Many users and developers from the current Windows Media Center in Windows 7 ask yourself the question as to the WMC in Windows 8 continues. Here is the preview of Windows Consumer 8 on just before the publication 29. February 2012.

In many Forums and blog has been discussed already so hot about it. Nevertheless, I would like to leave you my personal opinion, because we the WMC on desktop PC and HTPC daily use.

The consumer is, according to official preview Microsoft MSDN Blog Building Windows 8 already include a "Photos", "Music" and "Videos" Modern App (also Metro App) contain. In its current form is still available as a desktop application, the WMC. However, the old surface accounts for the year 2009 the WMC under the new Metro design language so my opinion does not make sense.

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On a msdn Blog were the first concrete information about Hyper-V for the upcoming operating system Windows 8 geblogt.

Hyper-V is thus in Windows 8 Just as subsequently install additional function to be. Important for this course is that the respective computer meets the requirements:

• At least 4 GB of RAM
• A 64bit version of Windows 8
• A processor with hardware support for virtualization

The Handahabung to be about as easy as with Virtual Box or VMware player. Are in support of the guests probably be 32bit and 64bit machines. Exactly what systems and in particular what Linux variants could not yet be determined.

It will be interesting what Windows 8 shall affix.