Windows 8 is Microsoft's upcoming operating system that follows Windows 7. It features a new tile-based Metro interface designed for touchscreens and supports ARM processors in addition to Intel and AMD chips. A consumer preview was released in February 2012 and the final version of Windows 8 will be available in October 2012. It overhauls the user interface with a Start screen resembling Windows Phone and allows apps to share information between each other.

1. TOPIC : WINDOWS 8
COURSE CODE : ENG 204
SUBMITTED BY : ALİ SARUHAN
NUMBER : 20112232
SUBMITTED TO : GÜLŞEN HUSSEIN
MARCH 2012

2. WİNDOWS 8
Windows 8 is the upcoming version
of Microsoft Windows that
follows Windows7. It features a
new Metro-style interface that is designed
for touchscreen input. It also adds support
for the ARM processor architecture in
addition to the previously
supported x86 microprocessors from Intel
and AMD.

4. Its server counterpart is
codenamed Windows Server 8. A release
date for the finished version of Windows 8
has been set for October 2012.
The most recent pre-release version is
the Consumer Preview, which was
released on February 29, 2012

5. Screenshot of Windows 8

7. On 29 February 2012, Microsoft released
Windows 8 Consumer Preview, the beta
version of Windows 8, build 8250. For the
first time since Windows 95, the Start button
is no longer available on the taskbar, though
the Start screen is still triggered by clicking
the bottom-left corner of the screen and by
clicking Start in the Charm.

8. Windows president Steven Sinofsky said
more than 100,000 changes had been made
since the developer version went public. In
the first day of its release, Windows 8
Consumer Preview was downloaded over
one million times. Like the Developer
Preview, the Consumer Preview is set to
expire on the 15 January 2013.

10. Metro UI
Windows 8 will employ a new user interface
based on Microsoft's Metro design language.
The Metro environment will feature a new
tile-based Start screen similar to the Windows
Phone operating system.

11. Each tile will represent an application, and will
be able to display relevant information such as
the number of unread messages on the tile for
an e-mail app or the current temperature on a
weather application. Metro-style applications
run in full-screen, and are able to share
information between each other using
"contracts”.

12. Other features
• Internet Explorer 10 will be included both as a Metro-
style app, which will not support plugins
or ActiveX components, and a desktop version which
resembles Internet Explorer 9 and will maintain legacy
plug-in support.
• Ability to sign in using a Windows Live ID. This will
allow for the user's profile and setting to be synchronized
over the internet and accessible from other computers
running Windows 8, as well as integration with SkyDrive.

13. • Two new authentication methods: picture password,
which allows users to log in by drawing three gestures in
different places on a picture, and PIN log in, which allows
users to authenticate using a four digit pin.
• Windows Explorer will include a ribbon toolbar, and
have its file operation progress dialog updated to provide
more detailed statistics, the ability to pause file transfers,
and improvements in the ability to manage conflicts when
copying files.
• Hybrid Boot will use "advanced hibernation
functionality" on shutdown to allow faster startup times.

14. • Windows To Go will allow Windows 8 to be run from a
bootable USB device (such as a flash drive).
• Two new recovery functions are included, Refresh and
Reset. Refresh restores all Windows files to their original
state while keeping settings, files, and Metro-Style apps,
while reset takes the computer back to factory default
condition.
• Native USB 3.0 support.
• A new lock screen.
• New task manager design.

15. REFERENCES
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_8
http://www.serkanince.com/2012/03/windows-8-
onizleme-ve-ekran-goruntuleri.html
hhttp://www.murekkep.org/windows-8-ozellikleri-
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