<p>Opening the Windows Live Photo Gallery puts us back into Windows 7 territory.</p><p>MICROSOFT is releasing Windows 8 this month and we've been looking into its promises from a photographer's point of view.</p><p>The last of the consumer preview releases of Windows 8 is purported to be close to the version to go on sale in a couple of weeks, so we should get a clear picture of the picture, as it were.</p><p>First, the good news. Windows 8 is blindingly fast, from boot-up to opening and running applications. Responses are instantaneous, even when running the preview version on our ageing laptop.</p><p><a href="http://www.canberratimes.com.au/digital-life/cameras/pieces-of-8-come-together-20121010-27bwu.html">Keep reading...</a></p>