Microsoft is set to release Windows 8 Release Preview (equivalent to Release Candidate) in the first week of June, 2012. But as expected, a Chinese (ZH-CN) version of Windows 8 Release Preview has already been leaked in the wild and it is available for download through third party download sites. The leaked version is a […]
The download of Windows 8 Consumer Preview was made available on 29th February 2012. Since this is a beta product, it can be used free of charge for a period of about one year. Windows 8 Consumer Preview will expire on 15th January 2013. So you can use Windows 8 CP for one year for […]
Windows 8 will remain Windows 8. Yes! Microsoft has officially announced that Windows 8 is the official product name of their next Operating System which is currently in beta. There has been a lot of speculation on the editions of Windows 8 when it will be launched. If you go through Windows 8 Consumer Preview […]
Microsoft has not made it clear about the probable release dates of its products that are under active development including Office 15, IE 10, Windows 8 and Windows Phone. The roadmap of the release of these products was shared by Microsoft with its partners in December last year but it was confidential and was not […]
Windows 8 Consumer Preview has got quite a few new features. Some of these features can be brought back to Windows 7 with Windows 8 Transformation Pack. With Windows 8 Transformation Pack, Windows 7 computer will look like Windows 8 Consumer Preview. There is also a release called Windows 8 UX Pack which is specially […]
Windows 8 Consumer Preview has a great built-in feature called Split Screen that enables you to split the screen into two sections, one larger and another smaller. In either of the section you can have Metro App or Desktop e.g. you can work on Desktop while viewing the Metro App in the small screen. This […]
Windows 8 is built with touch enabled Metro Start Screen and Charms Menu. The metro UI is useful for those having touch screen computers because it includes many apps specifically redesigned for touch enabled devices. The Metro UI has got the menus, sliders and buttons wider than the general windows UI to prevent people missing […]
Windows 8 Consumer Preview comes with a brand new touch enabled boot loader. You will see the boot loader touch enabled selection screen only if you have installed Windows 8 in dual boot environment. The new boot loader has integrated some tools which can help repair Windows 8 Operating system in case it has corrupted. […]
Currently, SATA (Serial ATA) hard drives are being used widely because of their enhanced performance, better throughput and other features. Previously PATA (Parallel ATA) was being used which is being replaced by SATA technology. The Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is a technical standard defined by Intel that specifies the operation of Serial ATA (SATA) […]
Windows 8 Consumer Preview or Windows 8 beta was released in five different languages. You can download the separate ISO image installer for each of the languages here. The languages in which Windows 8 Consumer Preview was released are: English Chinese (Simplified) French German Japanese If you want to install Windows 8 in any other […]