Windows 8 Features

• Windows 8 might look and feel like an entirely new "user experience “Metro Style”
• Speedy Boot Time - The load and boot up speed has improved significantly over Windows’ predecessors. This is partly due to the better resource allocations to applications and the system. When compared to Windows 7 desktop CPU, Windows 8 has an even speedier boot time.
  
  
• Windows 8 is the first edition of Windows to operate on both ARM-based tablets and traditional x86 PCs based on ARM processors from Intel and AMD
• Windows Live Syncing - new Windows 8 will provide Windows Live syncing, such that users can login on any Windows 8 PC with ‘Live ID’ and get back their own personalized settings on it. The desktop will look the same every time the user login on a PC with their Windows Live account. Migrating to a new PC is probably made easier when the user has all the essential settings synced
• Usb 3.0 Support
• Touch User Interface - The big new feature is a touch-centric user interface superficially similar to that of Windows Phone. Called Metro, it is based on applications that run full-screen, allowing Microsoft to call it an immersive user interface. Metro also features a Start menu formed from groups of tiles. The tiles are dynamic, so applications can render changing data such as weather or stock quotes in the tile. By supporting touch in this way, Windows 8 will be a suitable operating system for tablets. Windows on a tablet is nothing new, but previous Windows tablets needed a stylus to obtain accurate pointing on a system that was originally designed for keyboard and mouse. In Windows 8 that has changed, and Metro-style apps can be used easily with touch alone. Windows 8 is also being ported to ARM processors for high power efficiency. Although tablets have been most successful in the consumer market, they are beginning to prove useful in businesses thanks to their convenience.