Microsoft Promises Oct. 26 Launch Date for Windows 8

 According to Microsoft’s official Windows blog, the company’s Steven Sinofsky just announced a firm ship date for Microsoft’s upcoming operating system, Windows 8, at its annual sales meeting. Sinofsky announced that the OS will ship as both an upgrade and on new PCs starting Oct. 26.

This follows a recent announcement that Windows 8 would ship sometime in October. Currently, it’s available as a Release Preview version. The firm ship date is a signal that the company has the product very near a final version. There is still, however, no firm ship date announced for its upcoming foray into hardware, the Surface. 

 

Source : wired.com