Windows 8 was ultimately succeeded by Windows 10 in July Windows 8 development started before Windows 7 had shipped in Windows division president Steven Sinofsky demonstrated an early build of the port on prototype devices, while Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced the company’s goal for Windows to be «everywhere on every kind of device without compromise.
Although reaction towards its performance improvements, security enhancements, and improved support for touchscreen devices was positive, the new user interface of the operating system was widely criticized for being potentially confusing and difficult to learn, especially when used with a keyboard and mouse instead of a touchscreen.ĭespite these shortcomings, 60 million Windows 8 licenses were sold through January, a number that included both upgrades and sales to OEMs for new PCs. Windows 8 was released to a mixed critical reception. Additional security features were introduced, such as built-in antivirus software, integration with Microsoft SmartScreen phishing filtering service and support for UEFI Secure Boot on supported devices. It was released to manufacturing on August 1, it was subsequently made available for download via MSDN and TechNet on August 15,, and later to retail on October 26, Windows 8 introduced major changes to the operating system’s platform and user interface intended to improve its user experience on tablets, where Windows was now competing with mobile operating systems, including Android and iOS. Windows 8 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft.
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