Microsoft is gearing up for Windows 8, the latest iteration in the vaunted operating system family. While the official launch is still a full year away, Microsoft is trying to generate a lot of attention for the next generation of Windows. The new operating system will have a smaller footprint and support tablets. Early tests show it’s faster than Windows 7 which should make it more palatable for ultralight computers and other mobile devices.
And that’s what Microsoft wants: an operating system that can span the breadth of computing products – desktop to mobile.
Publicly, Microsoft allies and analysts are talking positively about Windows 8’s prospects. Dell and HP are expected to launch ultralight and tablets on Windows 8. And Microsoft is looking for another enterprise hit to repeat the rapid sales of Windows 7.
Privately, enterprise decision-makers and analysts are saying they’re in no hurry to jump to Windows 8. From their perspective, they just finished upgrading to Windows 7. They spent years on Windows XP because of delays in the development of Windows Vista. And Vista was an unmitigated disaster in which few businesses completed a full adoption. Even Microsoft admits Vista damaged its Windows franchise.
Software companies aligned with Microsoft complementary products are saying they will support Windows 8 out of the gate, but their expectations for the operating system are relatively low – at least initially.
Windows 7 was a best and rapid seller among businesses because many had never adopted Windows Vista. They needed the upgrade to replace aging Windows XP machines that had been in operation for five to seven years. The youth and utility of Windows 7 could mean a shallow adoption curve.
Advantages of windows 8:
Even before the beta release of Windows 8, Windows 8 has the upper hand over Windows 7. Its not just as it is new Operating System, but performance wise, it leads the way.
Some modifications include touch keyboard, device compatibility, Windows 8 app store, improvement in Internet Explorer 10, new task manager interface, cloud services in Windows Live, Refresh and reset buttons and many more.
Hibernation On Windows 8:
Hibernation in Windows 8 uses a small portion of memory for maintaining 0 hibernation sessions that save state and memory contents to a file name (hiberfil.sys) and read the same file by restoring save contents back to main memory. Using this technique start performance of Windows 8 start boot are more optimized in comparison with Windows 7 OS. Thus, It is Windows 8 which is declared winner in terms of high booting speed.
Windows 8 File System And Security:
Windows 8 provides strong file system support which cannot allow unauthorized users to make changes in Windows secure files as it implements more security for file accessing.
File Management:
A new feature of "file name collisions will be there in Windows 8 so as to avoid redundancy of same file in system memory. Microsoft argued that resolving file collision requires tricky task which require meaningful choice between similar files. The options of file specification in Windows 8 Operating System are more advanced and which in turn will allow you to resolve file conflict easily.
Windows 8 Will Be The Best For All Kinds Of Devices:
The new user interface for Windows 8 is finally a viable answer to the iPad and Android tablet, but Microsoft wants even more: The new UI should make computing easier on notebooks and regular PCs, as it’s fully usable with the classic mouse and keyboard combination.
Windows 8 developers had removed unnecessary labels and explanatory text which is less important. Only relevant information is added to file definition that reduces search work for users. In this way, Windows 8 file system has gone through many modifications. Thus, it is Windows 8 file system which is declared winner.
Mount ISO And VHD Files On Windows 8:
With Windows 8, Microsoft have eliminated using the physical CD or DVD each time when required. You can simply access the contents of the ISO file without either needing to burn a new disc or needing to find/download/install additional software just to logically access the ISO.
Mounting ISOs and VHDs is one of the few third-party utilities I use. Now if Windows 8 is going to support Built-in ISO and VHD mount tool, that's going to be a great news.
High speed operating system.
Updates are added to desktop view to make the applications more easy to be used.
Special care within social networks such as Facebook and Twitter.
FULL support of HTML 5, which is the latest web designing programing language.
Mixing between old and new windows features.
Disadvantages of windows 8:
There are no main disadvantages, .
Through the steps of setting up Windows 8 you MUST connect to your personal account in Hotmail, which makes no real privacy for your account.
Most of the applications which were designed to work with Windows 7 are not working in Windows 8 but don't worry there are plenty of useful applications you will like in Windows 8.
When will be launched Windows 8
Therefore Windows 8 will probably be the next PC OS to become the best sold in the world, in the following years. In fact today we have a rumored release date window for the next Windows version (pun intended) and it looks like the new OS will be here a lot sooner than you may think.
The word on the street is that Windows 8 will hit stores in fall of 2012 and the hint comes straight from Microsoft’s Vice President for Strategic and Emerging Business Development, Dan’I Lewin. Talking at start-up LAUNCH event at the Microsoft Silicon Valley campus he said about Windows 8
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