Microsoft confirm Windows 8 Beta will be released in Late February 2012

[javajolt]

Microsoft has in effect confirmed the Windows 8 Beta release date.

Today in San Francisco, they confirmed that the Windows 8 Beta will indeed be released in February of 2012.

To put this in context, it was revealed as the time when the Windows Store will also make its debut.

For more information about the Microsoft Windows Store, head to the overview here.

[DMHolt57]

What do you think...will Media Center be in the beta this round?

[javajolt]

What do you think...will Media Center be in the beta this round?

From all indications from MS - Yes Media Center will be in Win8.

Steven Sinofsky, the president of the Windows division, confirmed in his recent blog post that the Media Center will be returning for Windows 8.
 
He also added that the Media Center won’t be included in any of the pre-release builds. As well as that, Microsoft won’t be including Windows 7 games, DVD Creator, upgrade setup and Dot Net 3.5 Apparently they won’t be included for engineering reasons as well as business decisions. Microsoft probably wan’t to ensure the OS is working properly before they start adding in these additional features.
 
Sinofsky also noted that they are hard at work trying to improve the quality and compatibility of the add-ins for the Media Center.

You can read Steven Sinofsky’s full post here scroll to the bottom.

[DMHolt57]

So...No Media Center in the betas...