1. Eric Strittmatter COSC 480 – Spring 2012 Previewing

2. Today Introduction Background New Features Compatibility Hardware Requirements Walkthrough

3. Introduction Windows 8 Developer Preview 32-bit 64-bit 64-bit with developer tools Microsoft Windows SDK Visual Studio 11 Express Microsoft Expression Blend 5

4. Background Windows 8 Developer Preview pre-beta Released September 2011 Developer Preview and BUILD conference 500,00 downloads in first 12 hours Expiration Date Originally March 11 Extended to 01/15/2013

5. Background Consumer Preview Available as of Feb 29 th Windows Store Setup process New themes and backgrounds New apps Music, video, photos

6. What’s New User Interface ‘Metro-style’ Tile based Like current Windows Phone OS Enhanced for touch screens and swiping Standardized across devices Windows OS, Mobile, Xbox

7. What’s New Available technologies for Metro Apps JavaScript C++ C# Visual Basic HTML 5 CSS3

8. What’s New Start Screen Full Screen Live Tiles Dynamic Weather, status updates, news, stocks customizable

9. What’s New Keyboard/Input options Touch keyboard Full-sized QWERTY Thumb keyboard Autocorrect and suggestions Powerful and Responsive ARM-based chipset support Optimized to works on all devices Mobile and desktop Startup Times

10. Start Up Times

11. What’s New Apps New Metro Style Windows Store Purchased apps - 5 different devices Internet Explorer 10 2 versions

12. What’s New Sign-in Windows Live ID Portable profile and settings Other Authentication Options Picture Password PIN

13. What’s New Windows Explorer Task Manager USB 3.0 Lock Screen Windows to Go Installed on USB Programs, apps, profile, settings System Restore Options Refresh Reset

14. Software compatibility “Legacy Desktop” Running on x86/64 processors Most desktop apps will run Running on ARM processors Won’t run desktop apps New metro apps Will run on both processor types

15. Software compatibility Integration into existing management infrastructure Tablet management Group Policy management App store Enterprise Apps

16. Hardware Requirements 1 GHz Processor 2 GB RAM DirectX 9 Graphics device 20GB Hard drive space Recommended Multi-touch screen recommended

17. Conclusion Introduction/background New Features Compatibility Hardware Requirements Walkthrough

18. Sources http://www.thetechlabs.com/tech-news/windows-8-features/ http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/preview http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/07/windows_8_start_button/ http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-8-Developer-Preview-SDK-Visual-Studio- 11-Expression-Blend-5-and-Other-Developer-Tools-221447.shtml http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-8-hybrid-boot-discovered http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/desktop-os/2011/09/09/windows-8-hybrid-mode- brings-faster-boot-40093896/ http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/consumer-preview

19. Questions?

20. Thank you!