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.

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.

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.