READING COMPREHENSION: Windows 8

Windows 8: What You Need to Know

The version of Microsoft's operating system ("Windows 8" is just a codename) is a radical
departure, designed for touch screens.

Essentially, Microsoft showed how Windows 8 will work on both tablets and traditional PCs. The operating system's home screen is filled with big, touchable panels, like the live tiles in Windows Phone 7, and from there you can tap and change your way to other touch-based applications. But underneath that touchy layer is plain old Windows, with a task bar, file manager, app icons--everything.

 

From the start menu, which shows basic information like time and unread e-mail counts, users go upwards to reveal the home screen and its tiles. As with Windows Phone 7, apps can show some information within the tiles--users needn't click on the weather app to see the current temperature, for example. Going from the right bezel brings up a menu that can take users from an app back to the home screen.

Users can multitask between open apps by going across from the left bezel. And therein lies the coolest-looking feature of Windows 8: When entering in a new app, users can leave it next to the app that's currently running. This allows users to view two apps at the same time--something that no existing tablet OS can do.

                                                                                                From www.pcworld.com

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