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Windows 8 consumer preview has arrived, I have been trying it out.Designed to add tablet and smartphones ,it is a dramatic change from XP and Windows 7 Windows 8 represents a "generational change" for Windows, the likes of which has not seen since the release of Windows 95. They are aiming for an operating system that runs on PC,tablet and smartphone,and to sell cloud-based services, like data storage, music or movies, that work across devices. In their new operating systems, Windows 8 and Apple Mountain Lion, Microsoft and Apple are heading up the effort to make computers more like mobile devices,ie smartphones Windows 8 has the same touch-friendly interface that Microsoft uses in Windows Phone. The interface,features a mosaic of tiles that can be tapped to start up applications. Both companies have also borrowed the concept of online app stores from the mobile side to create equivalent services for the computer operating systems. These are centralized online services where users browse, buy and download applications. Apple started its Mac App Store over a year ago

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