Windows 8, three things to change - Panorama

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Roberto Catania

Into Help, PC is dying. From a few days in this part it seems that the world has found that it can do without the good old personal computer. It took two quarters of negative to trigger the alarm.

Into The problem is actually far more complex. If it is true that the PC no longer has the charm of a time you can not reduce everything to the class struggle with the world of tablet . Some people think for example that your PC is suffering as classical for its demerits, and in particular for the fault of the operating system to which it owes its success, Windows .

Into That’s right, in its latest version – Windows 8 – the operating system of Microsoft do not like, or rather unconvincing in full. This is the belief, among others, the institute for analysis Data Corp which sees the platform launched from Redmond to early autumn a major cause of the sharp decline in demand for PCs ( over 14% in the last three months). But it also shows the number of licenses sold by Microsoft so far, about 100 million, a modest sum for those who until recently started with the ambition to break the bank on all fronts, from fixed to mobile .

Into Yeah, but what are the problems of Windows 8? Consumers and experts are almost unanimous in believing that Microsoft has made the step up to the plate, that is, who has tried to impose a too drastic change in the habits of users, and in particular those desktop.

Into Windows 8 – we wrote at the time – was thought to be the center of gravity between two worlds at the same time near and far, desktop and tablet , to be is controllable with a mouse and a keyboard is with your fingers.

Into The problem is that, as it stands, the Microsoft operating sisteema is totally unbalanced on the tablet. Just turn on any device powered Windows 8 to understand: everything revolves around piastrelloni dynamic interface Metro , there is no trace of the past (at least on the surface), even the glorious Start button has been set aside.

Into short, we are faced with a completely different operating system than the one to which we were accustomed to and that needs to be metabolized or – to use the words of the same Tami Reller , head of marketing for Windows – to be learned. To ease the transition, Microsoft will release later this year a new version of software – code-named Windows Blue – which according to rumors will contain a series of news and updates designed just to make it less traumatic transition from old to the new.

Into What are the concrete these improvements do not know (Microsoft will be more accurate at the next conference with the developers planned for next June) but there are those who speak – is the case of Financial Times – a real U-turn, as if to underline the intention of a dramatic return to basics.

Into Three hypothesis of change appear likely that at this time, or at least desirable:

Into – The ability for PC owners to start in the first instance the classic desktop screen instead of one based on the mosaic of Metro

Into – The presence of Start button , erased with a sponge from Windows 8 but clamored by most users (as evidenced by the large number of downloads of the third-party applications that allow you to relive it).

Into – Improved accessibility to taskbar key – the ones that are defined in the jargon Windows “charms” – which at present are hidden on the right side of the screen.

Into The focus on world tablet will still be central, even in Windows Blue. Microsoft is already working to optimize its operating system for small screens (ie from 7:08 inches) maybe – who knows – with a view to debut a version of “reduced” Surface.

Into If your PC really is dying better to be prepared.