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April 2014
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The editors liked
Metro works brilliantly on the Samsung Slate
Metro works well
Touch gestures are well thought out and responsive
Improved security and remote management features
Superfast boot times
Works well on tablets
Windows 8 embraces the future wholeheartedly. Log-in and boot times are fast
The apps look gorgeous
And the Sync feature brings seamless transition between devices
Touch-optimised UI works well on tablets
Wealth of built-in apps
Reset and recovery tools
Windows is still a great OS
Decent upgrade price
Amazing start-up and shut-down speeds
Enough new features to justify asking price
Restore/refresh is a brilliant and well-executed idea
Handwriting recognition is amazing
Gorgeous new live interface
Apps finally on Windows
Great on older hardware
On the right hardware
It's sleek
Fast and fun
Huge security improvements
Better battery life
Faster boot
Great for touch
Faster boot times
Some great new tools
Excellent for touch input
Nicely priced upgrade
The editors didn't like
Desktop mode is sidelined
Using some desktop apps can be fiddly
Metro will likely confuse desktop users
Besides the interface
It's not a huge leap from Windows 7
The learning curve is steep and in-app navigation isn't obvious. There are just too many known unknowns here
Modern UI a major upheaval
Legacy apps confined to desktop
Metro/Modern is confusing and will require people to re-learn Windows
Supplied modern apps are mostly rubbish
The UI can be very inconsistent
The steep learning curve
Fledgling app eco-system
Clunky on traditional laptop
Start menu gone
Can't boot to the desktop
You'll want a touchscreen/trackpad gestures/Touch Mouse
Abstract: We already know that the look and feel of Windows 8 is very different from Windows 7. But once you fire up your favorite title, does Microsoft's latest affect your experience? We test 10 games and talk to one of the company's SDEs to answer that questi...
Windows 8 is almost here, and system makers are readying new models. Some will be touch enabled or otherwise optimized for Windows 8, while others will be similar to existing PCs. For some time, PC sales have been down, partly because everyone has been wa...
Published: 2012-10-25, Author: Mary , review by: techradar.com
On the right hardware, it's sleek, fast and fun, Huge security improvements, Better battery life, faster boot, Great for touch
Start menu gone, Can't boot to the desktop, You'll want a touchscreen/trackpad gestures/Touch Mouse, Modern UI will annoy some, Some older CPUs won't run it
This is the fastest, most secure, most battery friendly version of Windows 8. It's also a bold move to head off the danger of Windows becoming irrelevant in an iPad future, by giving you the best of both worlds. You can have a slim, lightweight, cheap ta...
Abstract: The most significant update to the Microsoft desktop operating system in a decade, Windows 8 is quicker, better secured and more focused on the cloud than its predecessors. However, the biggest change by far has to be the side-lining of the familiar Windo...
Windows is still a great OS, decent upgrade price, amazing start-up and shut-down speeds, enough new features to justify asking price, restore/refresh is a brilliant and well-executed idea, handwriting recognition is amazing
Metro/Modern is confusing and will require people to re-learn Windows, Supplied modern apps are mostly rubbish, the UI can be very inconsistent
For all the complaining about the new look of Windows 8, there's one crucial thing to remember: you don't have to upgrade. The OS itself in 8 is an incremental improvement over Windows 7, there are some nice features here in the way file copies are man...
Published: 2012-08-23, Author: PC , review by: itpro.co.uk
Is upgrading to Windows 8 a no-brainer for those running Windows 7 on PCs and laptops? No, far from it. The vast majority of the work has been devoted to the new Metro interface, and that's the part that's least compelling on regular PCs. Navigation is...
Touch-optimised UI works well on tablets, wealth of built-in apps, reset and recovery tools
Modern UI a major upheaval, legacy apps confined to desktop
Windows 8 is the first version of Microsoft's OS that feels like a natural tablet platform, and adds many useful new features and technologies. If you can get past the new-style Modern user interface, it is well worth a look, although those used to the...
Windows 8 embraces the future wholeheartedly. Log-in and boot times are fast, the apps look gorgeous, and the Sync feature brings seamless transition between devices
The learning curve is steep and in-app navigation isn't obvious. There are just too many known unknowns here
Microsoft makes an aggressive, forward-thinking and bold statement for the future of PCs and touchscreen tablets with Windows 8, while significant security and speed improvements more than justify the upgrade price....
