Sunday, October 2, 2011

Re: [Avid-L2] Windows 8 Conjecture

 

Last I read, W8 had a planned release date of "late 2012", so I certainly
hope Avid are not waiting for that.

D.

On Oct 2, 2011 6:39 AM, "blafarm" <blafarm@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> I was just reading some articles about the projected release date for
Windows 8 -- and how it represents a sea-change "under-the-hood" departure
from previous Windows architectures (and supposedly for the better).
>
> And I wondered, is MC v.6 for Windows being written for W7 -- or W8?
>
> And, how could it even be written for W8? I mean, it's not been released
-- nor has it been even qualified as being a stable OS platform for this
application.
>
> And if it's being written for W7 -- how long will it take -- and how much
effort will it take -- to port it, once again, for a radically different W8
environment?
>
> Mind you, I'm not advocating a mass conversion to an untested OS --
especially one that represents a such a big departure from the past. But if
W8's new architecture ends up leaving the previous OS versions in the dust
-- how long might we be stuck on W7?
>
> Just thinking out loud.
>

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