“We’re so happy to finally be able to share it with you” – Jensen Harris, Director of Program Management for Windows User Experience. Yes, Windows 8 is officially official! Upon first glance, it reminds me a lot of my super cool Windows Phone 7. It’s all about you and customising the interactive interface to suit your needs.

The Start screen comprises a “personal mosaic of tiles” that gives you the ability to glance at what you want – including photos, weather, calendar, and social networking updates. While the new interface has been optimised for touch capabilities, it works perfectly as well with a mouse and keyboard.

The new platform is based on standard web capabilities such as HTML5 and JavaScript, allowing millions of developers to create a new kind of app for Windows 8. See the new fast and fluid interaction between applications; whilst still maintaining the power, flexibility and connectivity that Windows has always offered. It’s got all the goodness of hardware including the accelerated Internet Explorer 10 to bring you fully touch-optimised browsing.

So what’s your favourite feature? Mine would have to be the split “ergonomic” keyboard from the tablet demonstration. Can’t wait to get my hands on a demo!

Sarah