**Windows 8: A New Era in Operating Systems**

As we approach the launch of Windows 8, many are wondering what to expect from Microsoft's latest operating system. In a recent live stream, I had the opportunity to discuss some of the key features and changes that will be included in Windows 8.

**Faster Boot Times**

One of the most significant improvements in Windows 8 is its faster boot times. While it may not reach the instant-on capabilities of Chrome OS or other mobile operating systems, Windows 8 will still offer a noticeable boost in performance. The current design of Windows 8 appears to be an upgrade to the base of Windows 7, with new features and improvements added on top.

**Upgrade Prices**

As for pricing, it's likely that Windows 8 will follow the same upgrade model as its predecessor, with system builder copies costing around $100 and standard copies priced at approximately $170. There are no indications that Microsoft plans to make significant changes to their pricing strategy.

**Metro: The Tablet UI of Windows 8**

One of the most interesting aspects of Windows 8 is its potential for a separate tablet UI, dubbed Metro. This concept has been discussed in previous live streams, and it's worth noting that Microsoft may choose to develop two separate versions of Windows - one for tablets and another for desktops. While this might be a bit much, especially considering their typical approach to operating system design, it's definitely something to keep an eye on.

**Windows XP: A Legacy**

As we wait for the launch of Windows 8, many are wondering when Windows XP will finally be replaced. It's surprising that, even after 10 years, Windows XP remains the most popular operating system in the world. While Microsoft has largely discontinued support for Windows XP, it's still possible to find ways to get a hold of the operating system.

**Portable Workspace Features**

Another feature worth noting is portable workspaces, which will be supported in Windows 8. This allows users to take their preferred distribution on a USB drive and boot from it on any computer, similar to Linux. However, licensing questions may arise when using this feature with Windows 8.

**Conclusion**

That's all for this week's episode of D3 Live! If you enjoyed the content, be sure to subscribe for more episodes every Saturday at 3:00 Eastern time. You can also watch videos on YouTube or catch them live as they're recorded and edited just like this one.

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: entoday on D3 live we're going to be talking about the next generation of Windows operating system Windows 8 so recently there have been a lot of leaked builds of Windows 8 that have been circulating around the internet and from what we've seen there are definitely some nice new features that are going to be coming so I'm going to go ahead and talk about a few of them so the first one is better Tablet support now Windows has been available on tablets for quite a while in fact way before everyone thought of the word IAD even um however they've all been still really rooted in their desktop base now sure yeah there might be a you know keyboard there might be you know better multi-touch support there are a few things in Windows 7 and there are some okay Windows 7 tablets however Windows A8 looks to be the first version of Windows that has been fully optimized for the tablet OS so what this should mean is of course better multi-touch support um you know Windows these days is almost made for styluses so you know you're going to have real nice multi-touch support um but it also should be optimized for arm processors now what this means is that there are two major types of processors available on the market well three technically but we just going to talk about to um so there's the standard processor which you might find in you know your laptop or your desktop and that's usually made by Intel or AMD and while that's great it's not particularly power efficient on the other hand there's a called an arm processor which we might find in you know your iPhone your Android phone or of course any of the major tablets well Windows 8 will support both of these architectures so you know if you want to run Windows 8 on your you know laptop or something you can absolutely do that however there will be a specialized version for tablets that will run a lot better just should have really nice battery life because it can use those more powerful uh power efficient chips um so that's definitely one really good thing that I'm looking forward to seeing in Windows 8 another thing is the Windows App Store and of course there are app stores spraying up all over the place of course you can get in the Mac App Store there's the Chrome app store or believe they call it the web store but it's basically an app store and there also looks like there will be a Windows App Store uh this is not going to be a particularly amazing thing in my opinion uh it's probably mostly just going to be a general store that can just allow you to get a few applications games that kind of stuff a little bit easier um to be honest I actually wouldn't be surprised if they put that out for Windows 7 or something just because it's really basic and simple feature but I definitely would expect to see this in Windows 8 the next feature and this is arguably going to be one of the defining features of Windows 8 is the addition of the Metro UI now if you guys are familiar with the Metro UI it's of course started out on the zoom HD it's available on all the Windows Phone 7 devices um it looks like it will be making an appearance on the desktop with Windows 8 um so Metro UI is a very cool very very nice looking UI in my opinion it's mostly based on tiles um and it's a very artistic and nice looking uh your user experience so if you guys are interested in seeing more about it I definitely recommend just take a look at like a Windows Phone 7 device or something you really get the idea of how Windows 8 could work for the second segment of D3 live I'm going to be taking live questions from everyone in the chat as always every episode D3 live is filmed in front of Blog TV and we have 50 people in here right now so let's go and just take a couple of questions about Windows 8 eight um is Windows 8 well I mean I'm sorry do you think Windows 8 will boot faster than seven or Vista uh yeah I would imagine so typically that's what they're always trying to do is optimize the boot process you they want to speed up and of course Windows 7 was I believe a little bit faster than Vista and I would imagine that Windows 8 will continue to be faster but um if you're looking for like an instant boot up times like Chrome OS or something I don't think we're going to see anything like that unless they just totally redesign Windows which it doesn't look like it it looks like they're going to continue to keep the base of window Windows 7 and just upgrade it and just you know add stuff on top of that just like they did Windows 7 on Windows Vista um what do you think the price will be of Windows 8 uh most likely the same as you know the same upgrade prices I believe Windows 7 is about $100 for a uh system builder copy and I think it's about 170 or so for the standard copy so uh yeah I'm sure that's just what they'll do I don't I don't imagine they'll make it way cheaper way more expensive anything like that I think it'll probably be about the same um what uh what do I think Metro could become the tablet UI of Windows 8 um actually yeah we were talking about this a little bit on the live stream before uh we began recording um I think that's an interesting concept because um obviously you know there there's a very different UI that you need if you have a tablet or if you have a desktop you know obviously a desktop you know you're using a mouse and keyboard whereas on a tablet you know you're just touching so um I think that there are definitely some interesting things to say about that I mean on the one hand I could see that they could make two separate versions of Windows one for tablets and one for desktop you know for the tablet version it'd be totally tough optimize with the Metro UI where you know you go through all your folders and everything but it's it's more of a Metro UI looks more like a traditional tablet and they could have more of a traditional like Windows 7 style UI for the desktop laptops all that kind of stuff on the other hand though that might be a little bit much typically they don't like to break it apart and you know make two totally separate operating systems so um I think we'll have to see about that but I definitely is think do think that there's something to keep an eye on and I think that no matter what we're going to see at least some of the Metro UI trickle down into Windows 8 uh will Windows XP finally be replaced by Windows 8 I hope so um it's kind of surprising in fact I believe even the even up till right now Windows XP is still the most popular operating system in the world which considering it's like 10 years old that's not half bad but yeah I think Windows XP I mean obviously they're not they finally quit making Windows XP computers it's pretty hard I think you can still get it there's a few different ways but for the most part everyone's still now getting on Windows uh 7 so yeah I think by the time Windows 8 comes around uh Windows XP will probably not be around or it won't be not that many people will be using it I suppose um what do I think of the portable World spaces features of Windows 8 uh yeah that's actually a great point I didn't get into in the main video is um one thing that is planning to be uh supported in Windows 8 is portable workspaces so um if you ever used Linux you're probably familiar with it you know just take like Linux um you put whatever your favorite distribution you put on USB drive and you you can go wherever you want and boot off that no matter what computer you're really on well it looks like Windows Windows 8 will support a very similar feature although how the licensing will work and all that kind of stuff I think there are definitely some uh some questions there I'd imagine it's probably just Windows 8 to Windows 8 computer and some stuff like that but yeah I definitely think that will be a really nice option anyway guys that's it for this week's episode of D3 live if you enjoyed feel free to subscribe do these every Saturday at 3:00 Eastern time so feel free to subscribe you can watch videos uh recorded and edited like you're watching right now on YouTube or you can come by and see it all uh be taped livetoday on D3 live we're going to be talking about the next generation of Windows operating system Windows 8 so recently there have been a lot of leaked builds of Windows 8 that have been circulating around the internet and from what we've seen there are definitely some nice new features that are going to be coming so I'm going to go ahead and talk about a few of them so the first one is better Tablet support now Windows has been available on tablets for quite a while in fact way before everyone thought of the word IAD even um however they've all been still really rooted in their desktop base now sure yeah there might be a you know keyboard there might be you know better multi-touch support there are a few things in Windows 7 and there are some okay Windows 7 tablets however Windows A8 looks to be the first version of Windows that has been fully optimized for the tablet OS so what this should mean is of course better multi-touch support um you know Windows these days is almost made for styluses so you know you're going to have real nice multi-touch support um but it also should be optimized for arm processors now what this means is that there are two major types of processors available on the market well three technically but we just going to talk about to um so there's the standard processor which you might find in you know your laptop or your desktop and that's usually made by Intel or AMD and while that's great it's not particularly power efficient on the other hand there's a called an arm processor which we might find in you know your iPhone your Android phone or of course any of the major tablets well Windows 8 will support both of these architectures so you know if you want to run Windows 8 on your you know laptop or something you can absolutely do that however there will be a specialized version for tablets that will run a lot better just should have really nice battery life because it can use those more powerful uh power efficient chips um so that's definitely one really good thing that I'm looking forward to seeing in Windows 8 another thing is the Windows App Store and of course there are app stores spraying up all over the place of course you can get in the Mac App Store there's the Chrome app store or believe they call it the web store but it's basically an app store and there also looks like there will be a Windows App Store uh this is not going to be a particularly amazing thing in my opinion uh it's probably mostly just going to be a general store that can just allow you to get a few applications games that kind of stuff a little bit easier um to be honest I actually wouldn't be surprised if they put that out for Windows 7 or something just because it's really basic and simple feature but I definitely would expect to see this in Windows 8 the next feature and this is arguably going to be one of the defining features of Windows 8 is the addition of the Metro UI now if you guys are familiar with the Metro UI it's of course started out on the zoom HD it's available on all the Windows Phone 7 devices um it looks like it will be making an appearance on the desktop with Windows 8 um so Metro UI is a very cool very very nice looking UI in my opinion it's mostly based on tiles um and it's a very artistic and nice looking uh your user experience so if you guys are interested in seeing more about it I definitely recommend just take a look at like a Windows Phone 7 device or something you really get the idea of how Windows 8 could work for the second segment of D3 live I'm going to be taking live questions from everyone in the chat as always every episode D3 live is filmed in front of Blog TV and we have 50 people in here right now so let's go and just take a couple of questions about Windows 8 eight um is Windows 8 well I mean I'm sorry do you think Windows 8 will boot faster than seven or Vista uh yeah I would imagine so typically that's what they're always trying to do is optimize the boot process you they want to speed up and of course Windows 7 was I believe a little bit faster than Vista and I would imagine that Windows 8 will continue to be faster but um if you're looking for like an instant boot up times like Chrome OS or something I don't think we're going to see anything like that unless they just totally redesign Windows which it doesn't look like it it looks like they're going to continue to keep the base of window Windows 7 and just upgrade it and just you know add stuff on top of that just like they did Windows 7 on Windows Vista um what do you think the price will be of Windows 8 uh most likely the same as you know the same upgrade prices I believe Windows 7 is about $100 for a uh system builder copy and I think it's about 170 or so for the standard copy so uh yeah I'm sure that's just what they'll do I don't I don't imagine they'll make it way cheaper way more expensive anything like that I think it'll probably be about the same um what uh what do I think Metro could become the tablet UI of Windows 8 um actually yeah we were talking about this a little bit on the live stream before uh we began recording um I think that's an interesting concept because um obviously you know there there's a very different UI that you need if you have a tablet or if you have a desktop you know obviously a desktop you know you're using a mouse and keyboard whereas on a tablet you know you're just touching so um I think that there are definitely some interesting things to say about that I mean on the one hand I could see that they could make two separate versions of Windows one for tablets and one for desktop you know for the tablet version it'd be totally tough optimize with the Metro UI where you know you go through all your folders and everything but it's it's more of a Metro UI looks more like a traditional tablet and they could have more of a traditional like Windows 7 style UI for the desktop laptops all that kind of stuff on the other hand though that might be a little bit much typically they don't like to break it apart and you know make two totally separate operating systems so um I think we'll have to see about that but I definitely is think do think that there's something to keep an eye on and I think that no matter what we're going to see at least some of the Metro UI trickle down into Windows 8 uh will Windows XP finally be replaced by Windows 8 I hope so um it's kind of surprising in fact I believe even the even up till right now Windows XP is still the most popular operating system in the world which considering it's like 10 years old that's not half bad but yeah I think Windows XP I mean obviously they're not they finally quit making Windows XP computers it's pretty hard I think you can still get it there's a few different ways but for the most part everyone's still now getting on Windows uh 7 so yeah I think by the time Windows 8 comes around uh Windows XP will probably not be around or it won't be not that many people will be using it I suppose um what do I think of the portable World spaces features of Windows 8 uh yeah that's actually a great point I didn't get into in the main video is um one thing that is planning to be uh supported in Windows 8 is portable workspaces so um if you ever used Linux you're probably familiar with it you know just take like Linux um you put whatever your favorite distribution you put on USB drive and you you can go wherever you want and boot off that no matter what computer you're really on well it looks like Windows Windows 8 will support a very similar feature although how the licensing will work and all that kind of stuff I think there are definitely some uh some questions there I'd imagine it's probably just Windows 8 to Windows 8 computer and some stuff like that but yeah I definitely think that will be a really nice option anyway guys that's it for this week's episode of D3 live if you enjoyed feel free to subscribe do these every Saturday at 3:00 Eastern time so feel free to subscribe you can watch videos uh recorded and edited like you're watching right now on YouTube or you can come by and see it all uh be taped live