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Windows reimagined New and beautiful user interface Metro style It all starts here Touch keyboard One Windows – many shapes Powered by apps Your apps come with you Apps can work together Always on and always connected Great apps right out of the box Internet Explorer 10: the web by touch Touch browsing, not just browsing on a touch device Your sites are at the center Experience a morebeautiful web Windows Store Desktop Compatibility More for power users File management with ease Task Manager Multi-monitor options Push-Button Reset Windows Update Developing for Windows 8 Windows Runtime and app model Choose from a broad range of app programming languages Compatibility with existing frameworks Build component libraries with extensible frameworks Shell integration Adding Metro style toyour apps Creating immersive games with adaptive layout Graphics Create immersive games using the power of DirectX Media and sensors Integrate audio and video Build experiences that are tailored to the user with sensors Building for the tailored web Developing for Internet Explorer 10 Live Connect Windows Push Notification Service Contact Picker 04 06 07 08 08 09 10 12 12 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 1618 18 18 18 19 19 19 20 22 22 22 22 22 22 23 23 24 24 24 24 25 25 26 26 26 Develop with the best in modern tools and frameworks Visual Studio 2011, Express, and Expression Blend work perfectly with Windows 8 App telemetry Build on the broad reach of Windows Store Maximize your earnings Take advantage of in-app purchase options Sell anywhere or everywhere A better way to sell your apps Fundamentals,devices, and security Fundamentals System requirements Apps run on ARM, x86, and x64 architectures Connectivity Wi-Fi and mobile broadband Devices Metro style device apps Class drivers Security Metro style apps run in a more secure environment Cryptography made simple SmartScreen filter Windows Defender Secured boot Windows 8 for business Mobility and connectivity virtually anywhere Windows To GoDirectAccess Flexible access to file information Data security and management AppLocker BitLocker Measured boot Improved Active Directory-based activation Client Hyper-V Streamlined deployment 26 26 27 27 28 28 28 28 30 31 31 31 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 33 33 33 33 34 35 36 36 36 36 36 36 37 37 37 37

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More than two out of three PCs today are mobile devices—laptops, netbooks, notebooks,tablets, and slates. Nearly every PC is capable of wireless connectivity. Screens range from under ten inches to wall-mounted monitors to multiple HD screens. Storage has grown from megabytes to terabytes and is moving to the cloud. Multi-core processing and powerful graphics are normal. Touch screen mobile phones with the rich capabilities they bring together have changed the way we view computing.The explosion of social technologies, cloud-based services, and access to web services through apps give people powerful new ways to connect and share. Modern computing focuses much more on people and apps than on the operating system. These changes in the landscape motivated the most significant changes to Windows.

reimagined
But reimagining Windows® doesn’t mean starting over from scratch.Windows 7 fundamentals like speed, reliability, security, and compatibility make it the best operating system Microsoft has ever created. The next version of Windows (codenamed Windows 8) is being designed to build on what is great about Windows 7, delivering richer security features, faster startup, and longer battery life that runs on a wider choice of devices and chipsets. Windows 8 extends...