Windows 8: what will look like shelves ARM / x 86

Windows 8 Metro


The first tablet operating system Windows 8, they are under from many metal casters ARM processor or x 86 Intel, should be available before the end of the year. As for Windows Phone on smartphone, Microsoft imposes a number of Prerequisites hardware to ensure a user experience common to the various products of the market.


In a document, the Redmond Group focuses on the importance of a "convertible" design that will link the tablet to a keyboard/dock into computer of make-up or equip it with a sliding full keyboard.


Microsoft requires the presence of five keys hardware on the shelves: on / off, locking screen rotation, affects Windows and two keys for the volume. Simultaneous support on the Windows key and the button on / off trigger interaction specific, comparable to the combination CTRL ALT DEL to Windows computers.



Details of the frame of the Windows 8 tablets
Windows 8 tablette 01


On display shelves, it will require a minimum resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels, with support for Direct3D 10, while the presence of a NFC module should be clearly indicated and the integration of a cellular modem will impose the presence of an A - GPS module.


Sensors (accelerometer, gyroscope...) can be embedded and if an AFN is present, it must allow the record 720 p video. If USB 2.0 is always part of the fundamental (pending the arrival of USB 3.0 in mobile devices), wireless connectivity will appeal to the WiFi but also to the Bluetooth 4.0 that integrates Low Energy option to communicate with sensors.


Finally, as seen above, Microsoft wants to appeal to theUEFI and not to the BIOS for the startup sequence, with its functionality Secure Boot that users of Windows 8 under ARM tablets should not be able to disable, preventing the installation common an another operating system on the device.

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