aesthetics

accessibility

adaptability

http://www.megaleecher.net/uploads/Windows_8_logo.png

simplicity:visuals

Metro;Swiss Style

http://papercutpanic.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/picture-1.png?w=400&h=544;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/AkzidenzGroteskspecAIB1.svg/240px-AkzidenzGroteskspecAIB1.svg.png

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2011/09/lock-screen.png

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form

functionality

http://www.geekfill.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/win8.png

simplicity:user-friendliness

easy access

no layering

http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/classifications/computing/software/operating-systems/windows8_handson/PhotoPicker-420-90.jpg

http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/image31.png

straightforward, responsive,pretty

control panel:(and the rest of Metro)

http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/image69.png

BIOS to Metro in 9 seconds flat

virtual machines full screen apps

resource management

simplicity:unification

http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Windows-8-hw-49-SlashGear.jpg

low hardware requirements

(your wallets are grateful)

http://cdn2.digitaltrends.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/800t-3SC-Big-O_Interior.jpghttp://www.techtradepartners.net/storage/hp-mini-2140-netbook.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1294080071951

to scale

size doesn’t matter (for the most part)

simplicity:synchronization

http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sshot-2011-09-14-371.png

social networking you basically have no choice at this point

http://www.neowin.net/images/uploaded/image-2skydeive.jpg

Windows Live SkyDrive integration:the cloud is growing

privacy

haha privacy on the internet, that’s a good one

Autumn 2012 (?)