What's the difference between Win8 and Win7?

Windows 8 (also known as Windows 2013, the server version is Windows Server 2013) is a new generation of operating systems developed by Microsoft after Windows 7, and will be released around July 2011 with the core version of Windows NT 7.0.

Although Windows 7 was released, Microsoft started the early preparations for Windows 8 prior to the release of Windows 7, and some significant enhancements were developed.

Windows 8 new features:

1, the overall direction of voice control system

Have you used the voice-control features of Windows Vista and Windows7? If you use it, you will be impressed by its powerful voice recognition capabilities. If you haven't used it yet, why don't you go and experience it? If you're like me, hiding a question, ask: why is it that this powerful voice-activated function is not used on a large scale, but just holed up in the auxiliary function? I think: this sound control technology is still in the research stage, not fully mature, once mature , will soon launch the market, become Microsoft's operating system new signs. WINDOWS8, it could have been the first operating system to use voice control on a large scale.

2, the overall trend to touch screen operating system

Multi-point touch screen technology is a bright spot of Windows7. But unfortunately, there is not so much and cheap in the market to support the multi-touch screen display, so that the bright spot is not a fake. And from the video point of view, the finger is only a second mouse. Windows interface has always been designed for the mouse, how can it be suitable for the fingers? So, we're pinning our hopes on Windows 8 because the launch of Windows 8 is likely to be a big listing on a multi-touch display. As long as Microsoft insists on adding and hardening multi-touch technology in Windows 8, Windows 8 is likely to become a real touch-screen operating system.

3, Cloud Forward

In recent years, cloud computing has been fired hot, a variety of cloud platform based on cloud services, such as springing up to attract the audience's attention, it seems that the advent of the cloud is not to be stopped. Cloud computing is characterized by weakening the terminal function, the Internet as the foundation, to provide users with a variety of online cloud services, which can be connected to the Internet terminals, the basic can be leased all kinds of software and hardware resources online to achieve a variety of applications, this can be rented resources even the operating system, while Microsoft Windows The cloud computing system was born in such a demand.

The cloud computing model makes the future cloud era a web-based operating system that relies on data centers distributed around the world to provide a platform for operation, and the application of such a system platform via the Internet. This architectural pattern makes the powerful terminals less necessary in the future cloud computing era. We even rely on a screen, a mouse and a keyboard to achieve today's terminal can achieve all the functions, of course, this situation requires a high network bandwidth to achieve. Microsoft's Windows Azure Cloud operating system was developed and released in the same way that Microsoft is trying to dominate the future of the cloud operating system market, like today's dominance of the personal operating system market, and to grab strategic chips for the future cloud computing battle. ”

If Windows Azure is not Windows 8, this does not mean that Windows 8 has nothing to do with the cloud, after all, there are so many attractions to the technology (perhaps the biggest temptation is that cloud computing can significantly reduce the operating system's configuration requirements for computers, Windows A series of operating systems have always had a high profile, so it's not a bad idea to have a traditional operating system with the cloud.

3, USB 3.0 will become the mainstream

It is now reported that a new generation of Windows 7 SP1 has started to support the USB 3.0 interface. This message has been confirmed by Intel and will be supported by the OS source with Windows7 SP1. That's a good news. The bad news is that Windows 8 is coming. Microsoft expects Windows 8 to be released in 2012-2013 ... Whether this will lead to a direct end or an unknown number. But Intel's Steve Mr Pedersen believes that a super high-speed interface like USB 3.0 clearly requires a certain amount of time to market share and penetration. It will take at least another 1-2 years to reach the mainstream. Although there are clear indications that USB 3.0 devices will blowout this year, the entire industry is now USB 2.0.

4, Support IE 9

According to foreign media reports the newly developed Internet Explorer 9 May support Windows 8 while supporting Windows Vista and Windows 7.

5. Adopt new anti-piracy mechanism

Microsoft said it would implement new anti-piracy measures in the Windows 8 operating system, while careful media found that Microsoft began recruiting senior developers to develop "new anti-hacking mechanisms" and drivers to prevent illegal duplication. Microsoft hopes to implement new anti-piracy measures because the existing technology does not meet expectations, and Windows 7 well-designed anti-piracy lines are easily breached. In addition, Microsoft is recruiting a number of Windows SKU staff, which is used to determine what different versions of Windows should retain, suggesting that Microsoft still wants to subdivide Windows users by publishing different SKUs, similar to "home" and "business". The details of the current anti-piracy measures in Windows 8 are unclear, but Microsoft has hinted that it will take a very different approach, with the completion time about 2011 summer.

New features that Windows 8 is expected to add:

1. Better network support

I like the network and Sharing Center in Windows Vista as well as the network mapping feature, and of course, the HomeGroup feature in Windows 7 is pretty good. But when Windows 7 is networked with Linux and Macs, it's going to be a painful thing. So I want Windows 8 to immediately identify and make a network with Linux and Macs.

2. Provide real home multimedia sharing support

As we all know, television will soon be on the wane, and computers, especially the presence of Windows Media Center, will become more and more important in home entertainment. Therefore, I think it is necessary to share with TV, speakers and other multimedia devices in Windows 8. Of course, this can be done now, but the process is a bit too complicated.

3. Improve the taskbar and multitask switching

The Super taskbar in Windows 7 can be said to be a combination of the Mac Dock and the Windows traditional taskbar. It can be used either to place program shortcuts or to switch windows. But sometimes the two can easily be confused. So I think that in Windows 8, Microsoft should improve on it again, combining the two more perfectly.

4. More intelligent, more humane

Windows 8 should implement the system itself to adjust to the user's habits. For example, if the system detects that a user often uses a control Panel item, the system should display the item as a top. Of course, this is just an example, in this regard. Microsoft can achieve a lot of ideas.

5. Run Mac OS X

Mac OS X allows users to install Windows as a dual system, and Microsoft should also allow Mac OS X to be installed in Windows as a dual system.