{"id":650124,"date":"2013-04-02T12:22:51","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T16:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betanews.com\/?p=140803"},"modified":"2013-04-02T12:22:51","modified_gmt":"2013-04-02T16:22:51","slug":"wait-what-the-next-windows-is-confirmed-to-be-8-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/650124","title":{"rendered":"Wait, what? The next Windows is ‘confirmed’ to be 8.1?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Late yesterday and throughout this morning I have browsed my RSS feeds and continued to be amazed by the stories I see. This is not new — I am often amazed by what some sources will run with. However the latest “news” surrounding Windows “Blue”, which leaked out last week<\/a>, has me completely perplexed.<\/p>\n

Blue is, of course, very real. I am running it in a virtual machine and Microsoft has even confirmed that this update will be unveiled at the BUILD conference in June. The company has also told us that “Blue” is a code name, meaning it will likely not be the final moniker that the update is released under. All of this we know.<\/p>\n

What we do not<\/em> know is what that final name will be. However, I have seen one site after another running with a story saying the final name of Windows 8.1 is “confirmed”. Really? Confirmed by who? Microsoft has said nothing of the sort.<\/p>\n

Where does all of this confirmation come from? Well, as it turns out, it all comes from a leaked screenshot that depicts the “computer properties” screen of a Windows build labeled\u00a0as 9375 and showing a version listed as Windows 8.1 Pro. The source for this? A post from a person going by the handle Kacper K. showing an image he posted to a Polish website known as winforum.eu<\/a>. Well, heck, what is not to trust here? With sourcing like this is there anything left to doubt? It must be confirmed.<\/p>\n

What makes me shake my head the most is that sources I personally respect have run with this story as if it was a cold hard fact.<\/p>\n

Sure, the new Windows update, rumored to be coming in August and currently called Blue, may very well be called 8.1. It is a logical name, but so is 8.5, R2, Sp1 and probably many more.<\/p>\n

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