Windows 9 to be unveiled September 30?

[JTScribe]

http://techcrunch.com/2014/08/21/micros ... fb&ncid=fb'

Any rumors as to whether or not it has Media Center? I don't have much hope . . .

[makryger]

I'd be surprised if they kept Media Center in Windows 9... For Windows 8, it bounced in and out of existence in various 'preview' versions, and the WMC community peer-pressured them into answering us and getting it back in,in the end.

[STC]

Pigs can fly. Official!

[mcewinter]

MC is already established in their store, and 9 will probably just be an improved 8 very much like 7 was to Vista. I'll bet a dollar they keep it as is.

[STC]

^ If they do I can't wait for all the 'Windows 9 broke my MC widget' posts

[IownFIVEechos]

^ And is the echo compatible?

[holidayboy]

^ Xbone won't be - that's for sure!

[Scallica]

http://www.computerworld.com/article/26 ... pt-30.html

[Ed]

So start menu (natively), windowed metro apps (natively) and mutliple desktops (natively) over Win 8.x. That's all I've heard so far - anything else rumored to be in it? Oh, newer DirectX too. That's all I can think of.

[STC]

Maybe a more wooey window animation on startup. Should be good.

[Ed]

Oh, and Cortana is supposed to be in it; forgot about that. And a notification center (finally).

[Scallica]

http://www.computerworld.com/article/26 ... tbwgk.html