How Windows 8 Will Affect Media Management
By Eyal Kattan
Integrator says media management will benefit greatly from Windows 8, which will bridge the gap between different devices in our digital world.

There has been a lot of controversy over the release of Microsoft Windows 8. Will it succeed? Is it doomed for the same faith as Windows Vista?

As we all know, Windows Vista failed to catch the attention of the market. OK, maybe it caught too much attention – negative attention – and was rejected by both home users and companies.

Many would say Windows 7 is what Vista should have been, as Windows 7 was crowned as the most selling Windows OS ever within one year of its launch date.




Departure from Window-Based UI
Windows 8 represents Microsoft’s departure from its traditional window-based user interface, implementing the famous Metro Tiles user interface design already used in Windows Phone 7 and Xbox Live. With the Metro Tile design, the traditional menu bars, icons and drop-down menus are replaced by square tiles that are presented in a strip that can be scrolled right or left.

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