Microsoft Outlines Plans to Deliver Windows 8
Microsoft shares early ship targets for Windows 8 versions of its operating systems
Microsoft has already announced its plans to update some of its Windows Embedded operating systems with Windows 8 versions. The company has even begun to share early ship targets for some of these versions of the embedded operating systems. According to the plans Windows Embedded Enterprise v.Next will be out a quarter after Windows 8 is available for PCs and Windows Embedded Standard v.Next in the first quarter of 2012.
Windows Embedded Enterprise v.Next, its OS for devices such as ATMs and kiosks, will be out a quarter after Windows 8 is generally available for PCs
Windows Embedded Standard v.Next, a componentized version of
Windows for various devices, will be out in Community Technology Preview
(CTP) test form in the first quarter of 2012 and will be generally
available three quarters after Windows 8 is generally available for PCs.
It will support ARM processors (like Windows 8 will) — something that
it hasn’t done traditionally with this SKU — as well as support for all
the management and security features of Windows 8.
Windows Embedded Compact v. Next, its real-time operating system for small-footprint, specialized devices, is due out in the second half of 2012, with support for Visual Studio 2010. Embedded Compact v. Next will likely continue to support ARM and x86 processors, as the current SKU does. (I’ve put a question into Microsoft to make sure of this, however.)
Microsoft is still not disclosing Windows 8’s planned release date, but it is widely expected to be available for PCs by the third quarter of 2012.
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