Microsoft showed its first public demo of the new OS on June 1st and it’s not at all like the older versions we’ve come to know. The upcoming version of the Window’s OS will be designed around touch screens.
The operating system’s home screen is filled with big, touchable panels, like the live tiles in Windows Phone 7, and from there you can tap and swipe your way to other touch-based applications. But underneath that touchy layer is plain old Windows, with a task bar, file manager, app icons–everything.