Windows 8 operating system – pros and cons
The Windows 8 operating system is integrated by default with online services and cloud services from Microsoft, including Bing, SkyDrive, Outlook.com, Skype, Xbox Music. And also MS Office – although the office suite is sold separately from the operating system.
Users of desktop computers and the classic Windows XP operating system greeted the release of the Eight with hostility. How many indignations and offensive statements addressed to Microsoft developers and designers! Where is our favorite Start button? How can we, poor souls, manage without her? Look, maybe it rolled under the sofa? She’s so round. Was. Programmers even quickly created an application on their knees to return the beloved Start button to the Windows 8 screen.
In fact, the Eight was not intended for Pentium-2 and desktop users at all. Happy owners of a full set of computers based on Microsoft technologies will be able to enjoy all the delights of the new operating system.
Gentleman’s kit for advanced users
• Powerful modern desktop with a widescreen display.
• Laptop with touch screen.
• Mobile devices running Windows Phone 8.
Users of iPhone and Android devices should not be sad and sprinkle cigarette ashes on their baseball cap – this can harm the health of the cap. Microsoft developers focused on the widest possible audience. Most useful and enjoyable Microsoft services can be used on Apple phones and Android tablets.
What’s really handy about Windows 8 is that all Microsoft services will be installed and configured by default. You can sign in to Windows Phone 8 with the same account you use on Windows 8 PC. Congratulations! You are automatically registered in all useful applications – Outlook, SkyDrive, Skype and all other Microsoft services. And on each of your computers you will find a familiar flat environment with pastel tiles in the METRO style.
Isn’t it convenient? When the same control system is used everywhere, this is very good for work. There is no need to waste time learning and getting used to it – you can act without thinking, fully automatically. Don’t we all strive for this, trying to become professional masters in every matter?
Windows Phone 8 has built-in MS Office, which is free to use. This is a privilege for registered members of the Microsoft community. Whereas MS Office 365 for iPhone and Android users have to pay a subscription fee. They must pay the price, as politicians say.
It will be a little unpleasant to learn that the Windows Store for Windows 8 PC and for Windows Phone are separate stores. And you will not be able to use an application purchased on a desktop computer on a smartphone either, as happens in Google and the Apple Store. As they say in Odessa, if you paid for an item in one store, then why do you go to get the item in another?
Cons of Windows 8
1. Lack of standard folders.
2. Inability to minimize application windows.
3. No Start button. You need to poke at the lower left corner, and the mouse arrow constantly breaks, which leads to the screen closing.
4. The user interface is not easy to use with keyboard and mouse.
5. There is no cross in the upper right corner to close applications. In fact, programs do not close, but simply go into the background, like on mobile devices. But applications launch quickly from standby mode. Just in case, the Alt+F4 hotkey still works.
Pros of Windows 8
1. Eight pleases from the very first meeting. Unlike the best RAM of all time, XP, which takes about three hours to install, Windows 8 is downloaded from the Internet and completely installed on the computer in a matter of minutes.
2. Starts up in a few seconds. Although experts say that this is because the OS does not complete its work completely, but remains in hibernation.
3. Flat user interface with fairly large contrasting tiles is ideal for small but touch displays.
4. The tiles are large enough even for thick fingers. You can indulge in burgers, cakes and sweet soda.
