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Windows 8 M3 build contains new wallpaper, twin UI bits, and more
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 03/31/2011 03:48 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Windows 8 information keeps trickling out slowly. Here to add to the mix is a new wallpaper and some additional information.
From ZDNet:
Windows 8 M3 build contains new wallpaper, twin UI bits, and more
Slowly trickling down the pike is a freshly-baked Windows 8 M3 build purportedly distributed out to select OEMs via Microsoft Connect recently. Since then, the flood of information hitting the Internet has been exciting, but not particularly revealing in the way of visuals.
While this isn’t too much more to contribute to what’s already out there, a kind anonymous soul sent me a screen shot today of a new Windows 8 build sporting a new wallpaper. Not surprisingly, we see fish and other sea-related visuals — par for the course pre-beta visuals ever since Windows 7’s early builds. Here is a screen shot of the Windows 8 build with the wallpaper in use (build string removed for anonymity; click the image below to see a larger version):
While this isn’t too much more to contribute to what’s already out there, a kind anonymous soul sent me a screen shot today of a new Windows 8 build sporting a new wallpaper. Not surprisingly, we see fish and other sea-related visuals — par for the course pre-beta visuals ever since Windows 7’s early builds. Here is a screen shot of the Windows 8 build with the wallpaper in use (build string removed for anonymity; click the image below to see a larger version):
Windows 8 M3 build contains new wallpaper, twin UI bits, and more
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