Microsoft's Windows Blue may have just hit milestone 1

[indianacarnie]

The Windows team at Microsoft just completed the first milestone build (M1) of Windows Blue, the first full-fledged update to Windows 8, according to a couple of sources of mine.

Read more at : Microsoft's Windows Blue may have just hit milestone 1 | ZDNet

 

[jimbo45]

Hi there
What does it have to do --any REAL leaks yet as to its purpose or is it simply a sort of SP1.

Cheers
jimbo

 

[indianacarnie]

No idea actually from all (little) I could find scouring the net, seems like more of a service pack but who knows?

 

[x BlueRobot]

Windows Blue is believed to be the first of a number of annual operating system updates to Windows 8.

It seems to be more of a Service Pack for Windows 8. Any release dates?

 

[alphanumeric]

I read something the other day that stated the kernel version for Blue was 6.3. If that's the case it will be more than just a SP. Windows 7 is 6.1 and Windows 8 is 6.2, 6.3 = Windows 9?

 

[indianacarnie]

Yeah .... but just for windows 8 users? Thats what struck me about the article. Actually thought "Blue" was going to be something for us all, i.e. 8.5 .... a stand alone if you will,but my understanding of this article says its just/only for 8 users which would effectively place it in the SP column wouldn't it?

 

[oreo27]

Just to add more speculation to the matter, I've read that this contains UI updates to Windows 8.

It is however unnecessary if you ask me. A great application made me enjoy my VM tests of Windows 8.

http://www.classicshell.net/

 

[alphanumeric]

 

[x BlueRobot]

Windows Blue could be a new operating system, which is only viable for Windows 8 users, a scheme for Microsoft to make Windows 8 more universally accepted by everyone

 

[Slartybart]

Previous articles make Blue available as an upgrade to valid licenses of Vista, Win7, Win8 (maybe XP - can't recall)

In those discussions (rumors?) Blue was seen as a new licensing and distribution model. Annual subscriptions($40?) would replace a packaged OS, more frequent updates (mini-svcpacks) and Win8 was the name that would last.

Most of this is good news, I think. Except for the annual licensing. By the fourth year, I will spend more on the OS than I've ever spent on an OS. Some I still run after 18 years.

I'm not sure how WU plays into the scheme. Perhaps if you do not renew the subsctiption, you will continue getting updates through WU unitl the life cycle expires (same as current support).

 

[Indianatone]

Any news on a SP2 for Windows 7? It is sourly needed. Don't need any new functions just need all those updates slipstreamed into the install. Maybe that is what part of "windoze blue" is for 7 users?

 

[King Arthur]

Report: No Service Pack 2 for Windows 7
Microsoft has no plans for a second Windows 7 Service Pack ? The Register

Basically, no Windows 7 SP2 because that would just make Windows 7 compete even more with Windows 8 (and, presumably, with Windows Blue).

 

[Indianatone]

Thanks King Arthur, I am just looking for a way to speed up the install process. You have to download several updates in batches, reboot. Update to the updates and so on. If M$ is not going to release a SP2 is there any way to download all the updates and roll them into a home made SP so no one can hack the PC whilst you are downloading the patches? Are there any tech heads here that have any ideas?

 

[marsmimar]

Thanks King Arthur, I am just looking for a way to speed up the install process. You have to download several updates in batches, reboot. Update to the updates and so on. If M$ is not going to release a SP2 is there any way to download all the updates and roll them into a home made SP so no one can hack the PC whilst you are downloading the patches? Are there any tech heads here that have any ideas?

Perhaps slipstreaming SP1 and all other recent updates?

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorial...ows-7-sp1-into-installation-dvd-iso-file.html

How To SlipStream Windows 7, SP1, and Recent Updates » Daves Computer Tips