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Submitted by: Akshit Pratiush

Touch the Future

Seminar Report on:

Courtesy:Prof. Dr. L. N. Padhy (H.O.D., C.S.E.)

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A Seminar Report on Windows 8

Windows 8 has some learning curve associated with it, but once you get

hand on how it works (it will take around a week or two), you will find

that Windows 8 is overall much simpler to use and is much better

looking compared to earlier Windows

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INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION

Windows 8 is a latest version of the series Microsoft Windows Operating System, produced by Microsoft.Development of Windows 8 started before the release of its predecessor, Windows 7, in 2009. Its existence was first announced at Consumer Electronics Show(C.E.S.) in Las Vegas 2011The operating system was released to manufacturing on August 1, 2012, and was released for general availability on October 26, 2012.Windows 8 introduces a new touch-friendly shell and user interface, featuring a new Start screen with a grid of dynamically updating tiles that represent applications.

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MS-DOS to win 8A quick rundown of the history of the Microsoft OS

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About Windows 8About Windows 8

System requirements are lower then other OS(Windows 7).The new OS is REALLY FAST and FLUID.Based on HTML-5 and JavaScript .Although it is touch oriented, it works equally well with a mouse and keyboard.Internet Explorer 10 is introduced with Windows 8.It requires a minimum of 1366 x 768 resolution for the best Windows 8 experience.It could go from a cold boot to the Start screen in under 6 seconds.

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Windows 7 vs Windows 8

WINDOWS 7Windows 7 was released to manufacturing on July 22nd , 2009.Start up: 40-60 secs.Shutdown: 20-30 secs.

Driver Support: mostly graphics/printer drivers

WINDOWS 8Windows 8 released to manufacturing on August 1st October, 2012.Start up: 5-15secs onlyShutdown: 6-8 secs(till the power light gets off).Driver Support:It may take up ur computer without drivers(very rarely needed). U get the compatible drivers in-built .

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Continued…

WINDOWS 7Windows 7 installation takes 23-30mins.Windows 7 does not contain any security software.

Memory consumption is more.

WINDOWS 8Windows 8 installation takes 12-17mins.Windows 8 contains Windows Defender with complete antimalware functionality.Memory consumption is less.

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Windows 8 Highlighted Features

ARM (Advance RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Machine Computer) Machine) Processor SupportEveryone wants to be on the tablet nowadays. To fully support mobile devices, it’s important for an OS to fully support ARM-based CPUs. If Microsoft can keep the hardware requirements under control, it may eventually compete with smartphone platforms such as iOS and Android.

Better Touch Interface: The design elements, such as login screen, browser, task manager, file explorer and others are fully optimized for touch interface. It was also revealed that the login screen can be unlocked using pattern (finger gestures), in the same way as an Android phone does.

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Ribbons:

The ribbons menu you see in the Microsoft Office 2007 and 2010 is implemented more widely in Windows 8. Luckily, if you dislike the interface enhancement, you can revert these menus to the Windows 7-style interface.Improved Task Manager:

Task Manager has also been redesigned, including a new processes tab with the option to display fewer or more details of running applications and background processes, a heat map using different colors indicating the level of resource usage, network and disk countersPortable Workspace:

With a 16GB USB drives, you can carry portable image of your primary Windows 8 computer and plug it in to other Windows 8 PC. In essence, the USB device contains the clone of your original computer.

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Windows 8 support mounting of ISO’s and VHD images :Windows 8 does away with the burning, and can launch

ISOs (and VHD files) natively. Double-click on a downloaded or ripped ISO to view its contents; right-click and choose 'Mount' to run it.

Windows 8 offers native support for 3d monitors :Windows 8 support 3d monitors natively.If people can play 3-D games from their PC’s with native support as well as have a camera detect their movements, its literally almost like being in the arcade.Add a set of Dolby Digital 5.1 speakers and what you have is a fully immersive experience.

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The Versions of Windows 8 :

Different versions of Windows 8 are:-Windows RT Windows 8Windows 8 ProWindows Enterprise

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Advantages of windows 8 over other OS:

• It has the ability to create a Portable Workspace, an installation of Windows 8 on a USB storage device.

• It includes a ribbon interface for Windows Explorer, a PDF reader called Modern Reader, an updated task manager called Modern Task Manager and native ISO mounting. The ability to pause file transfers, and improvements in the ability to manage conflicts when copying files.

• Windows 8 have built in Internet Explorer 10 which has more advance features, and it provides faster browsing and better performance.

• Windows 8 have ISO verifier, which verifies the ISO image and says whether it is a valid image or not.

• It is optimized for touch screen devices.• Decrease in the boot time, the boot time is decreased to 10-15

secs.

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Windows Store and Apps

The Windows Store is a digital distribution platform in Microsoft's Windows 8 and Windows RT operating system.

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Market Performance :

Microsoft says that 4 million users upgraded to Windows 8 over the weekend after its release.

On November 27, 2012, Microsoft announced that it has sold 40 million licenses of Windows 8 in the first month, surpassing the pace of Windows 7.

This capped the first year of declining PC sales to the Asia Pacific region, as users switched to Apple and Android products instead of Microsoft.

As of February 2013, Windows 8 has 2.6% market penetration as in February, 2013.

Thanking You

Akshit Pratiush