Windows 8 is now available! Check it out

Windows 8, Microsoft's new operating system that encompasses the tablet experience, is out in the wild as of today!

Microsoft made a BIG decision to make operating systems across ALL platforms uniform. That means that you will have a similar experience   When you get on your Windows smart phone or tablet you will be met with the same user interface as you would on your PC.

The look of the interface has already earned a nickname among the social networking universe as "Window's Metro" because of it's bright colors and touch sensitivity.

 And here it is folks! Your Metro, I mean interface:

Right click on icons to select them. You can customize tiles by dragging them around the screen. It's like it's core operating systems set to "Easy". It's contacts will be a miasma of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn...etc. Also, you can easily set a background image to each monitor in a dual monitor set up.  

Being that this OS is including tablets and smart phones there has got to be apps right? Of course right! So Microsoft is jumping on the app bandwagon. Apps can show up as tiles, or rather a tile of a shortcut to the app.

Start up and shut down times are considerably faster thanks to a simplified hibernation routing that stores the OS's kernal session to a file on the hard drive.

Malware scanning is integrated into file transfers so may notice a bit of slower speeds there. This totally ok though because there is a new file transfer dashboard that lets you pause and cancel transfers as needed. There's also some really handy restore sail safes installed in case of disaster. There's a "Refresh your PC"  option that will back up your data, re-install Windows, and load your data back up. And for a more hardcore tool you have "Remove Everything" that does just that: nukes your system and re-installs  a Windows 8 from the beginning.  

So if you're giving it a try let us know what you think! Personal feedback is more valuable than an article any day! Tell us what you think.