Windows 8 Logo — Microsoft Windows 8 is still in development of the successor operating system, Windows 7, the software company Microsoft . The code names were in 2007, Mystic , and the East . Microsoft has released two prior versions, the last Windows 8 Consumer Preview . The surface should be in the design of Windows Mobile 7 based and therefore better suited for touch screens to be designed. It included Microsoft still PC users and has adapted so well to the operation of mouse and keyboard.

Because Windows applications based on HTML 5 and JavaScript to assist developers fear that applications running on Microsoft Silverlight based, could be executed may only be in compatibility mode and would therefore no longer suitable for the system. Support for BIOS will cease in the future and UEFI replaces. This reduces the boot time significantly. For previous PC models with BIOS that set neither ARM nor too large a system disk, which is likely to ensure compatibility. Another new feature is support for USB 3.0 . Windows 8 is to perform in a position to significantly faster copying using USB 3.0 hardware.

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