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Windows 8: Innovation or Déjà vu

Windows 8 Innovation or Déjà vu? Touchscreen With Ubuntu 11.04, Ca- nonical turned to the tablet market with the introduction of Unity. Music Xbox LIVE Games Camera Windows 8 has a new Chrome OS,initially built for notebook was interface called Modern UI. It is optimized for touch as well as optimized for touch- screen. mouse-and-keyboard input. Windows 7 support touchscreen devices but does not have a specific user interface for this. Windows Vista had a virtual keyboard that supported touch. DarkTips Windows Store Microsoft introduced Windows Marketplace,a platform for purchasing and downloading third party software for Modern UI. A comission is charged for each sale by Microsoft. Desktop app will also be listed. Ubuntu 9.10 was shipped With the release of Snow Leopard, Apple launched a Mac App Store similar to the App Store for iOS. with Ubuntu Software Center,a program for exploring, installing and removing free or paid software. Dark Tips File History Microsoft has redesigned its software Windows Backup and Restore. In Windows 8, it is now called File History. It allows you to back up your data in the background on an external Hard disk. Apple introduced Time Machine as its backup utility. On Windows 7, with a simple right-click, it is possible to restore a file to its previous vers- ion. DarkTips Secure Boot Apple introduced Secure Boot Chain in iOS to make sure the lowest level of software is not tampered. Windows 8 is shipped with Secure Boot,a feature that verifies the integrity of the OS and prevent unauthorized applications such as bootkits from With the launch of Chrome OS, Google introduced "Verified Boot" to detect potential malware. infecting the device. Dark Tips Fast Boot Microsoft has optimized Windows 8 boot times. It can boot as little as 7 seconds according to Microsoft. For Ubuntu 10.04, The first Chromebook had a load time of 7 seconds. Canonical announced a boot up speed of less than 10 seconds. For Windows 7, Microsoft has improved the cache memory and encourage its user to use the Standby mode. Dark Tips Windows To Go In Windows 8 Enterprise, Microsoft propose a feature that allows you to boot and run Windows 8 from a USB flash drive or external Hard disk. The Live USB are adopted by different Linux distributions. Dark Tips Support for ARM Apple has ported OS X to the ARM architecture with the introduction of i0s. ARM Windows 8 is the first Windows version that has been ported to the ARM architecture. The GNU/Linux Ubuntu is available on x86 and ARM. Tips Microsoft Account Connecting with a Windows account on a Windows 8 PC ensure a back up and synchronization of the User's data online. Chromebooks under On Mac, iCloud allows to synchronize and save the data of the User online. ChromeOS require a connection to a Google Account to synchronize your browser settings. Tips Windows Update simplified and at reduced price Upgrading from Windows XP,Vista and 7 to Windows 8 will cost $39.99 if bought before 31 January 2013. You will need to download Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant to check if your PC meet the minimum hardware requirement. Since Snow Leopard, Apple is gradually decreasing its OS price. The latest version Mountain Lion costs as low as $19.99. The updates for the GNU/Linux distribtution are generally done via internet for free. For the launch of Windows 7, Microsoft proposed to preorder of the family pack for $49,99. Dark Tips Sources: Touchscreen: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/05/18/creating-the-windows-8-user-experience.aspx • https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Multitouch • http://www.chromium.org/user-experience/multitouch http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/features/touch • http://www.microsoft.com/enable/products/windowsvistal Windows Store: • http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsstore http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Software_Center File History: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/zxue/archive/2012/03/09/windows-8-how-to-27-backup-your-documents-and-files.aspx http://windows.microsoft.com/is-I5/windows7/products/features/backup-and-restore http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1427 Secure Boot: • http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/09/22/protecting-the-pre-os-environment-with-uefi.aspx - http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/chromiumos-design-docs/verified-boot - http://theiphonewiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=SHSH Fast Boot: • http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/05/22/designing-for-pcs-that-boot-faster-than-ever-before.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/e7/archive/2008/08/29/boot-performance.aspx http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-XE303C12-H01US-Chromebook-3G-11-6-Inch/dp/B009MZYNWI/ Windows To Go: http://tinyurl.com/Skkolmq http://w w.linuxliveusb.com/ Support for ARM: - http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/02/09/building-windows-for-the-arm-processor-architecture.aspx • http://macdailynews.com/2007/06/04/apple_ceo_steve_jobs_confirms_iphone_powered_by_real_mac_os_x/ • http://www.ubuntu.com/download/arm Microsoft Account • http://tinyurl.com/8ups639 Windows Update Simplified and at reduced Price - http://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive/2012/07/02/upgrade-to-windows-8-pro-for-39-99.aspx

Windows 8: Innovation or Déjà vu

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Is Windows 8 a real innovation or something we have already seen elsewhere?

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