Since it is still a beta version some bugs are expected but the overall experience was quite a positive one. Let us give you a quick overview of Windows 8. Microsoft promised a very fast boot up (in fact on a video posted by them it shows a 3 second boot up speed), so we gave it a test and found that it has a much faster boot sequence than Windows 7 but it was more like a 10 to 12 second. Obviously many factors would effect this speed, for instance this depends if you are using a solid state drive or not. We tested on a non solid state drive with an Intel Core Duo. The next main difference you see is the welcome screen.

Microsoft have chosen to use the Windows Mobile look and migrate it to a desktop Pc. It uses a system of interactive tiles which change and update themselves automatically using the Internet. This system is very different from the traditional Windows and takes a while to get used to it, especially if you do not have a Windows Phone. We think that one of their aims is to attract more people to use Windows based phones. Like Apple used the IPhone to attract more people to Apple OSX we think Microsoft are trying to attract more people to their Mobile world using a reversed selling method.

Once the user presses the File Explorer or desktop tile, one will find himself using the traditional Windows look, but if you press the Start button it takes you back to the Tile welcome screen instead of popping up the traditional Start Menu. We must admit that it does take a bit of getting used to as it's quite a change from the traditional Windows. One must recall that this is still in Beta stage and we are quite sure that Microsoft will place some options somewhere to let you change the look, so that it would resemble more the traditional Windows Interface.