What's the difference with the predecessor generation? Windows 8 is designed from scratch to touch screen input. Looks very similar to Windows 7 Phone style tile on the home screen, no longer on the Start button. There will be 2 forms of Windows 8, the first for a traditional desktop, including notebooks, the second for mobile gadgets such as tablets.
Microsoft ensures that the new OS will run on everything, desktops, laptops, tablets, etc.. What is also very interesting is the certainty that Windows 8 will run on two platforms as well as the ARM and x86. A significant progress because there has seemed taboo combine Microsoft Windows with ARM which is very popular in mobile gadgets today. There is no certainty when it will be released.
