![]() ![]() However, you can use third-party remote desktop services like TeamViewer or VNC on the standard edition of Windows 8. Remote Desktop Server: You can connect to remote desktop servers from a Windows 8 PC, but you’ll need the Professional edition of Windows 8 to host a Remote Desktop server.Domain-Joining & Group Policy: Organizations using Windows Server domains and Group Policy will need the Professional edition of Windows 8.Many of these features can be replaced by free alternatives on the standard edition of Windows 8. The remaining features in the Professional edition are targeted towards businesses and “enthusiast” geeks that like taking advantage of more advanced features. You may also want to try using the modern applications for Netflix, Hulu, and other services – their full-screen interfaces could be at home on a TV. If you use your Windows computer as a media center PC, you can try using something like XBMC instead. Very few people used Windows Media Center – you’ll only need to purchase the Windows Media Center Pack if you want to use Windows Media Center itself. Windows Media Player is still present on Windows 8 (except on Windows RT) and you can continue to use other media-playing applications. Click here for more information about playing DVDs on Windows 8. If you want to play DVDs, you don’t need to pay a cent – just install VLC. This may seem like a problem, but it really isn’t. Microsoft has done this to save on licensing costs – licensing DVD playback and the codecs necessary for media center costs money, which no longer makes as much sense when many new computers come without DVD drives and people are increasingly streaming video from online services like Netflix. You can actually get Windows 8 Media Center Pack for free until Janu– assuming you’re using Windows 8 Pro. To access these features, you’ll need to upgrade to Windows 8 Pro and purchase the Windows 8 Media Center Pack from within the Add Features to Windows 8 window mentioned above. You can’t play DVDs out-of-the-box or use the Windows Media Center application on the standard edition of Windows 8. Surprisingly, some media center functionality is no longer included with the standard edition of Windows 8. Internet Explorer 10, integrated antivirus, and most other things you’d expect are integrated into the “core” edition of Windows 8. The Windows desktop, complete with a variety of great new features and security improvements, is still present. There’s some brand new apps, too, including Calculator, Alarm, Health & Fitness, and Food & Drink.Love it or hate it, the new Windows 8 interface, along with the new start screen, charms, modern applications, and Windows Store are present in all versions of Windows 8. IE11, which introduces tab sync, will debut in Windows 8.1. Whereas Windows 8 required a minimum resolution of 1280×800, Windows 8.1 will allow 1024×768 displays to employ the new 50/50 side-by-side snap view - a move that should put Microsoft in good stead for the release of cheap 7- and 8-inch Windows 8.1 tablets later this year.įinally, Microsoft says that it’s improving all of Windows 8.1’s built-in apps, including significant tweaks to the Photo, Camera, and Music apps. On large displays, you can have up to four Metro apps running side-by-side - and if you have multiple monitors, Metro apps and the Start screen are no longer locked to just one monitor. Whereas Windows 8 only had one, extremely limited “snap” view, Windows 8.1 will allow you to resize side-by-side apps to take up as much of the screen as you like. Perhaps the biggest change in Windows 8.1 is how the Metro interface handles multiple apps and low-resolution displays. With that said, let’s dive into Windows 8.1.ĥ0/50 side-by-side Metro apps in Windows 8.1 The official blog post detailing Windows 8.1 is almost 2,000 words long, but just two sentences pertain to the Desktop experience. If you are a mouse-and-keyboard user who has made the transition to the Metro interface, or you use Windows 8.1 on a tablet, you will like Windows 8.1 - otherwise, you will probably be quite disappointed. To begin with, if you’re primarily a Desktop user, don’t get too excited: The primary focus of Windows 8.1 is improving the Metro experience. There’s also a bunch of additional personalization tweaks (choose your own Metro background!), an overhauled Search feature, some new built-in Metro apps, and Internet Explorer 11 will make its debut. As expected, the Start button is making a return (but the Start menu isn’t), you can boot straight to the desktop, you can now view multiple Metro apps side-by-side, and the Metro control panel (PC Settings) has been beefed up to contain lots of important settings, such as screen resolution and power options. At long last, and probably in response to the growing number of leaks, Microsoft has published an official “first look” of Windows 8.1 (Blue). ![]()
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