Windows 8 – What’s it All About?

Windows 8 Pro – are all your friends starting to use it? Windows 8 undeniably has a lot of significant changes in the history of Microsoft. Many will take note of the new user interface that is very much aligned with the Windows Phone. Think of Windows 8 as an OS that is designed to cater to devices beyond a PC and laptop. Don’t be alarmed though, not everything is foreign, it also has certain elements that have always been specific to Windows.

There new updates to the OS may please you if you are ready for a change and are willing to adapt to the new system.

First, you have the Backup and Restore feature. This functionality has, for the most part been designed to create backups at certain time periods. Windows 8 however can create a gradual backup of files stored in specific folders. You can recover data much more easily and you can restore specific files without necessarily compromising the rest of the system.

Second, enter the SkyDrive. Cloud storage is an excellent way to save and store your files. Of course you will need to be logged in with a Microsoft account, but this will enable you to use cloud storage and interface with SkyDrive. You will also be able to save files from 3^rd-party apps right onto the cloud. Using SkyDrive is one way that you can save files from the Web and be able to access them from different devices for future use.

Third, there is Internet Explorer 10. One of the versions is a mobile software and the other one has the standard desktop functions. The mobile version is very touch friendly and is appropriate for smartphones and smaller devices. Internet Explorer 10 is compatible with HTML5 and hardware acceleration can be performed along with CSS3. Adobe Flash is also designed to stay up to date and this new version of IE has better security.

Hyper-V is also a dominant feature in Windows 8. This has been introduced in Windows Server 2008 and Server 2012. In Windows 8, users can run other OS’s while still having Windows 8 as the core operating system. Hyper-V is a very powerful tool for virtualization. The interface is very intuitive and you have plent of options of how to manage the virtual OS’s and its resources. This makes Windows 8 a very appealing tool for power users.

You can try picking up Windows8 Professional and trying it for yourself.