Until now, Microsoft guarantee every 5 years of full support for each version of Windows, followed by another 5 years of security updates were offered exclusively to commercial users.
This policy has changed this month, Microsoft announced the extension to 10 years the period during which all users have access to the Windows security updates guaranteed.
10 years of updates for all the versions of Windows
Although beneficial for users, since additional costs for Microsoft, the company was forced to support with updates and security fixes as many as three different operating systems, plus and Windows 8 after launch later this year.
Windows is now the most popular operating system for PCs and laptops. It recently appeared the logo of the next version, Windows 8.
It is interesting that it looks like the first Windows logo, which appeared 26 years ago, when this Microsoft product was not a Microsoft operating system, but a GUI application made for MS-DOS system.
The new Windows 8 logo
The retro style brings us very well remember the Windows 1.0 and Windows 2.x.
Here it is the history of the Windows logos since 1985 to today:
Windows 1.0 (1985), Windows 2.0 (1987) and Windows 2.1 (1988)
A German blogger has managed to run the new Windows 8 operating system on a memory stick. Moreover, the whole operation was performed on a MacBook Pro. Windows 8 can run on a 8GB of flash memory, using a Windows To Go application.
The discovery was made by a German blogger, he managed to run Windows 8 on a MacBook Pro. He was able to control all applications, documents and settings, as the new operating system from Microsoft would be installed on that laptop.
Steps you should follow to run Windows 8 from a USB stick.
Eight years have passed since Microsoft came up with a new vision in terms of operating system. Distributions followed radically changed from what was used to receive the user before. Windows Vista and Windows 7 were the versions that announced a new era in the development of the Windows operating system. Now, after eight years of changes, Microsoft is back to basics with the launch of Windows 8.
Microsoft announced on September 14 the launch of Windows 8, designed to run on both PCs and touch screen devices and which is based on Metro concept, a concept used by Microsoft in Windows Phone 7.
Perhaps, beyond the concept design and brand new, Windows 8 has as strength points adaptability at devices with touch screen, tablets, and the speed with which it opens and closes: it needs only 8 seconds to start .
Also, Start menu, as we knew it in Windows 7 disappears and the desktop user can bring that information wants to have on hand. Being adapted for device's touch screen, Windows 8 has a virtual keyboard, directly on the screen, making the touch screen technology user experience much easier.
Other notable and wonderful things at Windows 8 is the speed with which it opens and closes, probably because the new concept of running applications, completely new version of Internet Explorer 10 store applications and integrated antivirus.
