Microsoft has been the lead design invader in the computer operating system software division and has constantly raised the bar with more efficient programs steadily staying above the pack. In November 1985 Microsoft released their first version of windows software. At the time of release their was no other program on the market that compared to the technology Microsoft had released. Microsoft was the Neo to computer operating systems. It quickly gained fame and grew expedition ally over the years. Microsoft is now known worldwide and is the leader in operating systems. Many company’s have used Microsoft to spawn from and expand of certain functions and features. This paper will cover the latest version of windows 8 and will go into detail on the advantages and disadvantages of this system and its software.
The functions of computer hardware components are used by in organizations commonly in today’s society. To begin, this paper will cover the definition of computer hardware so the readers have an understanding of what this is: “Computer hardware (usually simply called hardware when a computing context is implicit) is the collection of physical elements that constitutes a computer system. Computer hardware is the physical parts or components of a computer, such as the monitor, mouse, keyboard, computer data storage, hard disk drive (HDD), system unit (graphic cards, sound cards, memory, motherboard and chips), and so on, all of which are physical objects that can be touched (that is, they are tangible). In contrast, software is instructions that can be stored and run by hardware.” – (Wikipedia) So basically, the hardware is the device however what we must understand is that the hardware needs operating systems to tell it what to do. Without operating systems such as Microsoft Windows and others, they hardware does not know what is can and can’t do; especially it