More Windows 8 videos surface on its Amazon product listings, packaging revealed
More Windows 8 videos, along with potential packaging have surfaced on Amazon UK product pages. The Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8 Standard - Pro, and Windows 8 Pro N upgrade editions are accompanied by fourteen videos in total, each walking the viewer through a different feature, functionality or ability in the next version of Microsoft's operating system. We're quickly drawing closer to the release date of Windows 8, as well as Windows Phone 8, and more.
Just as these new videos come to light, the batch published on YouTube, which we covered yesterday have been removed (due to copyright claims filed by Microsoft). They are included in the compiled list below (from Amazon), so it's not an issue for those of you who may have missed our earlier article. We can expect Microsoft to use these videos on television, but if not the company can always use similar style.
The videos are as follows:
- Meet Windows 8
- Make it yours
- Personalise your experience
- Work hard, play hard
- The store
- All about apps
- Find things with search
- Learn about search
- Internet Explorer 10
- Command your apps
- Share photos, links and more
- Switch between apps
- Change your settings
- Snap your apps
As mentioned above, Amazon has also unveiled Windows 8 packaging for the different upgrade products. Windows 8 Pro will be the standard upgrade, while the Standard-Pro box will provide the owner a key for migration between the two versions. Windows 8 Pro N ships without Windows Media Player. So what do you make of the videos and presented box art?
Source: Amazon (Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8 Standard-Pro, Windows 8 Pro N), via: The Verge; thanks, Brandon, for the tip!
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Jf.Vigor says:
What do I make of it?
EVERYTHING'S GORGEOUS IN MICROSOFT-LAND!!!!!!
I'm fuxxin with the 920, but man-oh-man if they had a surface phone announced I'd hop on that. Quicly becoming a Microsoft-fanboy much in the way I used to be a Segafan back in the dreamcast/saturn era
phirefly says:
Oh the good ol days.... I loved my Dreamcast and I've hated Sony ever since cuz I blame them for the death.
Jf.Vigor says:
lol the same, went straight from Sega to Microsoft because I always blamed PS2 haha
Happy though. From the xbox, to the 360, to the zune, and soon the surface... Microsoft makes great products
Dare2Blink says:
Lol me too, the Dreamcast showed me how a superior product can fail if the marketing is not there to back it up. Still have find memories of playing panzer dragon and virtua fighter
Superscythe says:
Yea! Glad to know I have not been alone all these years for despising Sony for killing Sega. (As much as I really know it was ultimately Sega's own fault...)
ladydias says:
Man, you just gave me a flashback. I miss playing Skies of Arcadia and Project Justice on my Dreamcast. :(
Pfrbooty3 says:
Just Like me!! (Sega Master system-genesis-saturn-dreamcast)!!! Panzer Dragoon, Soul Caliber, Virtua Fighter, Shenmue...Wow you guys really brought back a lot of GREAT memories, Thanks!!
spraTTmk1 says:
I got tired of apples animal theme for every OS packaging and labeling, really animals ?
GoodThings2Life says:
Sssshhhhhh!!! Those cats will claw your face off!!!! lol
Adiliyo says:
i like the use of the new logo being used as an actual window to the art "behind" it.
it's pretty representative of the new microsoft image wise, clean lines with a splash of color.
i hope they offer pro in non disc versions of some kind, the dvd drive broke on my desktop and i haven't bothered to replace it.
spraTTmk1 says:
People get pissed when laptops don't have the DVD drive as an option, but really how many people need it these days? Everything is digital and quite frankly I love it, thin is in for everything, even though the 920 reminds me of a high tech palm pilot I still plan on getting it.
GoodThings2Life says:
Funny you should ask. I have a need to burn 40 DVD's, and I used to be able to do that. Now I can't. It's one thing I'm actually quite annoyed about. I understand the cost reasoning, but they're not extending the savings to us (that we know about), so in a way I'm getting less for the same price. It's really the only point of negativity I have about Windows 8. In terms of playing media, it's a step backwards, and I think they should have gone one more product release with it built in.
drunken scholar says:
That's what a desktop machine is for. I never use the DVD drive in any laptop I purchase.
GoodThings2Life says:
I have a Dell Vostro V131 laptop. It came with Windows 7 Pro. I bought a $25 external DVD drive. It worked brilliantly. I upgraded to Windows 8 Pro. I lost the ability to use it without buying third-party DVD software ($100-- $50/each for a player and a recording tool). I don't care what your opinion is, it's still a downgrade IN THAT RESPECT. Don't misunderstand me. I like Windows 8, and I'm not going back... but it's not an insignificant loss, so "sober up" a few minutes so you can understand that running Windows 8 on my desktop creates the same limitation.
aubreyq says:
The external DVD burner didn't come with software or was it part of the original Vostro's bundle?
Landsharkk says:
I'd like to know why your external no longer works with Windows 8? The Windows 7 software should work on Windows 8, unless there's something I don't know about.
drunken scholar says:
You're adorable, the way you try and hurt with words. You didn't upgrade to 8 Pro anything because it's not released yet. What you did was install a preview that was incomplete. You should try it again on Oct 26th.
12Danny123 says:
those are very good videos. :-)
drunken scholar says:
It looks like you can group tiles by category and give them headings. Above the second group of tiles in the Make it Yours video it says, "Hobbies." Maybe this was something I missed in the preview, but I like it a lot.
GoodThings2Life says:
Yep! I have category headers for mine too... I have "Office" and "Administrative Tools" in addition to "Fun & Games".
wintersbane says:
Not sure how you do it on a touch-enabled device, but with mouse&keyboard to rename groups on the start screen you just zoom out and right-click on whichever group you want to rename.
Nataku4ca says:
pinch to zoom out then long press to get the charm bar, i think
splash112 says:
I have headers too, it gives it a cleaner look
CJ Thunder says:
Boxes were shown two months or so ago on liveside. Going to watch all videos now, see how they stack up.
CommonBlob says:
Loving RTM, will love it more on a shiny surface pro though
GoodThings2Life says:
I really hope they'll adapt these videos for TV, because they really are fantastic! No douchey, condescending narrator but they are captivating and informational at the same time. And I won't lie, I've had the melody of the first four videos in my head all day.
bjax says:
Should I do partition my hard drive and just buy/run the digital version or is it better to buy the dvd's and do a clean install across the whole PC?
Mouthsmasher says:
Looks like nice packaging. The artsy bright colors reminds me of Adobe Creative Suite packaging.
someoneinwa says:
Ah, Windows N, the version NOBODY buys. This is what happens when lawyers design software.
krayziehustler says:
that should be in the UK only where the European Union is particularly harsh on MS. So MS is forced to sell a version of their OS without Media Player because its "unfair" for competitors but Apple is allowed to bundle QuickTime and iTunes..go figure
ImmortalWarrior says:
The question is, can you uninstall Media Player? I don't know, never tried. The Anti Trust bs was just because in XP you couldn't uninstall internet explorer completely you could only disable it (if memory serves me correctly).
stevethenerd says:
Well that was a disappointment, can't watch the videos on my phone :(
d-signet says:
So where does that leave this story?
http://www.wpcentral.com/microsoft-may-be-canceling-retail-package-windows-8-do-you-feel-annoyed
