Interesting Features in Windows 8

Hi guys We all know that windows 7 has really made the turning point for Microsoft because of its user interface , performance , stability etc, like windows 7 Microsoft is planning to give more features in the upcoming OS Windows 8 which is going to released in 2014, i came to know abut some of the feature in the Windows 8 OS


Microsoft is planning to make Windows 8 an 128-bit operating system, according to details leaked from the software giant’s Research department. The discovery came to light after Microsoft Research employee, Robert Morgan, carelessly left details of his work on the social-networking site, Linked.

“Research & Development projects including 128-bit architecture compatibility with the Windows 8 kernel and Windows 9 project plan”

The senior researcher’s profile said he was: “Working in high security department for research and development involving strategic planning for medium and long term projects. Research & Development projects including 128-bit architecture compatibility with the Windows 8 kernel and Windows 9 project plan. Forming relationships with major partners: Intel, AMD, HP and IBM.”

A move to 128-bit support would be a bold move for Microsoft. Many outsiders were urging Microsoft to make Windows 7 64-bit only, but the company continues to offer a 32-bit version of the forthcoming OS.


Microsoft has said very little publicly about  Windows 8, although on a visit to the UK earlier this week, CEO Steve Ballmer denied rumours that Windows 7 would be the last major client OS the company
produced. Ballmer admitted that planning was underway on Windows 8, although it’s highly unlikely that the OS will arrive until 2012 at the earliest.

This Slashdot comment raises some interesting points:

“Most 64-bit processors provide 40 or 48 bits of address space; they ignore the other two or three bytes of the address (often they support a larger virtual address space than physical, but even then it’s usually less than 64-bit). I’ve yet to see a consumer- grade machine with more RAM than PAE (36-bit addressing) could address. That said, memory is not the only place where the number of bits is important. Hard
drives are typically addressed by 512-byte blocks, so 32 bits gives you 2TB, which is a single disk these days. 64 bits gives you 8ZB, which is quite a lot, but it’s not a completely unreasonable amount; some people are going to find that constraining in the next few years, which is why ZFS uses 128 bits. It’s not that 128 bits are necessary, so much that 65 bits are and 128 is the most computationally-convenient size after 128. Making sure everything in the kernel supports 128-bit filesystem offsets is an important for long-term project.”
Seems to me the future of Wine is going to also have be 128 bit to remain relevant and run the future 128 bit Games and Office tools that are geared for the future Windows OS. Possibly by the time of Windows 8 this will be when they finally kill off 32 bit support and release 64 bit and 128 bit versions of Windows. Looks as if the ground work for 128 bit computing is being set now and therefor a future 128 bit release of our favorite Windows re implementation Wine.

NOTE :- This information is based on currently available resources and might become
irrelevant after the official announcement of WINDOWS 8