Windows 8 Launched, Consumers can upgrade at $39.99 ~ Hackinthus

Friday, October 26, 2012

Windows 8 Launched, Consumers can upgrade at $39.99

By Sukesh Kumar(facebook)(twitter)
Windows 8 has been officially launched today. On Friday it will be launch in 37 languages and 140 worldwide markets.

             
image credit : zdnet

"We have re-imagined Windows and the result is a stunning lineup of new PCs" said Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer. Steven Sinofsky,  president of Microsoft's Window division announced that the user can upgrade to Windows 8 online store. The updates start at $39.99 for consumers.

Microsoft claims that Windows 8 has a better battery life, faster booting time and compatibility with Windows 7 hardware  and software.

"Window 8 is designed to work with mouse and keyboard, as well as touch. That's the big selling point of the new OS," Sinofsky said. 

"The potential market for Windows is the largest of any platform. You will see fully capable PCs for Windows 8 for under $300." he added.

 Here are few shots from the event : 

“Windows 8 is designed to work with mouse and keyboard, as well as touch. That's the big selling point of the new OS,” Steven Sinofsky said.
image credit : Reuters


Windows 8 is designed to work with mouse and keyboard, as well as touch.
image credit : Reuters

Windows 8 is designed to work with mouse and keyboard, as well as touch.
image credit : Reuters

Windows 8 will support wide range of devices like smartphones, tablets, PCs as well as desktop and laptops.
Metro UI  interface has been implemented in Windows 8. Start menu on the desktop has been replaced by beautiful array of colorful icons which is built in a way to support touchscreen  devices. All the downloaded applications will be displayed here.
At first look, Windows 8 looks really nice and completely different from any other windows. Lets see how it performs in the market.

Please let us know what you think about Windows 8 via comments.

(via The Economic Times)

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