Users can focus on one main Metro app that’s opened on their screen, while also having a secondary application snapped to the side, and leveraging only a portion of the monitor’s real estate space.
Windows 8 comes with a reinvented Snap feature that also applies to Metro apps. Microsoft also promises that Windows 8 will play nice with existing hardware products, especially those that already support Windows 7, as well as with software that’s currently compatible with Windows Vista’s successor.īut there’s another interesting detail that Steinglass offers. Windows 8’s system requirements are pretty modest, which means that those users looking to minimize their spending on new hardware in the case of an upgrade will essentially be able to keep running their existing PC. “Windows 8 requires a 1024 x 768 minimum resolution for Metro style apps,” Steinglass emphasized.
Of course, machines with screens capable of resolutions of 1024 x 768 or larger are quite common today, and this means that only extremely few users will end up being impacted by this limitation. This detail is tucked away among the system requirements for the next major iteration of Windows, and was confirmed recently by Alice Steinglass, the group program manager for the Core Experience Evolved team. Windows 8 running on devices with screens sporting resolutions smaller than 1024 x 768 won’t offer users the new breed of applications tailored to the Metro platform.
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