Windows 8 Review – Is it any better than Windows 7?

Have you been waiting for Windows 8 desperately? Have you tried the developer version yet? Well, I have tried Windows 8 developer edition on my laptop and desktop computer and I am very pleased with what Microsoft has done for us in the form of Windows 8. So let us get started with this short overview because it is not exactly a review:

• The boot-screen has been changed to nothingness and now we only see few dots chasing each other in circles as the operating system boots.
• Windows 8 is more about security and touch sensitive interface than for latest computers or laptops.
• You still have DirectX 11.0 with Windows 8, which I think will be upgraded to DirectX 11.1 when the final version of this operating system rolls out.
• Now having a password in the login screen is must and there is one more way to make your login safer. Now you get picture gestures as password. It is secure because only you would know the pattern for gestures on your selected picture.
• The main screen or desktop is now an app which is available among other apps. Since this is a developer version focussed for tablets rather than desktop PCs, I think that it will be changed back to the normal Desktop screen like we are familiar with Windows 7.
• Everything is now optimized for touch. Sliding your fingers from left to right will bring you Charms toolbar that does what taskbar used to do in Windows 7.
• The control panel is also available as an app and can be accessed via our usual desktop app. The control panel shows the most common settings for tablet pc; however, with a single click our good old control panel with familiar icons can be accessed.
• There are few games that accompanied Windows 8 developer edition. I am not sure if they will be part of retail version or not.
• Typing directly from home screen is still intact. However, now we don’t have to press Windows key. We can type right away and Windows 8 will quickly search for apps and files that we are looking for.
• If you are sure enough that typing “Paint” will open “paint” as first app, then you don’t really have to wait. You can type “paint” and hit “Enter” without waiting another second.
• As a matter of fact, it does save a lot of time, while working with several applications.
• I am pretty sure that Windows 8 for PC will be retouched for a better experience because we are nowhere close to cheap touch-screen monitors. So, we will have to deal with the good old combination of mouse and keyboard.
• As far as comparison with Windows 7 goes. Currently, Windows 8 developer edition is using more resources than Windows 7 and acquiring more size on the hard-disk than our previous windows. I guess these are those things that will be revisited again by Microsoft and will be corrected in the final build.
• All in all, I am really excited with Windows 8 because if I actually get one of those touch monitors then the experience will be amazing. Also, I want to see better graphics and multi-graphics card support in the latest build. I want my AMD and Nvidia cards working together.
• I am sure that there is a work around and I hope that they consider this for once.

This was just a small gist of what Windows 8 is. I didn’t want to make it another 800+ words article of mine, so I am cutting it short. Later then friends, take care and have fun with Windows 8 developer version. Ciao.

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