3. INDEX:
1. Introduction
2. Objectives
3. WINDOWS 8
4. New features in the system
5. Hardware Requirements
6. What new things brings Windows 8?
6.1 New User Interface
6.2 Support for touch screens
6.3 All programs run across the screen
6.4 Improvement to move and copy files
6.5 Support for ARM processor
6.6An app store for Windows
6.7 Native support for USB 3.0
7. Conclusions
8. Bibliography
4. INTRODUCTION
• In this paper we explore one of the most important advances the
industry of Microsoft, Steven Sinofsky and Michael
Angiulo, president and vice president of Microsoft
Windows, presented the operating system is still in
development, which has a home screen a mosaic. Each application
is more like a tile on the interface for ease of handling.
• Windows 8 is directed to equipment with touch screens. In his
exhibition in Anaheim, California, was tested on a Samsung
tablet, but can also be used on desktop computers running tacto.Su
manipulated with "fast and fluid," will allow developers to build
applications on a million, easily according to the company
Washington.Entre other features highlight its ergonomically
designed keyboard touch and its ability to simultaneously view two
applications.
5. OBJECTIVES:
• This work has a main objective to present the
operating system Windows 8, to present their
new presentation styles, and make known the
things that will change in our previous
operating system.
6. WINDOWS 8
Windows 8 is the codename for the next version of
Microsoft Windows, a family of operating systems
produced by Microsoft for use on personal
computers, including home desktops and business
notebooks, netbooks, tablet PCs, servers and PCs Media
Center. Adds support for ARM microprocessors, as well as
traditional microprocessors from Intel and AMD x86. Its
user interface has been modified to make it more suitable
for touch screen input, in addition to the traditional mouse
and keyboard.
7.
8. New features in the system
• USB 3.0
• Ribbon interface in Windows Explorer
• New Application Store
• File System Protogon
• Windows To Go
• • Among other
9. Hardware Requirements
The system requirements for Windows Developer Preview (a
preliminary version of Windows 8) are similar to Windows 7
• Architecture x86 (32 bit) and x86-64 (64 bits)
• Processor: 1 GHz 32-bit architectures and 64 bits
• RAM: 1 GB (32 bits) and 2 GB (64 bits)
• Graphics: DirectX 9 graphics processor with Windows Display
Driver Model (WDDM) 1.0 (not required, only required for
Windows Aero)
• Hard disk: 16 GB (32 bits) and 20 GB (64 bits) of free space
• A multi-touch screen (optional) to take advantage of the touch
input.
10. What new things brings Windows 8?
• Microsoft recently announced that its new
version of operating system (OS) Windows 8
will start much faster when you turn on the
computer. But this is not the only change we
can expect in Windows 8. Here I leave some
of the most anticipated changes:
11. New User Interface
• Windows 8 dismisses the familiar
Windows menu "Start" and
dozens of icons that adorn our
screen. Instead a series of
windows will appear that will give
us live updates from social
networks, weather, news, etc..
The windows also bring native
applications created with HTML
5, which indicates the ability to
watch videos, shows photos, and
any other program that is
compatible with the Internet
browser. In a video
released, Microsoft explains how
this new interface.
12. Support for touch screens
• There is no doubt that MS
has set his sights on the
tablets, which is why the
Windows 8 will able to fully
use our fingers and a
palpable screen without a
mouse or keyboard. Even
Windows 8 will bring a
virtual keyboard is divided
into two parts (each on one
end side of the screen) and
that helps us to write much
faster when using a tablet.
13. All programs run across the screen
• Windows 8 will remove the
bar that allows us to minimize
or maximize programs on the
screen. To "get" a program of
the screen and see one that is
running, we just "move" the
program to the left or right of
the screen and the other
program will take place. It will
be a "slide show" that we can
move at will, but instead of
photos, which programs will
be moved from side to side of
the screen.
14. Improvement to move and copy files
• When you move or copy a
file from one location to
another, Windows 8 will
submit a single screen from
where you can decide how
you want to move files and
put a pause to a file that are
moving to give priority to
another. Beforehand you
decide what to do with
duplicate files, instead of
waiting for the system will
ask every time it finds a file
with the same name.
15. Support for ARM processor
• Another sign that MS is keen
to penetrate the mobile
market and tablets is the fact
that for the first time, the
Windows OS will support ARM
processors, widely used in
mobile phones and some
tablets. Windows 8 for ARM
will bring a system called
"always on" or "always on"
devices that will allow running
the OS remain continuously
connected to the Internet or
mobile networks, even while
the system remains in sleep
mode.
16. An app store for Windows
• This was expected.
Windows 8 will have its own
app store, although many
details are unknown. It only
remains to see if the
software companies will
agree to share their profits
with Microsoft when a
program sold in this shop.
Currently, each company
sells programs on their own
without giving a penny to
MS.
17. Native support for USB 3.0
• There is no doubt that
USB 2.0 will be
remembered once you
leave the Windows 8.
The data transfer is
much more rapid in our
computers and
peripherals.
18. CONCLUSIONS
• In this paper we determine the characteristics of the
new operating system Windows 8.
• Understand the new features of Windows 8 are very
important so we know if this operating system is more
convenient for us.
