-The title-based Start screen replaces the Windows Start menu with a customizable, scalable full-screen view of apps. The design of the software is similar to the tile interface on Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 mobile handset software. Similar to it, tiles in Windows 8 can be automatically updated to display information from apps on the computer’s start screen, so a weather app can tell the user that it’s forecast to be sunny without requiring them to open the application.
-The Windows 8 demo showed that the new OS will run on a range of hardware devices from traditional PCs to laptops and tablets, using both touchscreen and mouse and keyboard commands. The company said that while the new user interface is designed and optimized for touch, it works equally well with a mouse and keyboard. Underneath the new OS is the old Windows that most users are accustomed to. It will run old Windows apps. If the apps are not optimized for touch, it is just fine as it would run them in the old interface with a keyboard and mouse. Windows 8 also offers users the ability to snap and resize an app to the side of the screen, so that they can multitask using the capabilities of Windows.
-Windows 8 uses a different application programming model -- basically, HTML5 and JavaScript, which are used for Web apps today. he demo also showed smooth movement between existing Windows programmes and new Windows 8 apps. The full capabilities of Windows will continue to be available to users, including the Windows Explorer and Desktop, as does compatibility with all Windows 7 logo PCs, software and peripherals
-Seems Microsoft has learnt its lesson from Windows Vista launch, as the company has assured users that Windows 8 operating system won't require them to buy a new PC. "We've extended the trend we started with Windows 7, of keeping our system requirements either flat or reducing them over time. So Windows 8 will be able to run on a wide range of machines because it will have the same system requirements or lower" as Windows 7, said Michael Angiulo, the Microsoft executive who showed the new software at a press event in Taipei. "Another thing we did is build intelligence into Windows 8 to adapt the user interface based on what hardware you have. So whether you're upgrading or buying a new PC, Windows will adapt itself for your hardware," he said. The optimal screen will have 16:9 aspect ratio and minimum resolution of 1366 by 768 pixels.
-The operating system also will be the first full version of Windows capable of operating on chips made with technology from ARM Holdings. US chip maker Qualcomm Inc too said it would collaborate with Microsoft on the next version of Windows for its Snapdragon family of processors.
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