Windows 8 is a serious upgrade of Windows 7. Windows 8 has been designed with a full set of gestures that work system wide: swipe from the right to access the Charms menu, swipe from the left to switch between running programmes, swipe from the top or bottom for access. It supports a full range of multi-touch gestures for scrolling, panning, rotating, and so on.
In contrast, Windows 7 has a limited set of touch gestures, and touch support is essentially a replacement for mouse actions.
Here are the 5 top cool differences between Windows 8 and Windows 7.
Lightning Fast Boot Time:
Windows 8 will provide lightning fast boot time.
Close applications automatically
Windows 8 tries to help you in managing your programmes and your system’s performance by actually closing the applications and programmes which you haven’t used for a certain time-period so as to help you in keeping your system’s speed intact.
Dynamic Desktop
Windows 8’s desktop would be a lot different from the desktop of a Windows 7 user as Microsoft has replaced the normal shortcut icons with dynamic tiles. You can change their size and place similar applications around each other - or anything else that my suit you.
Mount ISO images without a problem
Another difference between Windows 7 and Windows 8 is that Windows 7 could only burn an ISO image to a DVD but Windows 8 actually betters this by offering the option to mount the image too. In Windows 7, you didn’t have the option to make virtual drives to use the ISO image’s content but Windows 8 allows you to create a virtual drive to mount the ISO image so that you can easily use it just like a normal DVD.
Built-in Antivirus
Windows 8 has an antivirus present inside the kernel of the operating system. This means that your system won’t boot if a corrupt USB device is plugged in. The Peninsula
