Micorosoft released some news about the release of the Microsoft Windows 8 and we guessed that tthey will be having some press conferences soon so as the news was flashed There was a preview of the Windows event at Computex 2011 in Taipei as Microsoft demonstrated their public prototypes of its successor, tentatively which is called Windows 8.
This is the latest OS from Microsoft as Windows 8 which is a touch based OS where all apps on Windows 8 are optimized for touch devices like tablets and will work equally on all desktops, laptops and netbooks and will also work for Tablets which is a new start for Microsoft in Tablet field.
windows8-demo
The homescreen in Windows has become a series of tiles which will be leading to their own app, just as in Windows Phone 7 so these can also be customized and also you will get as “Store,” in it which means it will have own app store like Apple.
Microsoft Windows 8 features from the Demonstration:
• Fast launching of apps from a tile-based Start screen, which replaces the Windows Start menu with a customizable, scalable full-screen view of apps.
• Live tiles with notifications, showing always up-to-date information from your apps.
• Fluid, natural switching between running apps.
• Convenient ability to snap and resize an app to the side of the screen, so you can really multitask using the capabilities of Windows.
• Web-connected and Web-powered apps built using HTML5 and JavaScript that have access to the full power of the PC.
• Fully touch-optimized browsing, with all the power of hardware-accelerated Internet Explorer 10
Windows 8 is not just about Touch PCs -
And this isn’t just about touch PCs. The new Windows experience will ultimately be powered by application and device developers around the world — one experience across a tremendous variety of PCs. The user interface and new apps will work with or without a keyboard and mouse on a broad range of screen sizes and pixel densities, from small slates to laptops, desktops, all-in-ones, and even classroom-sized displays. Hundreds of millions of PCs will run the new Windows 8 user interface. This breadth of hardware choice is unique to Windows and central to how we see Windows evolving.
Check the first Demo of Windows 8:
