The guys over at Neowin managed to record a live Windows 8 demonstration by a Microsoft employee over at this year’s CES. One of the interesting aspects of the demo is that Windows 8 is shown on multiple devices and in different versions. This includes features that have not been on film before, like Microsoft Music, new mouse gestures or background colors. And while that is probably nothing to get too excited about, it provides everyone with a nice impression of what Microsoft is going to deliver with Windows 8.

One of the most important things that I personally take away from the demonstration is the fact that Windows 8 will indeed launch in the Metro interface, even on desktop PCs and traditional laptops.

A cool feature that has been demoed on the day was the ability to zoom in or out of the Metro UI, which is a very interesting option to get a better overview of all installed apps in Metro UI. The zoomed out mode furthermore can be used to group and move apps around, which should work a lot better than in standard mode, as it may mean a lot of scrolling until you reach the new position for the selected app or group of apps.

According to the demonstrator, Windows 8 will not make any compromises when it comes to the desktop. It will be interesting to see if Microsoft will keep that promise. Another feature that was demonstrated on the day was the ability to display Metro apps and desktop apps side by side on the same screen, which opens the door for some interesting options.

Here is another demonstration session that has been uploaded by another user to YouTube. It is basically the same session, with the difference that this one is not cut off in the middle.

After watching the new Windows 8 video, has your impression changed or remained the same? Let us know what you think of the operating system.

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It is one thing to read and talk about Microsoft’s upcoming operating system Windows 8, and an entirely other thing to see it in action. If you are interested in Windows 8 you – by now – must have seen the less than five minute long preview that made the rounds a few days ago. You can watch that video here ( Microsoft unveil Windows Next Tablet UI )

But four minutes is not really enough to showcase a new operating system like Windows 8, even if it is only the touch UI, tablet UI, mobile UI or whatever you would call it at this point in time.

Microsoft have released a 32 minute video of the Windows 8 partner preview event in Taipei, Taiwan at Computex 2011. Microsoft corporate Vice president Mike Anguilo demonstrates Windows 8 live, and we have it all on tape.

The demonstration has caused some confusion in Germany, where several popular media portals such as Heise reported that Windows 8 would only support UEFI and not traditional BIOS anymore.

It is very unlikely that Microsoft will make Windows 8 only compatible with UEFI, and there are a number of reasons for that. It would first and foremost mean that everyone with a traditional BIOS would have to switch hardware to run Windows 8, which would drastically reduce the number of users who would want to upgrade to the new operating system. It is estimated that more than 99% of computer users run a traditional BIOS and not UEFI.

Microsoft a few days ago mentioned that Windows 8 would run on the same hardware as Windows 7, which would torpedo that claim. From what we gathered, it is likely that the Heise reporter misinterpreted the words of Mike Anguilo. What Mike said was that Windows 8 will require UEFI on ARM systems, and that it will be required on PCs that want to address hard drives larger than 2.2 Terabytes.

Note that Mike did not say that PCs with 3 Terabyte hard drives need Windows 8. He only mentioned that UEFI would be needed if the space beyond 2.2 Terabytes needed to be used as well.

So, Windows 8 will run on standard BIOS and UEFI just fine.

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A video was uploaded to the popular video hosting website YouTube the other day that demonstrates a new feature called pattern logon. It basically replaces the standard password with a pattern based login in which you have to click on, or touch, squares in a specific sequence to log on.

The video is not safe for work and I suggest you do not watch it if you are easily offended. That said, it is still on Youtube and the nsfw part is around the 20 to 25 second mark.

It is probably enough if you watch the first ten seconds or so anyway considering that the logon happens during that time.

You can view the full video over at Youtube

Pattern based logon is similar to Android’s pattern passcode. It is likely that this method will be part of the touch version of Windows 8. It is not clear yet if it will be included in all versions of the operating system.

The video originated from the My digital life forum.

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Several Windows 8 videos have been posted in the last days, and we would like to use this post to give you a quick overview of the videos that have been posted. In general, you find two kinds of videos on the Internet about Windows 8.

Many videos have been made after the Windows 8 Milestone 1 leak which show that version of the operating system in detail.

And then there are videos that have been made by partners or other participants of the development process.

Lets start with the Milestone 1 builds first. The following two Windows 8 videos have been posted on Youtube in the past 24 hours. Both show the leaked Windows 8 build 7850 in detail.

It is rather unfortunate that we cannot embed a video of a Milestone 3 build of Windows 8 as well on our site.

The German magazine Winfuture has posted a demonstration video that showcases one of the latest Windows 8 builds. To be precise, the build that they show is build 7955 of Windows 8.

You can play the HD version of the video right on this page.

Have you discovered additional Windows 8 videos? Let us know in the comments.

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The following video was not created by Microsoft, but by a UI team in Copenhagen.  It nevertheless still shows some amazing new user experience features that would really make Windows 8 an amazing advance in the Windows series.

Check it out below!

Copenhagen User Experience from Copenhagen Concept.

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