50 Facts and New Features you need to knowabout Windows 8

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So here are the first 50 things which you should
know about Windows 8: 1. Windows 8 has a specially designed touch based
interface that is easy to use on touch based devices. 2. Windows 8 has both the Metro UI and the conventional Windows Desktop Interface which lets you easily manage the gap of paradigm shift
which technology is taking in coming years. 3. The all-new start screen is intended for Windows
8 which comprises of applications in live tiles form,.
These let you use your favorite applications in a
single tap or click. 4. Using Windows 8 PC, power can be saved like
any other mobile device and delivers a high battery
power holding time. 5. As demonstrated at the Build Windows 8
conference, by Steven Sinofsky, even a three-year
old laptop with Windows 8 installed, booted in just
8 seconds. 6. No other Tablet has drive encryption feature till
now; Windows 8 is the first to drive encryption feature for a tablet. 7. Windows 8 offers commendably cross-platform
tools to write apps for all hardware even on
phones. 8. Antivirus included in Kernel; providing you the security, you never had before and even the system
will not boot if it detects an infected USB drive
plugged in the system. 9. Windows 8 boots in just eight seconds which is inconceivable for any other PC or Phone OS
(including Mac OS X Lion, iOS or Android). 10. Windows 8 gets booted even faster than a
monitor can turn on. 11. No extra efforts required to provide hardware
acceleration to the apps, Hardware acceleration is
available for by default. 12. You can even boot Windows 8 using 256TB hard drive or SSD. (256TB is not available in market
till now). 13. Windows 8 is laden with Near Field Communication which lets you share and connect to devices near you. 14. A tablet with Windows 8 on it can even run
Visual Studio. Time for developers to go fancy. 15. You can easily switch between Metro UI and
Aero UI just by hitting Windows key. 16. In Windows 8, the task manager has been Reimagined as App Monitor and Process
Monitor. 17. Windows 8 sports two version of Internet Explorer 10, one is specially designed for Metro UI and tablets. 18. Windows 8 even supports pen based input on
touch devices. 19. Windows 8 lets you access your hard drive
remotely from anywhere in the world just through
Browser and SkyDrive, using your Windows Live ID. 20. Windows 8 lets you connect remotely to other
computers just through Windows Live. 21. Each application in Windows 8 tracks its own
data usage also which can be viewed in a system
wide report. 22. Windows Assessment Console run performance
benchmarks for your applications without any
requirement of third-party tool. 23. Allows you to hibernate fast even after
replacing the battery, requires only 8 secs to come
back. 24. As soon the Start Screen appears you can use
the keyboard instantly to speedily search and start
the applications. 25. Additional applications can be easily found by
clicking on the search charm. 26. New Windows offers New Keyboard Shortcuts. WIN+Q for application search. WIN+W for settings search. WIN+F for files search. WIN+I for “settings” charm. WIN+O for rotation lock. WIN+C to bring up simple “Start menu” and
time/date. 27. Windows 8 is also fully compatible with the
older shell keyboard shortcuts like WIN+D activates
desktop, WIN+R opens Run, WIN+L locks user. WIN +E opens Explorer. 28. In mouse mode, you can activate the options/
charms by moving the mouse to the bottom left
edge (where the Windows button used to be). 29. In mouse mode, right clicking activates in-app
options instead of a common context menu. 30. The application tiles can be selected by using
the keyboard arrow keys and page up/down.
Enter key starts the selected application. 31. Check the “settings” charm in applications to
reveal app-specific settings. 32. Enable the “high contrast” mode in Control
Panel -> Ease of Access to see a dark themed Start
screen. 33. Windows 8 Support system-on-a-chip (SoC) platforms from Intel running on x86 architecture
and from NVIDIA, Qualcomm and Texas
Instruments on ARM architectures as well. 34. Windows 8 comprehends native support for ISO
and VHD files and images. 35. Windows 8 will have native support for USB 3.0. 36. You can develop Windows 8 apps in HTML 5,
JAVA Script, CSS3 also. 37. It will have Native Hyper–V support. 38. Windows 8 has new Office Ribbon Style
Windows Explorer. 39. Windows 8 includes a 128-bit architectural
display instead of 32-bit operating system. 40. Windows 8 has the same system requirements
as of Windows 7. 41. Disk defragmenter in Windows 8 is capable of
handling SSD drives and let users to perform the
TRIM command easier than in Windows 7. 42. Windows 8 loves Ambient Data. 43. On the Start Screen, Live tiles keeps updating
constantly. 44. Windows 8 supports biometric and facial
recognition for user verification. 45. Windows 8 offers improved PC gaming
platform, later on may also get integration of Xbox
Live. 46. Windows 8 offer one of the most exciting
features called history vault that provides an
automatic backup of files and documents. 47. With Portable Workspace user can create a
portable image or a clone or whole backup on any
external drive with at least 16GB of available
storage capacity. 48. Windows 8 also integrates Immersive browser
to get more web on to the screen by reducing
many options. 49. With Windows 8 experience the new mode of
shutting down and starting up the Windows with
the feature called Hybrid boot. 50. Another great feature introduced in Windows 8
is Genuine Center, through which you’ll be able to enter or change your license key and view the
status of your license’s genuineness.
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