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Microsoft kicks off Windows 8, on sale today<\/h3>\n

Microsoft\u00a0hopes it can capture the imaginations of tech consumers again, as Apple has.<\/p>\n

That was the subtext Thursday for a splashy launch of Microsoft’s\u00a0Windows 8<\/a>, the new operating system upgrade on sale today.<\/p>\n

“What you’ve seen and heard should leave no doubt that Microsoft’s Windows 8 shatters perceptions of what a PC truly is,” said Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. “We’ve\u00a0re imagined\u00a0Windows and kicked off a new era for Microsoft and our customers.”<\/p>\n

For the first time, the new Windows has a touch-screen interface, with movable tiles, instead of the traditional “Start Menu” and screen. For older computers that upgrade, the touch-screen will not be accessible, but the tiles can be accessed by mouse or touch-pad.<\/p>\n

Microsoft says that 1 billion people use its Windows operating system, with 670 million on Microsoft’s\u00a0Windows 7, which was introduced in 2009.<\/p>\n

At Thursday’s launch party, PC partners — including Lenovo, Sony, Toshiba, Dell and Hewlett-Packard — showed off new computers sporting Microsoft’s Windows 8<\/a>. Many of the laptops have splashy new designs with removable screens that morph into portable tablets.<\/p>\n

Microsoft’s new operating system works on tablets and traditional PCs and laptops. Despite twin versions, Windows 8 and Windows RT, Microsoft is taking a notably different course than Apple by providing the same look and feel to both types of devices.<\/p>\n

Apple still markets separate operating systems for Macintosh computers (OS X Mountain Lion) and for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch (iOS 6), even though some features are common to both operating systems.<\/p>\n

“I think they did a really good job of reintroducing themselves to the consumer today, Microsoft, not just Windows,” says Michael Gartenberg, analyst for technology research firm Gartner.<\/p>\n

He says part of Microsoft’s challenge is to explain to consumers why the radically different approach is better.<\/p>\n

“Consumers have shown a willingness to learn. They learned how to use mice and keyboards. They learned how to use touch and pinch-to-zoom. They can learn how to do this, too,” he says.<\/p>\n

Microsoft’s unified approach to the operating system is based on its belief that touch-screens will soon dominate PCs, says Ross Rubin, principal analyst at Reticle Research.<\/p>\n

“Rather than come to market with another tablet operating system — seeing how (Google’s) Android has struggled in that space — they (Microsoft) decided to leverage the high shipping volumes of PCs every year in order to build developer support for a tablet operating system,” he says.<\/p>\n

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