Next week Microsoft is holding its Worldwide Partner Conference from July 11 through July 14. This conference is designed to prep developers for what Microsoft has in plan for the future, so obviously Windows 8 is a big part of that. As a result it is quite possible that Microsoft will release an early developer preview of Windows 8 at the conference.
It’s a bit of a long shot however so don’t count on it, I’d take this rumor with a pinch of salt. The news comes from the Twitter account of MSFTtm, who have actually proven fairly accurate in the past when it comes to Windows 8 build details in the past. They say Microsoft will release a Community Technical Preview (CTP) at the conference.
Zdnet did also recently report that a CTP build of Windows 8 could be released towards the end of July which would coincide somewhat with this report as well. It’s important to remember however that even if these reports do prove to be true, a CTP build of Windows 8 will not be available to the consumer, it’s aimed at developers, IT pros and the technical community.
We recently covered a story here at Windows8News that Microsoft will be unveiling Windows 8 at Build 2011 in September. So it would be kind of surprising if Microsoft took the covers off of it’s latest OS next week with that event planned. I say we may get another little teaser or a bit more information but nothing substantial. I reckon Microsoft will save that for the Build 2011 conference in September
Microsoft did give us a good look at the new tablet interface for Windows 8 a while back, but no more than that. So it’ll be interesting to see if Microsoft have more to show us behind that fancy tablet UI
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