Monday, October 10, 2011

Windows 8 Features Unveiled

Bangalore: The Microsoft unleashed windows 8 that boast about the latest features. This OS will run excellent on desktop PC. Microsoft names their new interface for windows 8 as "Metro". This allows the user to switch back and forth between the two allowing for maximum productivity sans multiple devices which excites everyone. Microsoft has taken a bold step and has tried something different. This is not a replica of iOS or Android. This unique operating system is groovy and has amazing features. Check it out!! 



1. Welcome screen:

welcome screen


The welcome screen for windows 8 beta is similar to the lock screen in windows phone devices. The current update of email notifications, social notifications, time, and weather will be made available. 2. Touch screen password:

password


The neat and unique password system to unlock windows 8 computers has been introduced. Normally a text password is used to unlock the computers to rec 
over the access. But this OS gives user an option to unlock via combination of touches and swipes on the picture that's chosen which might be quite familiar to android device users.



3. Tweet@rama:

tweet@rama


This tweetdeck like program looking trendy works like a twitter client and users will have the ability to organize their feeds by topic.


4. The start screen:

start screen


This is similar to windows phone interface which is always active and living as it provides current updates automatically. The tiles can be grouped tog 
ether. Between each groups there are speed bumps which scrolling the start screen sticks temporarily and makes it difficult to overrun. The personalization is the specialty of this start screen concept. It can be modified as the user wants. The multitouches, picking up the tile with one finger, pinch zooming and the semantic zoom which means to zoom out far enough and the tiles remain readable by switching icons.


5. Charms:

charms


The fast and fluid new user interface of windows 8 with touch facility which allows the user to swipe left, right, top and bottom of search, share, devices and setting 
s in PC or tablet. all these activities can be performed while surfing on web.


6. The photo sharing feature:

photosharing


You can pull now photos from Facebook, Flickr and picture libraries in Windows and other online photo sharing service as they have created a p 
latform combining softwares with cloud services.


7. The new task manager:

task manager


The new task manager looks groovy and is easy to read and use. This also allows the user to add and delete the programs which they want at the sta 
rtup. This economizes the cpu usage which leads to more life of the tablet or PC. The information lined up in columns makes the work of the user easier. This task manager has been defined after 2 decades.


8. Split keyboards:

split keyboard


The tablet owners use their thumb rather than using all the fingers. So the additional split keyboards can make their work easier. This will please the 
thumb typist.


9. Freer RAM:

ram


The features, multiple interfaces and visually striking touch and slide system may make you think there would be excessive usage of RAM but it is a misconception if y 
ou think like that. On a startup windows 8 takes up 281MB of RAM whereas it was 404MB on windows 7 OS.


10. System Refresh Without Deleting Music, Movies Or Documents:

system restore



This is hardware-less way to restore your system without losing all of your precious documents and f 
iles. You don't need to unplug your external hard drive or cancel your Dropbox account. A push button from control panel activates the system refresh which is convenient to use.




And developed many more features, Upgrade is also very simple and fast..

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