Really understand Win8? 11 details of Win8 you ignored (3)

Many of the first-time users of Win8 will have such questions. Why are the programs under the Metro interface not exiting (closing) buttons? In fact, this is a less well-known improvement in Win8 - "program hangs."

Unlike the programs that we used to open and close, Win8 introduces a third program state - "Suspended". Simply put, when we open a group of programs in the Metro interface, press the Win button again to return to the Metro main menu, these programs will automatically enter the Suspended state (visible to the task manager) to save system resources.

Figure 13 The resource usage of the suspended program

Compared with the traditional shutdown state, the suspended program does not occupy the general system resources such as CPU, hard disk, network, etc. This is a bit like Windows before. "System Sleep". It is because the suspended program does not really exit, so when we click on these programs again, not only the startup speed is very fast, but also the system will automatically restore the look of the original hang, such as the opened web page, browsing The weather forecast, the chess game that I just played, etc., and this is exactly the same as the memory management of android.

Of course, due to the need to save some information, memory usage is inevitable, but Win8 can automatically coordinate and clear programs that take a long time and take up a lot of memory, so there is no need to worry about the stability of the system.

Figure 14 Suspend program will remain as it is after recovery

Details 9. Slower graphics card

If you look closely, you will find that even the same one The same driver is installed on the computer, and the Win7 and Win8 ratings will not be the same. Take the author's computer, Win3 scores 3.5 points, but Win8 has only 2.6 points. In fact, the reason why the graphics card scores decline does not mean that this graphics card can not work well under Win8, but Win8 has higher requirements for graphics cards.

Figure 15 Win7 and Win8 system score comparison

It is well known that from the era of Vista, Microsoft has allocated a part of the system load to the graphics card, what is the frosted glass effect, window 3D effect, Aero Snap, Flip 3D, etc., are all credit cards. In the era of Win8, with more high-performance graphics cards available, Microsoft began to prepare it for a larger range of work, so this has led to a disparity in the scores of previous graphics cards. In other words, the graphics card score under Win8 is low. In fact, it is Microsoft's "intentional", the purpose is to allow users to add higher graphics cards to the system to meet the increasing demand for graphics processing.

Details 10. "Settings" with the help of

Win8 start menu I believe everyone is very familiar, but you know? This start menu is actually very different from Win7. It can automatically display the required setting options according to the current program, instead of popping up a uniform "control panel" every time like Win7.

Let's take the dazzling weather forecast. Many netizens actually have such a question, that is, how to change the system default Fahrenheit to Celsius? In fact, the solution is very simple, just enter the weather forecast interface, bring up the start menu in the lower left corner, then click "Settings" → "Weather Preferences", and finally change "Fahrenheit" to "Celsius". how about it? This time, the meaning of "show on demand" is understood.

Figure 16 Don't look simple! In fact, many people do not know

Details 11. Process restart

Many articles have been introduced in the new task manager, the function is indeed powerful, but the author still found a small detail, that is There is a "Restart" option in the context menu of "Windows Explorer". Simply put, the significance of this function is that when we complete a desktop modification and need to restart the viewing effect, we don't have to restart the computer cumbersomely. Instead, we enter the task manager and execute the command to restart the Explorer. After a few seconds, the shell loads. When it is finished, the result of the modification will actually be displayed.

Figure 17 New one-click restart ("Windows Explorer" only )~)

Written at the end

Actually as we have seen, although Metro still It is the biggest point of view of Win8, but the new system has also made a lot of changes in many details. Of course, as a normal tester, the author is only occasionally accumulating during the trial process. It is hard to say how many secrets are not known to us in Windows 8. If you have similar findings during the trial process, you may wish to talk to us and let more people experience the charm of Win8!