{"id":464,"date":"2012-12-19T11:09:03","date_gmt":"2012-12-19T16:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/?p=464"},"modified":"2023-12-12T23:37:57","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T04:37:57","slug":"microsoft-unveils-windows-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/?p=464","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Unveils Windows 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/windows8_logo_sm.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-463\" title=\"windows8_logo_sm\" src=\"http:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/windows8_logo_sm.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"61\" \/><\/a>In October, Microsoft released the newest version of the Windows operating system. Windows 8 represents a big change for Microsoft because it is designed to work across computers, tablets, and phones. It also takes advantage of new technologies like cross-device synchronization and cloud computing by incorporating them directly into the operating system.<\/p>\n<p>Any major change to an operating system (like Windows or Mac OS) presents a unique challenge for the Technology team. We need to simultaneously support customers who are using the new system and carefully plan for an upgrade of all compatible Simmons-owned computers and devices.<\/p>\n<p>At this time, we are working to provide Service Desk employees with the skills needed to support Windows 8 as members of the Simmons community begin purchasing devices running the new operating system. We&#8217;re also making a careful assessment of the effort involved in upgrading compatible computers at Simmons. The first step will be to install Windows 8 on several computers in Technology and on a small number of public-use computers in the library. Deploying Windows 8 to these computers will allow us to assess its viability for a large scale upgrade in the next 12-18 months.<\/p>\n<p>If you are considering upgrading your personal computer or purchasing a new device running Windows 8, we recommend visiting the official<a href=\"http:\/\/windows.microsoft.com\/en-US\/windows-8\/meet\">Microsoft Windows 8 website<\/a>, where you can get more information about the operating system and find out how it is different from previous versions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In October, Microsoft released the newest version of the Windows operating system. Windows 8 represents a big change for Microsoft because it is designed to work across computers, tablets, and phones. It also takes advantage of new technologies like cross-device synchronization and cloud computing by incorporating them directly into the operating system. Any major change [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[202,258,261,260,259],"class_list":["post-464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technews","tag-202","tag-258","tag-microsoft","tag-windows","tag-windows-8"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=464"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1588,"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464\/revisions\/1588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}