Microsoft's new version of Windows 8, sporting its Modern (formerly Metro) user interface, is taking aim not only at desktops and notebooks, but tablets as well. Can it satisfy all those needs?
The release version of Windows 8 is not radically different from the previews, but there are some new things. The translucent window effects of the Aero theme in Windows 7 have gone, replaced by a blander, squarer look more in keeping with the Modern UI.
The Windows 8 Store is coming to life, and a few paid-for apps have appeared, though the number should increase sharply by the time of general retail availability on 6 October. Currently it is still sparsely populated, though there are a few stand-out apps such as Weather and Finance.
Note that while the Store only includes Modern UI apps for install and update, it also has links to external sites for selected desktop apps.
Windows 8 is good looking and this version is fantastic. Nobody beats-up Windows 8.
Microsoft has now made the release build of Windows 8 available to developers and IT administrators with subscriptions. The empire strikes back, or the beginning of the end for Windows?
It could be either. Windows 8 has had a mixed reception from those who have tried it in preview, with complaints mainly focused on the awkwardness of combining what often feels like two different operating systems into one. Microsoft has consciously made it hard to stay in the familiar Windows desktop environment and ignore the new-style "Modern" user interface, formerly known as Metro, which is optimised for touch control.
There is only one Start menu, and it uses the Modern UI, while common files types such as images and PDF documents open by default in Modern apps. It makes for a jarring experience, especially if you have a laptop or desktop PC rather than a tablet.The release version of Windows 8 is not radically different from the previews, but there are some new things. The translucent window effects of the Aero theme in Windows 7 have gone, replaced by a blander, squarer look more in keeping with the Modern UI.
The Windows 8 Store is coming to life, and a few paid-for apps have appeared, though the number should increase sharply by the time of general retail availability on 6 October. Currently it is still sparsely populated, though there are a few stand-out apps such as Weather and Finance.
Note that while the Store only includes Modern UI apps for install and update, it also has links to external sites for selected desktop apps.
Windows 8 is good looking and this version is fantastic. Nobody beats-up Windows 8.
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