Microsoft is gearing up to release a new version of Windows later this year, codenamed Windows Blue.

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However, if they coincide with the release of the next version of Windows, this would mean a launch date in 2012.

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's Active Directory, which is part of Windows 2000 (the next version of Windows NT, due to ship this year).

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We expect to see a similar decline in Windows revenues during this quarter because customers, who are aware that a new version of Windows will be released soon, may have decided to postpone their OS upgrades.

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This is the x86 version of the Surface tablet running full Windows 8 and starting with 64GB of storage.

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For one thing, this month the company is only launching the Windows RT version of Surface, running on an ARM-based processor.

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This could make it difficult for EA to successfully develop the same version of Medal of Honor for both Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8.

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What this software does to overall system performance probably varies from machine to machine based on processor speed and version of Windows, but it is a very innovative marketing strategy to use what many users will consider as a missing feature in Windows 8 as a hook for a revenue producing app platform.

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