Our thoughts and reviews on Windows 8
Windows will never be the same again.
Gone is the good old start menu. Gone is the left side applications on the main screen. For good or for bad, gone is the traditional interface that dominated the previous Windows versions. On 25 October 2012 (26 Oct for Singapore time), Microsoft introduced Windows 8.
Gone is the good old start menu. Gone is the left side applications on the main screen. For good or for bad, gone is the traditional interface that dominated the previous Windows versions. On 25 October 2012 (26 Oct for Singapore time), Microsoft introduced Windows 8.
The old interface we all have been using for most our lives is now replaced by a new metro-style interface (this 'metro' name is dubbed by Windows). This basically means that Windows 8 has a tablet-style look to it and it uses Tiles for navigation.
Honestly, its a big radical change from Microsoft.
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| Windows 7 |
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| The New Windows 8 |
As you can see, the new windows 8 uses Tiles on the start menu. From there, you can navigate to your browser, music,files etc using either your mouse (for PCs) or you fingers (for tablets).
What's New?
1) Coloured Tiles and Charms-
As seen from above, each coloured tile represents an application, say Facebook or Office. Each of the Tiles are 'live' which means that they showcase information in real time, which is really handy as you need not open them to get your desired information. For Charms, it is a neat and useful column of icons that pops out when you click on the bottom right corner of the screen.
2) Windows Store
Great isn't it. Now you can download hundreds of Apps from the Windows Store whether paid or free. Imagine playing Angry Birds on your desktop PC. Cool huh.
3) Fresh and Speedier interface.
The new Windows 8 uses a fresh feel and look for almost all its application, for example, its Music player. Its easy to use and looks much better than its predecessors.
Moreover, its visibly faster than Windows 7 as many application loads faster on the new OS.
4) SkyDive integration
You have a Windows PC, a Windows tablet and a Windows phone. Logically, you would want to access your files from any of these devices. Skydive does exactly that for you. Yup, you can now upload your files into Microsoft cloud storage service and seamlessly enjoy your videos or music across all your devices.
5) Laptop+Tablet devices
With the launch of Windows 8, many PC makers like Dell, Hp and Lenovo would be expect to churn out more tablet PCs (laptops+tablet hybrid) as Windows 8 works best on a tablet. So for users who are deciding on whether to get a tablet or a laptop, why not consider a tablet PC? Gone are the days where tablet PCs are slow and clunky. Perhaps we should do a review on the best ones out there, but till then, i would recommend Dell XPS 12. Here's a video on Dell's XPS 12.
Conclusion
For the last couple of years, the talk have been on Apple devices or Google's Android or Samsung phones. It has seldom been Microsoft. So far, Windows 8 has been successful in bringing some of the talk back to Microsoft. Most of the initial comments have been in their favour, saying that they like the new design and features etc. And that's good because more than 80% of us are using Windows OS. But what I say is to wait. Perhaps there is a bug they did not detect?
Have you tried out the new Windows 8? Do you like it? We love to hear from you in the comments box below.
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