Top 10 Features of Windows 8 - tiptoptens.com - English

The Windows 8 is one of the latest buzz in today’s technology. Although the iPad Mini and iPad 4 created much anguish to some of its customers, with Google even making the tablet battle tighter with its Nexus 7, Windows has its share of the fame. Thanks to an OS that is considered revolutionary due to its integration of both mobile and PC environments, it has garnered much praise and criticism from tech lovers of different kinds. In case you are curious on what’s up with the new kid on the block, you can read on the top 10 features of Windows 8 and see if it would work out for your next system purchase.

10. Same Multi-device Support

Quite recently, users have been used to seeing tablets and PCs as separate entities where you can easily distinguish the look on both environments as different. Functionalities are not as adaptable as it is on one system with another. You may not believe it, but there are users who prefer one device over another due to limited capabilities that one device can do. However, with the new user interface for Windows 8, whether you are using tablets or computers, you would not have to endure the frustration of getting used to one device other another as support is extended on both spheres. Yup, not only will you sense that mobile feeling in your PC or laptop, but you will enjoy the same experience whatever you take hold of.

9. Pin Option

The pinning option started with Windows 7 giving the option to a user of pinning a specific program into the Taskbar or the Start Menu, thus providing ease of accessibility for the user. Rather than finding the program to the in-depth Programs Menu, you can have an application right where you want to access it right away. Windows 8 hypes this option where you can pin anything you want, from pictures, to websites, files, and more.

8. Gesture Driven

Windows 8 has now gone beyond what PCs has never gone before. Macs only have gestures in their trackpads and so with other operating systems. Perhaps the new Windows is the first to have touch screen gestures such as pinch-zoom, semantic zoom, and even swiping on particular sides of the screen to perform specific app functions. You may even replicate the same functionality even if you are not using a tablet where your PC can do the same wonders.

7. Charms

Accessible by pressing C and the Windows Icon on the keyboard or clicking on the right corner of the screen, the Charms bar helps you do search, sharing, accessing settings, opening the Start Menu, and even managing connected devices all in one stop. Since most of the functions for Windows 8 are system wide, you can utilize the Charms function pretty well, no matter what you need to find or open.

6. Windows To Go

Back when Windows 7 was recognized as the best OS there is after Windows XP, after Vista being a flop and all, many users dreamt of bringing the operation of Windows 7 to different computers in order to maintain user momentum. It was difficult back in the day. With Windows 8 and through Windows To Go, an Enterprise Edition Feature, you can now create a bootable USB drive that has stored Windows 8, settings, and files in one tiny device.

5. Multitasking Functions

Back in Windows 7, you may actually opt to multitasking via Aero Mode when you drag one screen on one edge, which fills half of the screen, while another screen may be put in on the other side. However, you do not really interact with most things at the same time real-time. You usually find yourself pressing the switch window hotkey just to do things fast. But with Windows 8 and with the Snap Multitasking, you can now have two apps work side by side, and even resize them according to priority or eye comfort. By merely dragging one screen away from the other, you can now focus on maps while checking updates on mail, or you can chat while playing your favorite video games.

4. Share Option

When talking about sharing in a computer perspective, the only things that come to mind are file sharing via network connections from PC to PC, or using apps such as Facebook and Twitter for pictures, links, and others. These days, there is a new description for Sharing, and that is done by connecting to social networks, websites, and other programs when you wanted other people to see what you are reading, pictures that you love, articles that are worth spreading, and more. All of these can be done without jumping from one app to another, where things are integrated.

3. Task Manager

For those who have been used to the Windows OS for a while are very familiar of what happens when they press the CTRL+ALT+DEL, which actually brings out the Task Manager. This is the usual solution for closing programs that are going loco or that are causing certain operations to haywire. As it served such a purpose with the previous release, Windows 8 improves this same function by adding information that would provide users an in-depth look on what’s happening with the apps and the memory of the computer. Operations in apps and background processes can now be easily identified, and you can even find out if there is traffic in RAM, PC, Disk, and Network Usage, all in one screen.

2. New User Interface

Believe it or not, even those who have been used to Windows Phone 7 Mango still had something coming when they saw and encountered Windows 8. Aside from seeing tiles all over the Start Menu on a new environment, tiles now come in different colors, unlike the ones who have been seeing all blue and white, or vermilion on their smartphones. What’s even more amazing is that some of the tiles provide real-time information without the need of actually opening them for full view. Notifications can be seen in the same tiles where the app is supposed to be clicked open. New Facebook status, Twitter feeds, new emails received, and even update notifications can now be seen right in your face.

1. Accessibility Speed

One of the most obvious changes that Windows 8 touts to its users is the speed when it comes to starting up, logging in, shutting down, or even going back from sleep or hibernation mode. This has been possible due to the “hybrid boot” that actually hibernates the kernel, therefore making it easier for the system to open the next time operation is demanded. Windows 8 also utilizes the availability and capability of multi-core PCs, making it possible to harness processing power faster and more efficient.

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