Microsoft will continue to hold Intel and ARM in the availability of the chip. Especially for ARM-based chip architecture chosen Microsoft for use on the tablet.
With Windows 8 on the tablet, Microsoft wants to show the operating system they are ready to compete with Android and iPad tablet.
Windows 8 starts with removing the round Start button while continue to keeping the Metro-style Start Up screen, that has five patterns and nine background colors to pick from. Consumer Preview is refreshed, specially the appearance of the Developer Preview.
Microsoft has released Windows 8 Beta version of the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Spain, the end of February. Windows 8 Beta version of Windows 8 is also called the Consumer Preview.
As reported by kompas.com There are many changes that occur in Windows 8. No wonder if Microsoft’s newest operating system is very ambitious to be a success, not only in the line of desktop computers but also in the line of tablet and smartphone.
Log-in
If you’re one who likes to maintain the privacy of your computer device with a password, Windows 8 provides a new way of Picture Password, where you can go into the operating system by using his image as a password.
Put a different photo or have unique characteristics make it more secure and easier to remember. Photos will be displayed when the lock position or when you want to turn on the computer.
Security of these passwords picture comes from the way you touch your finger or draw certain parts of the photo. These systems record the combination of movement, the point of movement, direction of movement, and finger movements.
For the finger movement can be a point, line, or circle. Movements will be accepted as a valid access to Windows 8 interprets the movement as a password.
Picture this password is considered as an alternative method to login. If you enter an incorrect password five times the picture, the device will be locked until you log-in with the password as plain text and characters.
Windows 8 is no longer providing the features of a face for log-in.
navigation
Jump to the main display Windows 8 performed by sliding. It’s a big change considering Windows 8 have used the Metro interface. Title bar to move from one to another title bar, you can simply shift to the left or right.
Display menus and features checkered on Windows 8, called tile. Tile is organized by groups, such as Apps, People, Settings, and others. However, you can also customize the tile-tile.
If not familiar with the interface Metro, you can choose to display more or less the same desktop with the look of Windows 7.
Internet Explorer 10
Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 has been accompanying the Beta version
Windows Store
For the first time, Microsoft promises Windows 8 will be equipped with an application store called Windows Store, which provides a wide range of applications both free or paid.
Users can download applications as well as gaining access to cloud storage SkyDrive with the ability to access data in a variety of devices including mobile phones or tablet-based Windows 8.
