Recently Microsoft announced that Windows 7 hit 150 million licenses, which translates to about 7 copies a second, but that doesn't mean the folks over at Microsoft aren't planning for the future. The software giant is already beginning to prep OEMs on Windows 8, at least according to leaked slides. It doesn't look as if they have any ideas pat planned for sure but there are some larger themes being discussed as of right now, for example improved start-up, wake-from-sleep times to be nearly instantaneous, the addition of higher-speed interconnects such as USB 3.0 and Bluetooth 3.0, hard drive, encryption, ambient light sensitivity, and facial recognition login and logout. The last seems to be the most interesting as it hints to a Microsoft Kinect - style user detection. As of right now, PC's from HP, Asus, and others can already do this so the possibility of some Kinect type of device for the PC is definitely possible. Something such as the gestural menu Microsoft displayed for the Xbox 360 can easily work for Media Player and IE. There currently are not any set dates for any of this and we can't imagine Microsoft will hop ship over to Windows 8 anytime soon, especially after announcing the success of Windows 7, but it's still nice to see good things for the future.
Check out the leaked slides below:
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