Unofficially: Microsoft Open up Windows 8.1 in October
Internet edition of The Verge reported today that Microsoft released Windows 8.1 update not in September as previously expected, and in October of this year. It is reported that in September, you can expect a version of Windows 8.1 RTM, which will soon be replaced by a release model and at first it will be distributed among the partners Microsoft, and collectors of devices based on Windows, and only then the assembly will be freely available to all. Around the same and the same time with Windows 8.1 for desktops can be expected to upgrade Windows RT 8.1 for ARM-tablets, as well as the appearance of Windows 8.1 Enterprise version for business. By the way, desktop Windows 8.1 will be much more loyal to the system requirements, and based on the Linux operating system can be created not only 10 - but a 7 - or 8-inch plates for x86-based chips.
The corporation recently said that the development, implemented in Windows 8.1, in many developing something that was started in Windows 8. It is true there corporation returned the Start button, for the lack of which it is so much criticized. At the same time, in the Windows 8.1 interface type is preserved Modern, which first appeared in Windows 8. This interface, we recall, is focused on control with touch screens. Speaking of Modern (formerly known as Metro) today at Microsoft reported that in 2014, the package will update Microsoft Office, equipped with deep support for Modern-interface and approximate the outer referring to the Office RT for MIDs. The company said that the look will replace all of the major software packages that are included in Office. Speaking of the Modern, one can also note that Windows 8.1 will receive this interface more flexible customization, in particular, the possibility of creating tiles of arbitrary size (in the preview of this possibility more not). Coupled with the return button start and more flexible tiles before the users open the possibility of more intense and dense placement of work items. On top of this, users Modern-interface now has the ability to install wallpaper, examples of which are in the operating system.
Introduced in Windows 8.1 and the new application All Apps, with which the screen can display all installed programs (vaguely reminiscent of Launchpad in Mac OS). Another usovershentstvovaniem OS was improved search data located either locally or remotely. "Windows Store for Windows 8.1 has been redesigned to provide users with a faster and more convenient access to applications that are of interest to them. changes were made to promote the empowerment of applications and their search based on individual users' preferences, as well as control the search through technology Bing. Lists applications now appear in the new format, easy to navigate and recommendations on content that may be of interest to the user, "- said in a Microsoft. developers say expected in Windows 8.1 and greatly improved subsystem of video cards and monitors. For example, in Windows 8.1 will support output devices with a pixel density of 300 dpi, while in Win 8, the figure is 240 dpi. Indirectly, it also points to support 4K-video. Operating system as a whole will get more opportunities to work with photos, color correction and HDR. At this parameter Windows 8.1 can compete with Mac OS X. Another interesting feature Windows 8.1 is to work with Skype, which penetrate deeper into the core of the OS. Thus, the system will be able to receive calls via Skype, even when the computer is idle, and monitor it paid off to save energy. course, get a new OS and a broader list of hardware, the new devices, including the exotic - Eye scanners, professional and other peripherals.
Separately, the blogger talks about the new program for the scanner: the OS itself can customize your scanned documents, spreadsheets and photos, eliminating the use of these tools and OCR-programs. Also here there is also support for Bluetooth 4.0, and the system supports low-profile version of the protocol for low-power devices as well as the protocol and profile RfComm GATT Bluetooth. If the user is going to use Windows 8.1 on a tablet (meaning x86-tablet), this OS was supported by a newfangled features like Geofencing - the ability to run some applications, depending on the user's location. For example, the card at the exit of the city.
Here there was also a new opportunity to work with a calendar through an updated subsystem Appointments Provider. Of course, here and claimed the speech recognizer, however, there is no guarantee that it will work with the Russian. appears here and the browser Internet Explorer 11, which, as it became known, will support WebGL, a standard originally created by Mozilla, as well as the protocol Google SPDY, promises more high-speed Internet connection.
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