Yesterday, Tuesday, Microsoft revealed the first tablets running on Windows 8, and provided us a ton of new details about the newest Windows operating system. Personally I absolutely love the new interface, so let us look at the takeaways that you can look forward to with the newest Windows OS, Windows 8.
What Happened to my Icons?
In the picture above you see a “smart phone” type application menu, this is because the days of booting a PC to a desktop full of icons, file folders and Recycle Bin are over! You will still have your desktop, just modified, it’s represented as the mobile type interface which so many of us are now becoming so familiar with. The above picture “IS” your new desktop. This allows for a more open source for developers to deliver a more “user wanted” applications, and, you are able to see the information you want without opening multiple applications to see the information desired; for example, please take a look at the “WEATHER” application (bottom row, third from the left) you can actually see the temperature without opening the application. Look familiar? It should, it is very similar to most of the mobile applications we use everyday already… Just on a PC. These “Start” applications will be able to be utilized by all social networking posts, e-mails, calendar events, and photos. Getting excited yet?
8 is Made for Touch Screens
Windows 8′s HUGE overhaul is a result of the rise in tablets, not to mention attempting to continue to compete with Apple’s iPad. To stay competitive, Microsoft needed an operating system that is easy, but Microsoft cannot just discontinue the very familiar versions of Windows and all of the current software they support. So, Windows 8 is an interactive new solution that was built with tablets in mind, but with enhancements that integrate many of the previous versions of Windows and it’s software, like Office, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
Stay tuned for more to come as we continue to keep an eye on Microsoft and the new features!
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