During the D9 conference, held in the United States, the president of Microsoft's Windows division has a very interesting revelation. Being interviewed by Walt Mossberg, Steven Sinofsky said the requirements to run Windows will be 8 "or less" to those needed to run the current Windows 7.
According to the executive, Windows 8 - he made it clear that this is just a code name, by the way probably will not name the next version of the system-not rely on any hardware that is already higher than necessary today in terms RAM, disk space and graphics to use Windows.
Sinofsky also confirmed that Windows 8 will be available in both Intel and AMD architectures like the ARM. A clear move toward launching a system that will be compatible with tablets of the future. For the executive, the backward compatibility of applications is assured. In other words, the software that runs on Windows 7 will also run on Windows 8.
During the event, Microsoft has revealed how it will be the new home screen of Windows 8. See below.
We have a look that clearly draws on that presented by Windows Phone 7. Called tiles, blocks of information they give data on social networks, new e-mail, appointments, besides the weather and access to a store, which presumably the Store Windows that Microsoft has been planning.
