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Some days ago, we said in one of our posts that Microsoft is working on a version of Windows which is specially designed for tablet devices. We also guessed that this version may come from Windows 8 because Windows 7 doesn’t support ARM based processors. Now finally Microsoft has showed off the prototypes of its ARM-Powered Windows 8 at Computex 2011 in Taipei.
Recently at Computex 2011 in Taipei, Foxconn, Wistron and Quanta all revealed the early hardware of Windows 8 including chips from Qualcomm, Texas Instruments and NVIDIA’s upcoming Kal-El, which got both a tablet and a super-slim prototype notebook.
Dell’s also got a XPS development station up on stage. Its bulky and ugly but Dell’s also likely to have a portable Windows 8 machine at some point.
Well, Qualcomm is promising a chip that can instantly wake from sleep, and one of the devices showed that USB host support works fine. Unfortunately, None of these devices will make their way to the market but its nice to listen that the OEMs care enough to show their solidarity here.