Windows 8

1. From mobile devices to PC.

It confirms the changes provided in the interface: Windows 8 is built from what is prevailing on mobile devices. The interface, with a style called 'Metro', which is used by touch and presenting important information in a simple way. The fast and smooth navigation with these touches, bring facilities to manage windows and applications in this way. Will also have notifications and email applications when your computer is idle, such as smartphones and tablets today.

With small 'tiles' or tiles on the screen (similar to widgets) can handle Metro-style applications made especially for Windows 8 - which when enlarged can fill the screen, so take advantage of the space, as in Mac OS X Lion.

In addition, Windows 8 takes all the features of an operating system touch, with an eye on the market for tablets. Although generated some concern if an operating system based on what will be appropriate to touch a desktop computer or a laptop, Microsoft says it will work properly with keyboard and mouse.

2. Applications more 'sociable'.

In Windows 8, applications can work together, communicate with each other. For example, the user can select and email photos from different places and services such as Facebook, Flickr or hard disk.

The system handles a new concept, 'Charms', with which you can configure actions or common settings for various applications, as do searches, share various social networks or send emails The 'charms' are activated by moving the cursor to a end of the screen

Multitasking is not something new to computers, but now is more to see: two applications can run in front of the screen, so the user to simultaneously view what they do. And need not occupy half of the screen: the user can choose the width that occupy each.

During the opening conference BUILD system characteristics were demonstrated by students with applications within 10 weeks, which was intended to show that the development of software is very easy for the new system.

3. Windows Store.

It was already known that Windows 8 would have an application store similar to the Mac OS X Lion has since last January. The Windows Store promises a great advantage for users: Although not the sole mechanism for software distribution, itself will be safer because applications face an approval system similar to what Apple manages to yours, but with a commitment Microsoft: the process to be published will be a day at most.

4. Benefits for developers.

For developers, Windows 8 promises to be a paradise. For one, the store also mentioned the benefit, as will the official store visibility and a new distribution channel. With Visual Studio, developers can make their applications and send them directly to the Windows Store.

In addition, they also have other benefits, such as using more programming languages ​​(including C + +. C # and the Web, such as HTML and JavaScript, plus the language to define styles in a website, CSS).

With these benefits, Microsoft expects more applications made exclusively for Windows 8, so that end users will also benefit.

5. A new system for new hardware.

The big question: is very demanding Windows 8? Does the old computer may have the new system? The good news: Windows 8 will be less 'heavy' than Windows 7, and will require the same hardware of its predecessor. Even, as demonstrated in BUILD, runs smoothly on a 'humble' netbook with Atom processor and only 1 GB of memory, a hard thing to think with another predecessor as Windows Vista. Needless to say, today's applications run on Windows 7 will also run on Windows 8, so that injuries are not expected to upgrade a computer.

In short, Windows 8 is friendly with the past. However, the new system seeks to leverage the new generation of hardware and coming. Not only is compatible with x86 processors ever, but also with ARM-based chips, reigning in tablets and smartphones. So Windows 8 will work well with a 10-inch tablet with a powerful computer with many processor cores.

Moreover, in Ultrabooks, new generation computers with new Intel processors, and have no hard disk but memory SSD, Windows 8 will be able to be activated in seconds (here, a video showing how to make a reality dream of not waiting 3 minutes for a computer can be used just lit). This feature is a market trend that has taken its first steps in the MacBook Air.

In addition, Windows 8 promises efficient use of memory, which proved to a demonstration of system memory consumption: 404 MB of memory by Windows 7 and only 281 MB, like in a computer, from Windows 8. There is a promise in the use of energy, according to which the battery on mobile devices last longer than current systems, and these netbooks will last all day.

6. Resurrection painless.

A user can restore your Windows 8 operating system, if you have serious problems with your computer, for example by malware infections, without losing data, applications and settings. This has been a skill in previous operating systems, not easy to apply for basic or intermediate users, and promise to refresh function is to be a cinch.

7. Taking the juice to the cloud.

Content created on a computer or a tablet with Windows 8 automatically syncs all your other devices, thanks to Windows Live and Windows SkyDrive. Live goes all the contents of the cloud services you use most (photos, email, calendar and contacts), and updates on other teams. With Windows SkyDrive will have access to content anywhere you want (similar to services such as Dropbox and iCloud).

Emphasis was placed on the service SkyDrive cloud storage and what to do with it, and now Microsoft promises that all the settings are taken on a computer can be taken to another through Windows Live.

8. Xbox Live comes to Windows.

Windows 8 will have access to Xbox Live, which will lead to computers and tablets offer games, music, movies and television content. During BUILD, software developers can develop applications will see how to use this new feature.