Microsoft Windwos 8 Developer Preview By Francis Chao APCUG Virtual Conference November 12, 2011 The "Windows 8 Developers Preview", which is also known as "Windows 8 Pre-beta" provides us with a look into the rapidly-approaching future of the "Windows" operating system. "Windows 8" will have both the old, legacy "Desktop" user interface and the new "Metro" "Start" screen. "Metro" is Microsoft's unified user interface that will be inside Microsoft's future operating systems for computers, tablets, cell phones, and PDAs.