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Will Windows 8 make Microsoft a player in the Tablet market? The desktop operating system powerhouse is looking to challenge Apple and Android’s more-established systems --

A Microsoft executive previewed the new OS saying:

“This is the new version of Windows. It’s going to run on laptops, desktops, PCs with mouse and keyboard, touch slates; it’s going to run on everything. Hundreds of millions of Windows PCs powered by this new interface and platform. This has just been a small taste of what we’re going to be showing over the next year.”

Los Angeles Times reports that the unveiling was designed to attract app developers -- Windows is hoping it can give Apple’s iPad a run for its money when it officially launches --

“The idea is that when Windows 8 finally launches, its app store won't look empty, as was the case for tablet-app offerings from Hewlett-Packard and Research In Motion.”

CNET says Windows 8 must succeed for Microsoft to stay relevant:

“Windows 8 isn't just another operating system. It's a crucial bid by Microsoft to remain at the heart of computing as the industry grows well beyond the PC.”

But Microsoft needs help to make Windows 8 a success. The Seattle Times writes:

“If computer makers produce tablets as gorgeous as demo units Microsoft provided Monday, and they sell them for a reasonable price, there won't be quite as much talk about the iPad vanquishing the PC industry. But that's a big if.

However, Tech Crunch mocked the product, saying Microsoft’s design just looks...outdated. 

When photos started circulating yesterdsy of the new interface for Windows Explorer in Windows 8, I was sure they were a joke. Surely, this was an Onion mock-up …I mean, there’s no way that this is something Microsoft could actually release — let alone in 2012, right?Wrong.”

No word from Microsoft on an official release date.


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