How Long Until We Get Our First Windows 8 Leak?

They say Win 8 is going to look like the Copenhagen Concept.
I wouldn't like it. would you ? : http://vimeo.com/4255076
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I don't think it really matters... If there's one thing MS proved with W7 is that they already have their mind made about the features of W8 by now. If really a lot of people want a feature and that doesn't mean a lot of work for MS then they might add it, but that's all. We'll just be spectators, and that sucks...

I believe that those "leaks" were intentional on the part of MS. Think about it. They are finally realizing that the free marketing you get from people posting that "Hey check out these leaked screen shots of the new [insert something nifty here.]." is free press for MS. And having a random build that will expire anyways down the road doesn't hurt MS at all. Its free beta testing for them without needing to incur bandwidth costs of releasing a new build...hit hard by D/Lers...release another...hit hard by D/Lers...and again and again and again.

I think the MS advertising machine is going to stay focused on Windows 7 until at least July of next year as they try and kill Win XP. Because frankly XP is Win 7's biggest competition right now. The last thing they need is publicity on a new OS less then 6 months after the release of Win7.

Considering how Windows 7 rolled out from Milestones to Alpha to Beta to RC to RTM I believe it will be at least a year of development before anyone is able to get their hands on Alpha leaks of the OS. Usually I get weird gut feelings about this but I have no real feeling yet about Windows 8. Logically speaking though look at the Windows 7 timeline and how leaks appeared. I'd think soonest leaks would be April 2010 as Windows 7 RC builds expire or shortly after that.

On another note for what would be nice as well a smart game plan for Windows 8 would be to take in account of what people want. You have a vast user base of people that use Windows. You have those enthusiasts who like to strip down builds and remove many things to make a streamline OS and others who like the support for legacy software with all the bells and whistles with total disregard for how much space the installation takes. I think it would be wise to go back to a simple less confusing product line. People have griped before about not knowing the differences between all the different flavors of Vista as well 7. I believe there should be Home, Business and Ultimate. No premium to basic to core and so on. Make it simple... Home for home users, Business for the business world and Ultimate for those who want a premium package that covers all bases and more so suited to the Windows Enthusiast. On another level give the option upon install whether the user wants legacy support. They've been talking about dropping all the support for Win95 - Windows XP so have it as an option. Just a simple question of "Do you want support for older software that runs on Windows 95 through Windows XP?" and with that determines the installation. They would be able to save a lot of space and resources by giving users the option to take out legacy support if they don't run outdated software. I can think of many more ideas but I think those would be some big steps for Windows 8. All we can do is wait and see.

I hope it's not November. That would take too long. :)

Considering how common and wide-spread leaks are becoming, it might be even earlier.

no windows 8 leaks for about a year after windows 7 launch, windows vista launch to windows 7 leaks were a long time

i cant really say this but i will :)

windows xp launch till first windows vista leak, long time, but that was because of unplanned circumstances, but you never know what unplanned circumstances will happen yet, theres could be a bigger conficker virus around the corner ...

I think windows 8 will leak around office 2010, early next year.