Windows 8 Review:

Windows 8 Review: 

Reviewing an operating system is one of the most difficult to do, as the full power of an operating system can never be unleashed and review its detail through only one post. Actually people don’t use OS (operating system), they use various applications and OS distributes all resources as they need. If pc is to be compared to the earth, then OS will be surely ecosystem.

After grand-success of Windows 7 Microsoft took a heavy risk to release Windows 8, probably only compared to the release of Xbox.

 First Sight:

At the first sight, when I started moving mouse, I was stopped by the outstanding graphics and theme setting. Truly at first I could not use all the apps properly and I could not even access ‘My Computer’, which is the most common access point to the Windows users.

Touch Sensitivity:

If you are one of the touch screen enthusiastic then Windows 8 is definitely for you.

In touch screens, start-up menu is combined with swipe function, which is fun to use.

Also the corners of the desktop is called hot corners, in which many useful shortcut are given.

My Computer:

Start button has been an integral part of Windows so since the mid-90s, and removing it has attracted some negative criticism of loyal customers. My computer is also can’t be found in the desktop. But actually you can bring it to desktop.

Task Manager:

Task Manager, in its default view, is more simplified and focused, showing you running processes and an End Task option with which you can quickly cut a process’ life short.

Clicking on More Details shows up seven tabs: Processes, Performance, App History, Start-up, Users, Details and Services.

Processes gives you nice details about each process such as how much of your CPU / Memory / Disk / Network it is using.  Performance lets you see overall CPU, Memory Disk and Network usage. Start-up lets you enable / disable programs that try booting on start-up. Details is essentially the old Task Manager.

Desktop Graphics Enhancement:

The most evolved part of Windows 8 is its powerful graphics and new features. As an example transparent glass chrome in windows 7 is removed but the new graphics is visually more powerful than previous. It helps to improve overall system performance.

The windows aero graphics is also more powerful.

                         Windows 8: Metro vs Normal Desktop

Conclusion:

Windows 8 is the most advanced and awesome version of Windows yet and it definitely deserves your attention.

For power users, there’s enhancements to the desktop and significant performance improvements. For others, there’s the much more user-friendly (once you get the idea behind it, that is) Metro Start screen and Windows Store apps.

Windows 8 is highly recommended.