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Humanity's knowledge of the next version of Windows has come up by leaps and bounds in light of a number of leaks over the past couple of months. New features revealed thus far run the gamut from hard system reset to system-wide implementation of the much maligned “ribbon” UI. Now, freshly leaked Windows 8 M1 Build 7850 screenshots show an overhauled task manager. Meanwhile, there is another report that points to an “Advanced Task Manager” in the latest builds of Windows 8.
A Mydigitallife forum user has discovered a new task manager interface in the already leaked Windows 8 Build 7850 using a simple registry hack. The “Modern Windows Task Manager” as it is called appears to have a touch-friendly way of killing applications.
According to WinRumors, the latest Windows 8 builds include an Advanced Task Manager, which appears to be a “combination of Microsoft’s Task Manager interface and Microsoft’s Resource Monitor.” It is said to convey important details about active processes, services and the system in general.
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thetechchild
April 18, 2011 at 9:14pm
As ever, Windows continues to focus on accomodating the "casual user" with eye-candy and convenience rated higher than any kind of utility. Looks more dumbed-down than revised, IMO. Of course, I've no idea what else they may have done or included w/ Windows 8, so I can't judge on the whole package, but Windows has been considered bloated and dumbed-down in general for a long time now, for *nix users.
Virgnarus
April 18, 2011 at 10:00am
Doesn't appear like it will compete with Process Explorer, which is a staple for any IT expert's toolbox (not to mention the whole Sysinternals Suite). However from the looks of it I doubt it's even attempting to do so. It seems to be helpful to accomodate the casual PC user, tho, and does look like it'll assist in merging data from both the Resource Monitor and Task Manager into a nifty convenient package.
Neufeldt2002
April 18, 2011 at 8:19am
I like it, it needed a refresh as the old task manager hasn't changed much since 95.
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