You can also put a different background on each screen if you have multiple monitors. Windows 8 also enables you to split screen between Modern UI Windows 8 apps, so you can have both your Windows Messenger on a third of the screen alongside your Desktop. This takes a bit of getting used to! A key arrival for Windows 8 is what Microsoft is calling Charms.
These appear when you mouse to the right-hand side of the screen or swipe in from the right on a touchscreen. They enable you to access the Start Screen on a touch device although many touch devices will also have a physical Windows 8 button on the bezel of the screen or a Windows key on the keyboard. Current page: Page 1.
North America. Page 1 of 2: Page 1 Page 1 Page 2. Audio player loading…. Looking at the gaming performance for Battlefield 3, it can be observed that both operating systems provide similar performance with a very slight leading edge for Windows 7. The difference isn not significant however. Similar to the previous 3DMark test , this relies on graphics drivers more than anything else. Microsoft seemed to hit full stride with Windows 7, developing a fast and efficient operating system. Thankfully it seems Windows 8 continues to build on that pattern as we found it to be on par with and occasionally faster than Windows 7.
This will particularly benefit laptop and tablet users. At the end we concluded that Windows 8 is faster than Windows 7 in some aspects such as startup time, shut down time, wake up from sleep, multimedia performance, web browsers performance, transferring large file and Microsoft excel performance but it is slower in 3D graphic performance and high resolution gaming performance.
Battery life improved enough to be noticeable. Moreover Windows 8 is significantly more secure than Windows 7 and it is basically designed to take advantage of touch screens while Windows 7 is only for desktops. One last word of advice — if you are running Windows 7 on your current PC, then there is no urgency to upgrade the hardware just to run Windows 8…just yet! If, on the other hand, you want to brush up on the basics of UX and Usability, then consider to take the online course on User Experience.
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These cookies do not store any personal information. Skip to primary navigation Skip to main content. Windows 7 — Speed And Performance Testing. I am speaking about speed and performance Windows 8 vs. Windows 7 — The Experiments To obtain an unbiased view, together with my colleagues we conducted a number of speed and performance tests so as to compare Windows 8 with Windows 7. Shutdown Time A similar improvement is seen when measuring shutdown time. Windows 8. If you're willing to put up with the awkward transition from the tile interface to the desktop one, then you are opening yourself up to a lot more apps.
Microsoft is encouraging developers to create apps that work in full-screen in a similar fashion to how apps work on a Surface or iPad, meaning that tablet-style apps are possible on your desktop. This has obvious advantages, with casual games becoming a reality just as they are on tablets. Microsoft is working on getting as many developers on board as they can, with some big name apps already appearing on the Store.
Developers are receiving an even bigger incentive from Microsoft's "One Windows" strategy, by which developers can write one universal app for Windows and have it run on Windows Phone, Xbox and Windows 8.
This has now morphed into Windows Apps, which are universal apps that will work across all devices in the Windows 10 ecosystem. All of this helps increase the amount of games available massively — especially indie titles made by developers who don't have the resources of a big studio — as Xbox has been brought into the fray.
Current page: Introduction and app issues. Max Slater-Robins has been writing about technology for nearly a decade at various outlets, covering the rise of the technology giants, trends in enterprise and SaaS companies, and much more besides. Originally from Suffolk, he currently lives in London and likes a good night out and walks in the countryside.
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