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After the release of Windows 8 Developer Preview, many sites have done reviews on what the next Windows system will look like. The reviews are mostly positive, with a bit of Windows 8 saluting as the next revolution in technology computer operating systems (OS). This could be Microsoft’s ambition, and it should not be surprising when it arrives at a time when Apple’s share of the operating system market is increasing and pitting fiercely against them.
If there is one nice thing about competition, is that it brings out the best product among enterprises. I read some of the features of Microsoft Windows 8 will be called upon to provide, and now I’m both intrigued and excited for what’s to come in the full version. It will also come up with a new and unique user interface (UI), known as the Metro.
Here is a brief description of some of the best features you would be anxious to know:
1. Speedy Boot Time
The load and startup speed is significantly improved over Windows predecessors. This is due in part to better resource allocation for applications and the system. Compared to Windows 7 desktop CPU, Windows 8 has a boot time even faster.
How did they improve so much compared to Windows 7? Well, Windows 8 uses a technique of hibernating system kernel (think of it as resource manager of the operating system), when it stops, so that it becomes almost like a partial hibernation from time to time. When you reboot the system, the ‘memory’ of previous session restarts faster.
2. Innovative & Dynamic Desktop
The tile-based interface, or the Metro UI, will be the first thing you see when logged into Windows 8. At first glance, the user interface seems to intuitively with touchscreen devices like tablets and Smartphones. In fact, in such devices, you touch those applications to open them. The grid layout seems to facilitate these interactions. Needless to say, you can customize the grid with adding and disposition of applications.
The best thing though, is that not only Windows 8 lets you customize your desktop with the organization of the application, is also capable of displaying real-time information through them. Microsoft had demonstrated how an app card time could reveal the current temperature in a city without having to activate the application. The same goes for e-mail messages and so on. At a glance on your tiles, you can have access to everything you need to be informed and take action on those that are urgent.
3. Improved Search Function
8 do not search box at the bottom of the Start menu. Indeed, not even the Start menu trademark! This does not mean that there is no convenient search function available. All you have to do is enter nothing, and a search box is displayed from the right and give you the results. The search feature is even stronger this time, showing all matching applications and files instantaneously.
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You can also search within applications that use Windows search function 8. The research pane opens on the right side of the desktop will contain the list of applications that you can search For example, if you are looking for e-mail messages that are sent from a particular contact, type the name and clicking the e-mail application would look from the inside.
4. Windows To Go
Of the entire list here, this is a feature that offers the most convenience to users. Windows To Go allows users to make a copy of your full operating system with their settings, wallpapers, applications, files and even on a USB thumb drive. Plugged into another computer with Windows already installed, 8 and you can boot the PC and make it look exactly the same operating system that you use, usually with all settings intact.
Sounds pretty amazing, isn’t it? The potential of this characteristic is high and many possibilities. For one, a system infected with viruses and crashed it might be revived by simply plugging the USB thumb drive with the last saved settings, including all files, applications, users, and so you don’t have to worry about losing the chance to work on their projects just because your PC is idle, but can always count on connect pen drivein another Windows 8 installed PC. Another is that users can simply bring work from the Office with that pen drive rather than a laptop much more bulky.
5. Windows Live Sync
Similar to Windows To Go, the new Windows 8 will offer Windows Live Sync, so that users can login on any Windows 8 PC with ‘Live ID’ and return its own personalized settings on it. The desktop will be the same whenever the user login screen on a PC with your Windows Live account. Migrate to a new PC is probably easier when you have all essential settings in sync.
How is different this is from Windows To Go? Well, Windows To Go seems to serve more as a device checked for IT administrators to deploy employees (with the exact duplicate of Windows 8 with the same settings, wallpapers, apps, etc. on thumb drives), while Windows Live Sync is to allow users to keep the basic settings and available data, even if they are far away from your main PC. We can only anticipate as the first and the second will really be like until they are revealed by Microsoft in due time.
