Windows 8 is available for pre-order for $ 100

After the official launch of Windows 8 Pro, scheduled for October 26, the cost of the new operating system by Microsoft in the U.S. really be 69.99 dollars, but for that amount you can count on upgrades from previous versions of the OS. Text of new operating system in the OEM version on DVD will cost $ 99.99. Get a full Windows 8 Pro will be for 139.99 dollars.

Earlier it was reported that Windows 8 will be available for 69.99 dollars in the first three months after its release. Recall, the transition to the new OS will cost 15.99 dollars to those who bought a new computer running Windows 7.

The new OS is based on Windows 7 and includes a new menu Start, which is made in accordance with the ideology of the Metro. It consists of a "live" tiles, which play the role of labels and simultaneously displays the actual data of the applications.

Windows 8 Pro - the most advanced version of Windows 8 for computers with processors traditional PC architecture x86. The system will present a number of features that are in demand and advanced business users that are not in the "ordinary» Windows 8, designed for home use.

Microsoft also developed a special edition of the system - Windows RT - for mobile devices on ARM-processors. It can not be purchased separately - this version will be available only in the form of pre-installed on the tablet, which also will be available from October 26. The structure of Windows RT will include Microsoft Office 2013. Devices based on Windows RT will compete with the iPad and tablets based on Android. One of the gadgets will release itself Microsoft, in addition, such models are preparing Samsung, Asus, Dell and Lenovo.

Australian schools are required to guide high school parents to buy iPad

According to a TASS-Telecom, the management of a private school at St. Andrew's Cathedral in Sydney high school will notify parents that starting in late January, the new school year, all students must attend classes with the iPad.

The school principal said that tablet computers Apple, which cost the Green continent, starts with $ 600, will have to replace textbooks and notebooks. Moreover, children will no longer have to carry around every day to school for a few pounds of textbooks.

Now Australia has a state program to provide students of all schools without exception, free laptops. But many private schools are moving away from laptops in favor of tablet PCs, touch screens are better suited for interactive children's education.

Yet still get tips iPad were advisory. Thus, the school in Sydney's Cathedral was the first educational institution of the country, which has made learning tablet binding. However, according to the director, there are no particular objections from parents is not an innovation.

Technological advances have not yet touched on the order of the final examinations. According to the rules of the Ministry of Education of New South Wales, where Sydney is located, final exams in schools written pen on paper.