Thursday, June 2, 2011

Windows 8 - Preview



Yesterday the world got it's first look of Windows 8, the upcoming version of Windows which will support all forms from Computers, Laptops to even tablets and slates.

Windows 8 features an all new User interface similar to that on it's Windows Phone devices. The Windows 8 user interface will offer a full touch experience which has been built over the previous Windows UI, allowing users to have a full desktop experience no matter what device they are on.


The following features can be expected in Windows 8:
  • 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.

Check out the video demonstration of the Windows 8 UI:


I personally cannot wait to see tablets and slates running Windows 8. I can now put off any plans of buying an iPad in the near future. What do you think ? is Windows 8 going to take back the tablet market ? or do user's prefer an un bloated mobile OS on their tablets?
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