All eyes on California!
Today (and for the next 2 or 3 days) the technological world were almost all looking right to what was happening at Anaheim, California.
Finally Microsoft’s most waited event of this year, BUILD Conference, has started and the much anticipated first look to a almost finished and more stable Windows 8 version was showed off.
First things first, just to remind what we already know about this new OS.
.: Compatibility with ARM processors
.: A completely redesigned interface inspired on Metro (err..optional by the way…)
.: The same core to be used on PCs, tablets/slates, smartphones, etc.
.: Windows Store (the Microsoft App Store)
.: More “cloud integrated” services
.: More languages supported
.: Internet Explorer 10
So…what was told on the conference?
One expected but now official insurance from Steven Sinofsky: Every computer that today runs Windows 7 will also run Windows 8.
Internet Explorer 10:
Also news about Internet Explorer 10 that was designed for total support to a full touch-driven browsing, maintains the “in-private” browsing and the hardware acceleration.
Windows Live/Cloud:
The new Windows 8 will have a better integration with Microsoft cloud services like being able to more easily access to SkyDrive functionalities or the unification of contacts and calendars.
ARM:
Microsoft really wants to get access to the enormous market of ARM processors, so like told before this is one of the major flagship of the new OS. Maybe one important note was that Windows 8 running on ARM will only allow application that run with Metro interface.
Slates/Tablets/Whatever:
All Windows 8 approved equipment’s must have only one button on the front and the button will be used only to get to the home screen.
Windows Store:
It will be Microsoft’s App Store and the big emphasis here, it’s to create application thinking on Metro interface.
Another information about Windows Store makes reference that it will not be available to all countries at the same time. So, when you buy your Windows 8 copy you may not have immediate access to Windows Store.
Other Stuff:
Reboot and Refresh are a new concept. The reboot it’s almost has the actual reboot but it works…faster. The reset it’s like a refresh to the system (maybe a big “taskkill” ) the resolves almost every problem happening at that moment.
The Keynote!
To view the keynote, just follow the link to the official website:
Build Windows Conference - Keynote
Well there’s for sure a lot to come and I’ll be posting information so…stay tuned!
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