How to Install Windows 8

Windows 8 is Microsoft's latest operating system which is completely redesigned. It moves away from the traditional interface to a completely new interface known as Metro User Interface.


The best way to install Windows 8 is to do a clean install. Before you start the installation process I recommend that you check Windows 8 System Requirements to ensure that your hardware is supported by Windows 8. If you don't have Windows 8 drivers for all your hardware, it is a good idea to download all the drivers from the hardware manufacturers web site and save all the necessary drivers on a CD/DVD or a USB drive before you start the installation.

Step 1 - Place Windows 8 DVD in your dvd-rom drive and start your PC. Windows 8 will start to boot up and you will get the following screen with a rotating progress bar.

Step 2 - The next screen allows you to setup your language, time and currency format, keyboard or input method. Choose your required settings and click next to continue.

Step 3 - The next screen allows you to install or repair Windows 8. Since we are doing a clean install we will click on "install now".

Step 4 - The setup process starts as shown.

Step 5 - At this stage you need to type your product key that came with your copy of Windows 8. Click next once you have entered the product key correctly.

Step 6 - Read the license terms and tick I accept license terms. Then click next to continue.

Step 7 - Choose the type of installation you want. Since you are doing a clean install you need to click on custom.

Step 8 - Choose where you would like to install Windows 8. If you have one hard drive you will get an option similar to the image below. You can click next to continue then go to step 12.

If you have more than one drive or partition then you need to select the appropriate drive and click next. At this stage you can go to step 12.

If you want to partition a large drive then do not click next. Go to step 9.

Step 9 - If you want to partition an existing drive then click new. Choose the size of the partition and click apply.

Step 10 - Click OK to create the partition. Windows will create additional system partition which you don't have to worry about.

Step 11 - You will notice that you have 3 partitions. Partition 1 is system reserved. Leave this partition alone. Partition 2 is 30GB primary partition that was created in the last step. The third partition is unallocated which means it is not being used. You can however format it and use it as a second storage drive. This can be done after windows installation is finished so I will leave it for now.
Choose partition 2 (Primary Partition). This is where I will install Windows 8. Click next to continue.

Step 12 - At this stage Windows starts to copy files to your hard drive and begins the installation. This process might take a few minutes depending on your computer specification. Now is a good time to grab yourself a coffee.

Step 13 - When all the necessary files are copied Windows 8 will automatically restart as shown.

Step 14 - You will go through various progress bar and information messages as shown on the following images. Windows might restart automatically second time.

Step 15 - You are now presented with "Let's go through a few basics" screen. It will automatically select personalize option.

Step 16 - Choose your PC name and personalize the color.

Step 17 - Here you can choose express settings or choose customize. I will choose customize to make further customization.

Step 18 - Choose Yes, turn on sharing and connect to devices.

 

Step 19 - Help protect and update your PC. Choose your preferred option and click next.

Step 20 - Send Microsoft info to help make Windows and apps better. Choose your preferred options or leave the default settings. Click next to continue.

Step 21 - Check online for solutions to problem. Choose your preferred options or leave the default settings. Click next to continue.

Step 22 - Sign in to your PC. Here you can login to your PC using a Microsoft email account such as your hotmail account.

If you do not have a Microsoft account you can create one by clicking Sign up for a new email address. Go to Step 23.

If you don't want to create an email account and prefer to create a local user name, click Sign in without a Microsoft account. Go to step 24.

Step 23 - Sign up for a new email address. If you want to create a new email account you need to complete the form below.

Step 24 - Click local account

Step 25 - Here you can choose a local user name and password. Choose finish to continue.

Step 26 - At this stage Windows starts to finalize your settings. You will get the following information screen as the installation moves forward.

Step 27 - As Windows 8 setup progresses you are given a presentation of the new interface. Its shows you how swiping the edge of the screen brings up the Charm bar. Using the Charm bar you can do a search or change your settings. It also demonstrates how you can hover your mouse on the bottom or top left corner to access the switch list. This list shows all open applications and allows you to switch between them.

Step 28 - Soon as the demonstration finishes windows moves into the final stages of the setup.

Step 29 - Finally the setup process is finished and you are presented with a completely new and unfamiliar Metro user interface. You have your most common application right in front of you. Clicking on any tiles will launch that application. At this point you can start using your computer. However, it may not be fully configured. You need to make sure that all the hardware is detected correctly and the necessary device drivers are installed. This can be done from the device manager.

Step 30 - To go to device manager click search on charm bar on the right. Then type devmgmt.msc. Click on the devmgmt icon on the left.

Step 31 - You will see all your hardware listed as shown on the image below. You need to check if you have any yellow exclamation marks next to the name of the devices, similar to "Base System Device" on the image below. This indicates that the driver has not been installed for this device.

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Top 9 Smartphones

BEST PHONES OF 2012

		Apple  iPhone 4S	Apple iPhone 4	Motorola Atrix	HTC Thunderbolt	Samsung Infuse 4G	T-Mobile G2x	T-Mobile myTouch 4G	Samsung Galaxy S	Samsung Nexus S 4G

Lowest Price	$299.99	$199.00	$99.99	$249.99	$199.99	$149.99	$99.99	$99.99	$99.99
Ratings	9.83	9.30	8.95	8.85	8.63	8.48	8.10	8.00	7.85
Design
Phone Style	Touchscreen	Touchscreen	Touchscreen	Touchscreen	Touchscreen	Touchscreen	Touchscreen	Touchscreen	Touchscreen
Display Resolution	960 x 640	960 x 640	960 x 540	480 x 800	480 x 800	400 x 800	480 x 800	480 x 800	480 x 800
Screen Size	3.5 in	3.5 in	4.0 in	4.3 in	4.5 in	4 in	3.8 in	4.0 in	4.0 in
Depth	0.37 in	0.37 in	0.43 in	0.56 in	0.35 in	0.43 in	0.43 in	0.39 in	0.44 in
Height	4.5 in	4.5 in	4.63 in	4.75 in	5.2 in	4.88 in	4.8 in	4.82 in	4.88 in
Width	2.31 in	2.31 in	2.5 in	2.44 in	2.8 in	2.48 in	2.44 in	2.54 in	2.48 in
Weight	4.9 oz	4.8 oz	4.7 oz	6.23 oz	4.9 oz	5 oz	5.4 oz	4.16 oz	4.55 oz
Multimedia
Rear Camera	8MP	5MP	5MP	8MP	8MP	8MP	5MP	5MP	5MP
Front Camera	0.3MP	0.3MP	0.3MP	1.3MP	1.3MP	1.3MP	0.3MP	0.3MP	0.3MP
Battery Life & Memory
Installed Memory	16/32/64GB	16/32GB	16GB	8GB	16GB	8GB	4GB	1GB	16GB
Expandable Memory	None	None	32GB	32GB	32GB	32GB	32GB	32GB	None
Talk Time	Up to 480 min	Up to 420 min	Up to 530 min	Up to 378 min	Up to 480 min	Up to 420 min	Up to 624 min	Up to 390 min	Up to 360 min
Standby Time	Up to 200 h	Up to 300 h	Up to 350 h	Up to 330 h	Up to 400 h	Up to 288 h	Up to 288 h	Up to 400 h	Up to 230 h
Additional Features
4G
Processor Speed	1GHz	1GHz	1GHz	1GHz	1.2GHz	1GHz	1GHz	1GHz	1GHz
Tethering
Operating System	iOS 5	iOS 4	Android 2.2	Android 2.2	Android 2.2	Android 2.2	Android 2.2	Android 2.2	Android 2.3
Warranty	1 year	1 year	1 year	1 year	1 year	1 year	1 year	1 year	1 year

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Mitashi BE-150 3G Tablet Review

The year 2012 has seen launches of many android tablets from low-end range all the way up to high-end range.Every gadget company nowadays wants to get a piece of Android tablet market and now another Indian company-Mitashi has launched its own lineup of Android tablet which caters to the budget range of tablet market.

Today we are going to review the flagship tablet called Mitashi BE-150 3G,which is a 7-inch android tablet running Android ICS a.k.a Android 4.0.4.

Built Quality

When we are talking about a mid-budget tablet,built quality cant be the main USP of the tablet and this tablet is no exception.The built quality is mediocre and it feels plasticky in hand.The backside is a fingerprint magnet and requires frequent cleaning.

  

During our tests,we found  the back panel to be creaking a bit at certain places.Also the whole tablet rattles when using the speaker at more than 60% of its max output.

Accessories

The accessories kit is minimal and includes:

1. AC Charger
2. Data Cable
3. Warranty Card

Display

The display is the main USP of this tablet.It features a IPS display instead of the regular TFT displays which are generally found in tablets in these range.Being a IPS display,the viewing angles are pretty good with no drastic shift in color when viewing from an angle,also the colors are rich and vibrant.

No Shift in Color at Different Angles

    

The display is pretty bright but sadly the tablet does not feature an ambient light sensor which means no auto brightness feature.If you are buying this tablet for movie watching,you are thoroughly going to enjoy it.It has a resolution of 800X600 pixels.

Camera

The tablet features a 0.3MP front facing camera and a 5MP camera on back.The camera is not a strong point of this tablet and its performance is really very poor.Photos are of average quality in good light conditions and in low light conditions,its below acceptable levels.

Audio

The external speaker is pretty loud but clarity is not one of its strong points,but this might not be a issue for non-power users.Apart from the external speakers,we get a 3.5mm jack.The output is pretty loud and during our tests we never felt the need to go above 40% of its max output.

But one major issue is presence of static in the 3.5mmvjack,the hissing sound might irritate some people.The hissing sound is present even when nothing is being played out.

Video

It played most of the video formats without losing breath,the inbuilt video player does its job pretty well and we had no issues even while playing 1080p movie rips.

Storage

On the storage fronts,we get  0.92GB of storage for applications which is pretty good,while we get another1.98GB for storing user data like movies,photos,music etc.The storage can be further expanded using microSD cards.It supports upto 32GB of external storage.

Connectivity

The main feature of this tablet is 3G connectivity,it features a sim card slot for inserting 3G enabled sim cards.The tablet also has calling functionality so it can be also used as a phone if one is willing to use it.The 3G works well with no drop in connection at all.Even the voice call was crystal clear with no disturbance at call during calls.

Apart from 3G connectivity,we get Wi-Fi with b/g/n support as well as Bluetooth support.The tablet also has a HDMI port for mirroring the tablet on external display devices.

Gaming

Let me tell you frankly if you are looking to get a tablet only for hardcore gaming then this is not the tablet for you.However,the tablet can sail through casual gaming smoothly.During our tests we played many games and it sailed through every game.

Games we played:

• Fruit Ninja
• Temple Run
• Angry Birds
• Blood & Glory
• Subway Surfer

No lags were experienced  playing any of these games at all.The touch response was fair enough although not as sharp as one gets on high-end tablets.The motion sensor works well and does not gives false inputs.

Battery Life

A 3000mAh battery does its duty in the tablet.We were able to get around 5.3 hours of battery life with heavy usage and around 8 hours of battery life  on normal usage,which brings the average battery life to be around 6 hours.

Charging the battery takes time but it can be improved using a high amp charger.With the default charger it takes 6 hours to fully charge the battery.

Price and Conclusion

If you are looking for a tablet which can do fair amount of gaming along with brilliant screen quality and video  playback along with 3G+Wifi options but don’t wanna burn a hole in your pocket then this the tablet for you.

Although it has its share of niggles but the price point at which it is available makes this tablet a neat buy.It has available for a street price of around Rs.10,000/- in the Indian market with 1-year warranty from Mitashi India.

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Toshiba Libretto W100 Dual Touchscreen Laptop

WORLD's FIRST DUAL SCREEN LAPTOP

Toshiba Libretto W100 Dual Touchscreen Laptop

Toshiba Libretto W100 dual touchscreen laptop featuring an intuitive, easy to use and stylish device that enables users to utilise their content in a number of different ways through its touchscreen interface.

Toshiba Libretto W100 dual touchscreen laptop is powered by Intel U5400 CPU, 2GB or RAM, 62(64?)GB of SSD, single USB 2.0 port, microSD memory card reader, a low end 1-MP webcam and battery that can work continuously for 3.5 hours. —

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Intel Itanium 9500 processor launched

Today, Intel launched a new series of Intel processors i.e Intel itanium 9500 processors for increasing demanding workloads such as business analytics, database, and large-scale enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications. Intel has claimed that, This series of processor is twice faster as the previous series of processors.Earlier, Many industries was using itanium processors like Aerspace, energy, life sciences and telecommunications.Now with this new processor i.e itanium 9500 processor, Intel has said that,These industries will have many benefits by using this new series processor like better reliability, availability and service.

The itanium 9500 processors contains 3.1 billion transistors.As previous version which as codenamed as “Poulson” supports 4 cores, But Itanium 9500 series processor will support 8 cores and can support upto 2Tb of RAM.

Itanium 9500 processor is based on the new micro architecture and Intel has also claimed that Intel will also launches a Future Itanium processors with a innovative Modular Development model that will  enables deeper commonality between Itanium and Xeon processors E7 family, from shared silicon design elements to full socket compatibility.

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Samsung launches New range Of Windows 8 Convertibles

Samsung had recently launched a whole new range of Windows 8 devices with the new devices like Ativ Smart PC and Ativ Smart PC Pro and the upgraded versions of previously launched devices like Series 5 and Series 9 with touch capability which runs on Microsoft’s new Operating system Windows 8. Samsung has also launched a Series 5 Ultrabook with AMD processors rather than Intel Core Processors also with Windows 8 Operating System.

According to Samsung’s Director , Company is moving forward with the new technology  and to match the compatibility with new Windows 8 touch capability, new devices are launched to provide touch experience and company will no longer launch the devices with Windows 7 Operating System. So now lets see some of these new launched devices in detail :

Samsung Ativ Smart PC :

Samsung Ativ Smart PC is a convertible which means that it can be converted to Multimedia Tablet  from a Normal Tablet by just a click of button. It is having very slim design. S-pen and S-note for drawing and insertion of multimedia content into tablet is also packed with this device.

It is having a preloaded Windows 8 operating system with 11.6 inch screen with resolution 1366 × 768, Intel Atom processor Z2760, Intel Graphics Media Accelerometer, System memory 2GB LPDDR2, Wifi, 2 MP front camera, 8 MP rear camera, USB 2.0 ports , 2 speakers, Bluetooth 4.0 and 3G,4g/LTE mobile broadband, 14.5 h Battery life and video play time upto 10 h.

It is launched at a Price of Rs 53990/- .

Samsung Ativ Smart PC Pro:

Samsung Ativ Smart PC Pro is also a convertible same as Ativ Smart PC. It is also very slim with 11.89mm thickness. S-pen and S-note for drawing and insertion of multimedia content into tablet is also packed with this device.

It is having a preloaded Windows 8 operating system with 11.6 inch screen with resolution 1920 × 1080, Intel Core i5 Celeron processor, Intel HD Graphics 4000, System memory 4GB DDR3, Wifi, 2 MP front camera, 5 MP rear camera, USB 2.0 ports , 2 speakers, Bluetooth 4.0 and 3G,4g/LTE mobile broadband, 8 h Battery life and video play time upto 5h.

It is launched at a Price of Rs 75490/- .

Samsung has also launched the upgraded version of the previously launched Ultrabook with the Touch capabilities and these upgraded devices are :

• Samsung Series 5 Ultra Touch Notebook with 13.3 inch screen featured with 3rd Generation Intel Core Processors at a Price of Rs 64990/-

• Samsung Series 5 Ultra Touch Notebook with same 13.3 inch screen featured with AMD Quad Core Processor rather than Intel Core Processors at a Price of Rs 43990/-.

• Samsung Series 9, the world’s thinnest notebook with 15 inch screen size and it runs on Windows 8 Operating System at a Price of Rs 107990/-.

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