MICROSOFT WINDOWS 8 PRO

Product information "Windows 8 Pro"

Windows 8 Pro is the successor to Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate. It is aimed at small businesses and professional users. The new Microsoft Windows 8 Professional user interface replaces the traditional desktop display and caters particularly for touch-screen operation. It also supports and speeds up professional programs and features which are included, and the system optimises your workflow.

Windows 8 Pro offers greater performance

The extended version of Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro, offers you numerous new developments in the shape of increased performance and new features.  The most important change in Microsoft Windows 8 Professional is the introduction of a standardised tile interface. This allows the system to operate over different platforms.  Despite the focus on touch screens, the Windows 8 Professional operating system can still be run on all computers operated by keyboard and mouse.  The user-friendly operation typical of Microsoft Windows operating systems is considerably extended for Windows 8 Pro, to enable you to access your data faster and work even more productively. The system is further optimised in Microsoft Windows 8 Professional, for instance with a new Task Manager which increases the performance of your device. New features and programs such as the new Internet Explorer and the Windows Store freshen up the system with new content and functions.

New in the Windows 8 Professional operating system

The outstanding system optimisation with Windows 8 Pro operating system is as impressive as the new features and programs. The new Windows 8 Professional operating system offers the following new features:

• Optimised tile interface for touch-screen operation
• Internet Explorer 11: new web browser for Windows
• Controlled data transfer: option to pause and resume copying process
• Updated Task Manager: performance-enhancing process management
• New Windows Store: download modern apps
• Windows Defender: Antispyware program

Standard apps, such as those for photos, videos or music, have been updated and made especially user-friendly. Further functions, incorporated exclusively with effect from Win 8 Professional version, are Group Policies, Domain Join, Remote Desktop and Encrypting File System. It is also possible to boot from a virtual disk with the Windows 8 Pro operating system.

The optimised Windows 8 Professional operating system

Not only enhanced user-friendliness has been taken into consideration in Microsoft Windows 8 Professional. Technical improvements to the system have also been made, such as the introduction of UEFI in place of the conventional BIOS and the integration of Secure Boot, which blocks malware at system start-up. In addition Windows Explorer has been enhanced in the Windows 8 Professional operating system with a new ribbon menu in which the most frequently used commands are directly selectable. Also new is the fact that ISO files can now be mounted directly, without the requirement for extra software. 

Secure and strong: Microsoft Windows 8 Professional

Small businesses as well as experienced users are powerfully supported in their operations with the Win 8 Professional operating system. The optimisation of the operator interface in the Windows 8 Professional operating system facilitates access to vital documents and programs.  Its performance, enhanced by a variety of system optimisations, offers you a secure and strong work platform. The introduction of new features and programs enables enhanced and more precise working procedures. All in all, with the Windows 8 Pro operating system Microsoft delivers a reliable work partner, both for devices with touch screen and for standard computers.  

MICROSOFT WINDOWS 8 PROFESSIONAL - SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Platform

Windows

Required operating system

Windows 8 Pro

Processor

1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster with support for PAE, NX and SSE2

Memory

1 gigabyte (GB) (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit)

Hard disk

16 GB (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)

Graphics

Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM driver

Sound card

N/A