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Running on Windows 8

Running on Windows 8
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Nathan Eddy
Nathan Eddy
Feb 29, 2012
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Running on Windows 8

Running on Windows 8

The presentation included touch-screen notebooks and tablets, desktop PCs and an enormous 82-inch wall-mounted touch-screen display made with Corning Gorilla Glass.


Start Screen

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Larson-Green logs into Windows 8 on a Samsung tablet to show the new way applications are laid out as icons on the start screen.


Xbox Live App

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The Xbox Live application is one of many that will come preinstalled with the operating system, which allows users to connect with friends.


Social Networking

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The People application makes it easier for friends to send links and documents to each other, while resizing or moving the screen around for instant messaging.


Windows 8 on a Notebook

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Using a Lenovo U300S Ultrabook, Antoine Leblond shows the audience how the “start” screen looks.


Finance App

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A demonstration of the finance app, where Leblond shows that navigation is as easy to do with the mouse as it is with your fingers.


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Word and PowerPoint Apps

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Here, Leblond demonstrates how the Word app can be docked to one side, while the PowerPoint app can be docked to the other for side-by-side viewing.


File Transfers

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A new way of displaying file transfers gives users more information on the process, while the messaging application (on the right) and a list of open apps (on the left) appear.


App Store

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The landing page for the Windows App store features a “spotlight” section on the left where users can find top apps, new apps and recommended apps.


Windows 8 on the Big Screen

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Vice president of Windows planning and ecosystem Michael Angiulo, along with Steven Sinofsky, show off the operating system on an 82-inch touch-screen display with a PC powered by a dual-core AMD processor.

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