big thing that was launched today was Windows Store, full of applications paid and Free. Microsoft believes to turn tables with this start-up. Microsoft even claims about Windows 8 to be supporting more than 500 Million old peripherals and gadgets.

670 Million Licenses Sold {Win 7}

If we look back at Windows 7 we come to know that 670 Licenses were sold. Windows 7 was known for its fastest adoption. I am still a big fan of this OS. Loved the way it optimized my work flow.

What are your thoughts?

Let us know what you think will be the future of Windows 8