windows 8 features.....

Hey Friends....Yesterday, Microsoft raised curtains over all new Windows 8 at their (BUILD) developers conference in California. The entire event is focused on introducing the new version to Windows software and hardware developers. The first impression about Windows 8 is – Great – but how this OS creates impression on masses through usability and performace will be a point of interests whenever launched for publi

This new OS is in per-beta stage at the moment and we can expect many new features added later but lets see what we know so far.

 

1.  Windows 8 is optimized to run on both Intel and ARM Which means it can run smoothly giving top-notch performance even on tablet devices and net-books with 1GB memory.
2. The new system boots really quick in about 7 seconds.
3. Features a home screen filled with colorful tiles taking the user directly into applications such as Facebook, messaging or news feeds.
4. Colorful tile-based Metro style interface similar to Windows Mobile 7
5. It uses less memory to run than Windows 7 allowing more free space for apps. Windows 7 SP1 runs with 400 MB memory & 32 processes while Windows 8 will run on about 280MB memory & 29 processes.
6. The whole new IE 10 browser (Sorry, I don’t use IE at all)

    

   Windows Online App Store

   1. Windows Online App Store: For the first time Microsoft has introduced a dedicated App Store for Windows devices similar to what we already have since ages for Linux, iOS, Android & BlackBerry.
   2. Though it is primarily designed for touch devices, it will be usable on PCs with Mouse and Keyboards as well.
   3. Split keyboard feature for tablet devices similar to what iOS 5 will have for iPads
   4. Split screens to use multiple applications at the same time & stretch windows on multiple screens
   5. Re-constructed task manager and control panel
   6. NFC (Near Field Communications) support
   7. Built-in Hyper-V virtualization simialr to VMware’s popular Hypervisor
   8. Improved security with built-in Windows Defender
   9. Syncing photos, email, calendar and contacts with other devices through the Cloud storage
   10. System-wide spell check and auto-completion
   11. Integrated full featured Search module to find pictures, videos, files, notifications from storage, emails and social networking profiles , similar to spotlight search on iOS devices.
   12. Metro style apps built for Windows 8 will be the focus point which fills the entire screen so there are no distractions.
   13. Everything that works on Windows 7 will work on Windows 8 and Hardware that could run Windows 7 can run Windows 8 too. (This was very different when Windows 7 was launched demanding many changes in hardware and software)

    

   System Requirements for Preview version

   1. All other standard drives and devices are required including
   2. 1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
   3. 1 GB RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
   4. 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
   5. DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
   6. Taking advantage of touch input requires a screen that supports multi-touch