subject: Defining New Boundaries: Windows-8 [print this page] Hope so that all the tech gigs, software developers and the professionals must have been bored or found technically non promising the last version of the windows 7 or maybe I am beating around the bushes because as we know that recently Microsoft finished the introduction of the Windows 7 platform, & that too quite successfully, and now we have a new Microsoft Windows 8. Does Microsoft really require a new operating system today? May be one of the most satisfying reasons behind this is the competition within the market. Androids came up with version 1.0, going to 2.6, 3.0 and God knows where they will reach, and that too in a little period of under 3 years since the Android put its head up. In the meanwhile, we already have hybrid Gingerbreads and Honeycombs, reaching into unidentified galaxies yet to be announced.
Definitely this fever has struck Microsoft but from my point of view we should leave the worries to them and enjoy the latest features. Windows 8 has been referred as the most significant redesign of the OS whereas Windows 95. Interestingly, a lots and lots of changes have been made to Windows 8 since the Developer Preview, and a lot of hopes are jingling over the platform, a much bigger stake into the tablet world, and in the future, of Windows phone 8, markets. The new OS is due to be released this October, and Microsoft's already at work on the store, marketplace for both for phone and regular Windows software.
This OS was absolutely gorgeous in demonstrations last spring, and the hard choices of the product's interim development have done nothing to diminish its looks. The Start screen with its Metro tiles is a joy to look at .Color customization is easy to figure out and offers a limited selection of bold color and pattern options for the main screen. The lock screen image choices are also exceptionally inspiring and inviting. Once there, the most noticeable thing is that there's no Start button. Even having read endlessly about Microsoft's decision to remove the Start button, the absence remained jarring. The lack of a Start button is a pretty good metaphor for using Windows 8. Doing anything is an adventure of discovery, and previous Windows experience isn't always an asset. The simplification of options and actions is intense and hard to get used to.
