Neowin News Feed for: Windows 8 china

Windows 9 is being promoted by a Chinese retailer

John Callaham — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:51:03 +0000

A Chinese student retail website has already started taking orders for selling Windows 9, in a deal that offers a free upgrade to the still unannounced next Windows OS if students get Windows 8. Read more...

Windows 8 launch events in China and Germany now up for replay

John Callaham — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 14:54:29 +0000

Microsoft has posted up new videos of the Windows 8 launch events in China and in Germany last week, along with a new video of the massive event in New York City's Times Square. Read more...

Windows 8 upgrade to be download only in China

John Callaham — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 07:21:07 +0100

Windows 8 will only be made available as a downloadable software product for China, as it ditches the physical box copies of the OS, most likely due to piracy concerns. Read more...

Microsoft holds Windows 8 pre-launch event in China

John Callaham — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 08:40:55 +0100

Microsoft held a pre-launch event for Windows 8 in Shanghai, China today, with Windows team leader Steven Sinofsky in attendance, showing off both hardware and Chinese software for the new OS. Read more...

Windows 8 RTM for China has (also) leaked

Brad Sams — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 14:05:20 +0100

Another day and another RTM leak and this time its from the Chinese edition of Windows 8 and the leak comes in two flavors, 32 bit and 64 bit. Make the jump to learn more about the leak. Read more...

Windows 8 China Release Preview SKU screenshots leaked

John Callaham — Tue, 22 May 2012 19:51:50 +0100

A website claims to have screenshots for the Release Preview version of the China-only SKU for Windows 8, including showing a version of the Windows 8 Metro weather app. Read more...

Windows 8 China SKU in the works?

John Callaham — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:42:06 +0100

A new screenshot leak from an internal Windows 8 build may indicate Microsoft is creating a cheaper SKU for the OS specifically for the Chinese marketplace to prevent counterfeiting. Read more...