MICROSOFT WINDOWS 8 IMPROVES OVER WINDOWS 7 – WIN 8 VS WIN7

windows 8 is the approaching variation of Microsoft Windows. It introduces the latest Metro-style interface that is fashioned for touchscreen input. Without a doubt, Windows 8 includes most significant alterations users have seen in improving from the last variation of Windows to the newest. Here let’s have a look about the five most significant changes in the Windows 8.

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Touch friendly

Definitely, user interface is the most important between Windows 8 and its popular predecessor. Windows 7 backed touch, but it was instantly clear that a real touch interface was required planning onward and, in Metro (the Windows Phone UI), this is what Windows 8 delivers.

In the hottest version, users will be capable of promptly pick the programs they require from a collection of tiles instead of menus, get pleasure from better handwriting recognition and use an on-screen keyboard like those observed on smart phones. It is also crucial to observe that users will continue to able to use a classical keyboard and mouse, if they so choose.

Start menu replaced

Unlike Window 7, wow it is not the play for kids to find out the Start menu. Updating the well known Start menu is a Start screen which enables the same varieties of live tiles and information as Windows Phone 7′s home screen, but also allows much improved adaptability for the user.

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When you open an app that requires the desktop you continue to get the familiar recycle bin and task bar, but the Start menu button take you back to the Start screen.

Better multiple monitor support

Microsoft has determined that, with most of us, especially in the offices, utilizing multiple monitors on our PCs that it required to renovate its desktop management.

That indicates that you have the start screen in one particular monitor and the desktop in another, or decide on to have the taskbar on each screen with different icons on each. You might, place a distinct background on each screen if you have numerous monitors.

Search

After the modification in the monitor support, Search is offered not only through the Search Charm but also through the start screen – just begin to type and the outcomes on screen are for programs and files.

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Windows Store

Microsoft’s Windows Store will be a major feature of Windows 8, featuring desktop apps and an environment for developers.

There is not any information yet as to what slice of app sales Microsoft will bring, but the company has suggested that it will permit in-app purchases.

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Cloud integration

Microsoft is eager to make cloud integration core to Windows 8. That implies that the potential to sync data to a SkyDrive, synced settings among PCs and photos distributed across numerous PCs.

Microsoft Surface Windows 8 Tablets unveiled

Microsoft is indeed building computers now, and unveiled their first line of tablet computers in L.A. on June 18th, by presenting two tablets – One running on Windows RT, and another one running Windows 8 Pro. Microsoft Surface together with Windows 8 were both released on October 26.

[Update October 29: Microsoft Surface RT started taking pre-orders at $499 for the tablet only, on October 16. That 32GB model sold out in a few hours. The second cheapest Surface RT model starts at $599, or $619 in Canada. But the backorder waiting list is only 3 weeks for the cheapest version.]

Microsoft Surface

Two Tablet Models called ‘Surface’
The Surface Windows RT is already called “the one most similar to the iPad” by the press. It is 9.3mm thick, weighs 676 gram, and is powered by a NVIDIA Tegra 3 ARM processor.
The Surface Windows 8 Pro is both thicker and heavier, at 13.5mm thick and weighing 903 gram, powered by Intel’s Ivy Bridge Core i5 chip.
Both Surface models have full sized USB ports, a Micro SD slot, USB 3.0, built-in kickstand, front and rear cameras, stereo speakers, and dual microphones.

The display of Surface is 10.6 inches, with a 16:9 HD widescreen display built upon Microsoft’s ClearType HD Display technology, promising wide viewing angles, and auto-adjusting screen intensity for better visual performance and usability even outdoors.

Both tablets feature a 3mm thin magnetic click-on cover called Touch Cover, that functions as a multitouch keyboard/trackpad. Touch Cover has a built-in accelerometer that measures the force of your typing, which is meant to separate between your typing and accidental key touches or hand rest.
This sort of magnetic attachment click-on is catching on, as a few other Windows 8 tablets will feature similar magnetic easy-click keyboards, dockings, cradles, and the likes in the months to come, though Microsoft’s feature is unique. For those who want a more sturdy keyboard, there’s also the option of Type Cover which is still thin and slick, but not wafer-thin like the Touch Cover.

Surface Tablets

The Microsoft Touch Cover for Surface tablets will come in at least five different colors: White, Dark Grey, Orange, Magenta, and Cyan.
It really feels like a step in Apple’s direction in terms of style and functionality.
Game developers have shown a lot of enthusiasm for Microsoft’s tablet already. So much in fact, that it hadMark Rein, VP of Epic Games emphatically write on his Twitter account: “Microsoft NAILS IT! Way to go Microsoft! Surface looks AWESOME! Can’t wait to get some Unreal Engine games on those babies!”

Microsoft Surface Specs Comparison

Microsoft Surface Specs and Features

Some of the Surface Color Options

Surface in Cyan

Steven Sinofsky, President of Windows OS

Mike Angiulo, Microsoft Corporate Vice President of Windows Planning

Panos Panay, General Manager of Microsoft Surface

Microsoft Surface in White

Microsoft Surface Rear

Microsoft Surface Playing a Video

Microsoft Surface Kickstand

Microsoft Surface Demo in L.A.

Microsoft Surface Demo in L.A. on Monday

Microsoft Surface Magnetic Attachment

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