My Windows 8 Review

Many years after the release of Windows 7, when a new version was announced, It created much curiosity in the market because 7 was a good combination of beauty and performance. Although it too had some flaws i it, the new version might have something to remove it. After surfing for details regarding it, I've go to know many things about it. Windows 8 was under its development even before windows 7 was launched! the existence of the same was revealed in CES 2011, and then a user preview version of it was released. it then raised the hopes among the users with its much enhanced user interface and support for touch interface. Windows 8 was released for three forms of computing: tablets, Laptops and Desktops. Also a mobile version of it for use in windows phones called Windows RT: that finds compatibility for smart phones with ARM architecture was also released. Now we have all together four forms of Windows Operation System for computation in the market.

Windows Phone 7.5 was another form of Windows' new Operating System optimized for smartphones. Nokia Lumia was one among many companies to adopt this Operating System, to their hardware.

Lets Explore the Desktop:

Windows 8 has is an operating system  that mostly works with the help of internet: i'm not saying you can't work without internet, but its true that most of the programs: apps cannot work without internet connection. So for enjoying the features, go get a internet connection. You need a Windows Live account or mostly a Hotmail account to work with windows 8.

Requirements for Desktop:

Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster with support for PAE, NX, and SSE2 (more info)

RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit)

Hard disk space: 16 GB (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)

Graphics card: Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM driver

There's no thing called log in and log out with your username, you can log in with your live mail id, like with your username. All the programs you have in windows 8 actually have to called as apps. Because they look and feel are much like apps than programs. There are some apps that create interest in the users:

As I have mentioned earlier, you need to possess a live account for you, or most likely a Hotmail account so that you can enjoy the features of this OS. All the apps in windows 8 need a Microsoft account to get worked.

The start menu in windows 8 is the main attraction: its much enhanced, elaborated and is dynamic! the colors and background can be changed, the boxes represent the thumbnails of the applications present in the computer. its similar to the start menus of win 7 or XP, but its much stylish than them!                                   

The Messages app in the start menu, is interesting as a dedicated chatting app for windows. It supports windows live accounts and Facebook accounts. So you never need to look after a new Facebook messenger for you!

The Video app in the start menu, is a dedicated movie/ video player for windows, other than WMP. It supports mp4, mkv etc., formats but doesn't have support for 3gp videos. Also the plyer displays a list of xbox videos, that can be streamed.

Windows 8 also has a Weather ap powered by Bing. This can show you the current weather conditions in your place. But this too needs a Microsoft account to access.

The sports app, gives you the sports news and matches and lots more! a complete app dedicated for sports.

Music app, is a music player for windows 8, that provides a beautiful play of all the music files on your computer. 

The photos app helps to view all the photos located on your computer. but the photos that are present in the pictures library are only displayed. 

The people app, is like a social network app that gives a summary of the feeds of social networking sites like Facebook  twitter, linked in etc., its a great app, with the options of notifications, chat and wall feeds.

Tip: I've come to know that if we want to take a screen shot, just press windows key + Prt Scr