As part of a city like Barcelona, ​​mobilized by a Mobile World Congress , Microsoft decided to provide further details of what will be the next version of its flagship operating system, Windows 8. "It's the reinvention of the platform," Steven Sinofsky, president of the Windows and Windows Live division, adding that the renewed interface, called Metro, is inspired by the design used in Windows Phone, based on dynamic tiles.

"This release represents a generational shift of the operating system in all aspects, something that happened since Windows 95," Sinofsky said.Presented in a previous in October 2011 , the announcement of Microsoft gave more details on how it will be the platform, which only will be available later this year. However, is now available a trial version for users , a strategy that the company had driven with Windows 7.

In Windows 8, the interface will act as a Metro interaction layer optimized for touch screens, but stress that in turn can be used simultaneously with a mouse. In turn, Microsoft moved forward with its platform support for devices with ARM processors, which will allow you to have a presence in a piece of equipment such as smartphones and tablets .

Another function that has the next edition of Microsoft's operating system resides in the ability to run Windows 8 from a USB memory key. Also, the environment will have an application store, a mechanism used in extended form in the various mobile platforms such as Apple's iPhone OS, Google Android and RIM BlackBerry OS, among others. As background, this model of downloading programs now available in desktop computers and laptops from Apple with the Mac App Store service ..