Windows 8 makes Intel very, very happy

 To say that Intel CEO Paul Otellini is optimistic about the prospects for Microsoft's Windows 8 may be a bit of an understatement. In fact, said Otellini Windows 8 is "one of the best things that ever happened to our company."

It's a pretty strong statement. Speaking at a Credit Suisse Technology Conference, so Otellini beaten path, which he called myths about Intel. These myths relate to the idea that ARM will hurt Intel, PC is toast and that the chip giant is not mobile.

Many of these concerns, myths in Intel's view, the links to Windows 8 Here's what Otellini said about Windows 8:

    We are very excited about Windows 8 I think it's one of the best things that ever happened to our company. And it is a very good operating system, not just PCs, but we think that will give tablets to produce identification really mainstream computing, especially in companies that do not have today. A large part of its executives are worried about security, they are concerned about the difficulty of their legacy applications to offer an Android tablet or an iPhone.

    What Microsoft is doing is making them seamlessly. And they have a new experience, which they called Metro, which is the interface there. But for Intel-based machines, there is a button that basically takes you back to your classic Windows experience, which is essentially a software switch.

    So you just a manifestation of the operating system with two different GUI running, if you will, it is not run on virtual machines, it is a manifestation. So this gives us, x86, especially, I think a unique advantage when Windows 8 comes on the market because we can take advantage of the legacy that was ever written, and all that all the drivers for the mouse and printers and any other USB device in the world. For example. Get pictures from your camera on a tablet

    Try that if you do not have a driver does not work. On the other hand, if the tablet is running [an expansion] of Windows is it working as it works with a PC today. So there is a huge advantage, built in that we think we like Windows 8 product launch to start.

These comments followed a question about the ARM architecture. Otellini said that Windows 8 on ARM, a range of disabilities, including support for older programs. Otellini Windows 8 on ARM compared to the transition to Apple moved to Intel from PowerPC. In other words, the switch is not trivial.