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Everything you need to know about Windows 8

windows 8As you all know that Microsoft has recently unveiled its latest operating system which will be officially known as Windows 8. Windows 8 is the first operating system from Microsoft which focus more on touch enabled devices as compared to Personal Computers such as Laptops and Desktops. From a common sense point of view Microsoft was bound to follow this path as it is presently facing stiff competition in Smartphone and Tablet market from Apple and Google Android.

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Now you can place pre order of Windows 8 for just 69.99 $

windows 8 pro box packFor all those who want to grab the copy of Windows 8 s soon as possible then they can place the pre order for the same at any of the online retailers dealing in computer software’s. Not only this, Microsoft also revealed the new packaging of different the Windows 8 editions.

Actual launch date for the Windows 8 is 26th October, 2012 and it will not be available at any of the stores before the actual release date. If you already own the genuine copy of Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP then you can go for the upgrade option for 69.99 $. In this you will get the Windows 8 installation on a physical medium that is DVD with the help of which you can either upgrade or clean install the latest Windows OS.

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Windows Phone 8 mobile OS unveiled by Microsoft

On 20th June Microsoft unveils the next major version release for its Windows Mobile OS in the form of Windows Mobile 8. Windows Mobile 8 in terms of coding is very similar to upcoming PC OS Windows 8 and because of this Microsoft believes that the applications and games database for Windows Mobile OS will increase substantially in near future.

The new Windows Mobile 8 based smartphones will be launched by different manufacturers such as Nokia, Samsung, HTC and Huawei.

The new features in this version of Windows Mobile OS are listed below:

  1. Shared code between the PC and Mobile OS will result in the easy development of games and apps for the new Mobile OS.
  2. For the first time Windows Mobile OS will be able to harness the power of the multi cores CPUs. Till now there are many quad core and dual core based Android smartphones available in the market but not even a single multi core Windows based phone. May be because of the absence of this feature Microsoft’s mobile OS remains in the dark. Multiple cores can be turned off when not in need in the new Windows Mobile OS.
  3. New map application from Nokia
  4. Warning for the potentially harmful websites embedded within the core of the system.
  5. Support for HD screen or display
  6. Micro SD card support
  7. User can now customize the home screen as according to their choices.
  8. Support for NFC chips and a new app named “Wallet” will turn your smartphone into a credit card or can be used for NFC based payments.
  9. Skype can now receive calls via VOIP even when your are accessing some other application.
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Windows 8 metro user interface (UI) demystified

As you all might have already known about the upcoming Windows from Microsoft that is Windows 8 which is due to be launched somewhere near September of this year. The next generation Windows 8 will feature a all new User Interface (UI) known as Metro UI. Present generation Windows OS including Windows 7 has an icon based UI and it remains as it is from the start of Windows 98 up till Windows 7. So this should be a common logic that we all have more love for the old UI instead of for the new Metro UI. Here is the screen shot of the new Metro UI which is drawing lot of negative criticism from tech review websites and from those who had actually tried the beta and release preview versions of Windows 8.

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The thing which is drawing the maximum negative criticism for this new Metro UI is the absence of the Start Button. As you can see from the above image there will be no Start Button in Windows 8 and all those small icons will also be absent. The Start Menu in Windows 8 can be accessed by clicking the new Start Button on the top-left area as you can see in the attached photo.

Metro UI is a tile based design adapted by Microsoft from their Windows Phone 7 OS. it is based in Microsoft’s own Metro Design Language. The roots of this Metro design lies in the mobile version of the Windows OS and due to this Windows 8 will be the first Windows OS that will run on both PC ( Personal Computer ) and Tablets based computers. Windows 8 will be the first Windows OS that will be compatible with ARM architecture along with X86/X64.

Each tile in the new Metro UI will be an application which can be opened with a single click. The tile interface usually show you the status of the events. For e.g. the Metro email app will display number of unread messages and etc. information on the tile interface. Metro apps will be available for download only from Windows Store and these app will be written in C++, JavaScript, HTML 5 and C#.

There are application or tools available on Internet that can remove the new Metro UI and get your old and beloved Start Button back to its original place but these tools are still unreliable and can damage your OS. Also the most important innovation in Windows 8 is Metro UI and if that one is removed than what is the use of getting this new Windows OS. I would suggest you stick with Windows 7 OS than.

Whether you like the new Metro UI or not but analyst say that Windows 8 will capture some serious tablet market after its launch .