Windows 8 Video Preview ⇥

If I didn’t have a tablet already, I’d buy one with Windows 8 on it, when it’s released. I find iOS on the iPad to be very touch-friendly, but lacking some of the features I take for granted on desktop OSes. Android and Windows 7 are both poor solutions to the problem. Windows 8, on the other hand, looks like it strikes the right balance. The video is embedded below (aside: why can’t Microsoft afford a lapel microphone?)

It’s dismaying to see that it can run current Windows applications. It seems like one great idea after another, until someone on the backwards compatibility team has their say. What if they gave it a new name (Microsoft Metro?) to distance it entirely from Windows?