Microsoft Windows 8 operating system Unveiling
Great news for 3rd generation computer
user. The operating system Windows 8 is now unveiling. Windows 8 is designed to
run on tablet computers, as well as desktop and laptop PCs.
The software, which is due to be
released in 2012 will work on the popular ARM-designed low power processors for
the first time.
Microsoft has been under pressure to
come up with an answer to Apple's iOS and Google's Android platforms.
Unveiling Windows 8 at the Build
developers' conference in California, Windows division president Steven
Sinofsky declared: "We re-imagined Windows. From the chipset to the user
experience."
The system will function through one
of two interfaces; a traditional desktop, similar to that seen in previous
editions of Windows, and a tablet version, known as Metro.
Metro features larger, chunky
controls of the sort that best suit touch screen use. The current lack of such
an input method is widely seen as the reason why few Windows 7 tablets exist.
Microsoft said that it would also be
launching its own online marketplace - the Windows Store - to sell downloadable
applications..
To date, Windows devices have
required Intel or Intel-compatible processors, with the exception of
Microsoft's Windows Phone range.
Industry analysts Gartner predicted
in April that the global market for tablets would reach 70 million this year,
and grow to 300 million in 2015.
Sales of desktops and laptops are
expected to continue growing, but at a much slower rate than in the past.
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