Windows 8: " I will finally arrive!"

image courtesy of windows.microsoft.com

As the time passed by, Microsoft Corporation still one of the most innovating company that leads to modern technology. As they have updated new software like Microsoft Office 2013 Preview and developer tools like Visual Studio 2012, and here comes their new Operating System, Windows 8.

And now the most awaited event, Windows 8 will be officially launched on Thursday October 25 at 11:15 am EDT (3 pm UTC/GMT, 11pm Manila) and will be lived broadcast from New York City.

The official account of Windows on Twitter and Facebook starting to countdown for the final time for this new world techno-history, the released of Windows 8. Atleast 17,981 likes , 4163 share, and 1,240 comments on their Facebook status. While 712 retweets and 90 favorites on their Twitter. 

  So what's new with this?

Lot of stuffs inside Windows 8 have been evaluated , developed and improved. Here are some lists that might interest you.

• Beautiful Start Screen
• Picture Password Verification
• Internet Explorer 10
• Built-in applications like (Skydrive, Skype, People, Mail)
• Windows Update and Defender
• Device Encryption
• Windows Media Player and Windows Media Center 

"Windows 8 System Requirements"
- from windows.microsoft.com

For PC

• Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster with support for PAE, NX, and SSE2 (more info)
• RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit)
• Hard disk space: 16 GB (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
• Graphics card: Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM driver
    
  Additional requirements to use certain features:
  
  
• To use touch, you need a tablet or a monitor that supports multitouch (more info)
• To access the Windows Store and to download and run apps, you need an active Internet connection and a screen resolution of at least 1024 x 768
• To snap apps, you need a screen resolution of at least 1366 x 768
• Internet access (ISP fees might apply)
• Secure boot requires firmware that supports UEFI v2.3.1 Errata B and has the Microsoft Windows Certification Authority in the UEFI signature database
• Some games and programs might require a graphics card compatible with DirectX 10 or higher for optimal performance
• Microsoft account required for some features
• Watching DVDs requires separate playback software (more info)
• Windows Media Center license sold separately (more info)
• BitLocker To Go requires a USB flash drive (Windows 8 Pro only)
• BitLocker requires either Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2 or a USB flash drive (Windows 8 Pro only)
• Client Hyper-V requires a 64-bit system with second level address translation (SLAT) capabilities and additional 2 GB of RAM (Windows 8 Pro only)
• A TV tuner is required to play and record live TV in Windows Media Center (Windows 8 Pro Pack and Windows 8 Media Center Pack only)
• Free Internet TV content varies by geography, some content might require additional fees (Windows 8 Pro Pack and Windows 8 Media Center Pack only)

To check if your PC meets these requirements, you can run the Upgrade Assistant.