We talked a lot about the Apple iOS operating system and its fierce competitor, the Android system, as if they were the only competitors in the technology arena! Perhaps the competition for iOS and Android is the fiercest, but we should not ignore the other systems, so we thought that we should offer you other systems to get to know them together and increase our knowledge of what is going on around us in the world of technology ... Maybe we should talk about the Symbian system, which works with many Nokia devices? No, of course, this outdated system that dates back to 1997 has actually ended with the announcement of Symbian itself to close all its sites and stop its development in December 2010, and everyone abandoned it except for Nokia, which continued to develop and then finally admitted that it ended and started with the Belle system, which is basically an evolution of Symbian. So there is no need for Nokia, we will talk about the BlackBerry system, this famous Canadian phone, but hey, this Canadian company suffered a huge contraction in 2011 and lost 77% of its value and its market. We mentioned the date of its collapse And here it is preparing to arrange its papers again and certainly has plans for its operating system, but currently it is a system that is not up to talk about. Why do not we talk about Windows? Yes, Windows from Microsoft, and we do not mean Windows Phone. Rather, we mean Windows that you know on your computer. Microsoft announced that the new version of Windows 8 is coming to ARM processors, which are the processors that most portable devices work with now.

There is no doubt that Microsoft, this giant, will not stand idly by for a long time, after Apple crushed most of the smart phone systems, and of course the first of them was Microsoft’s system for smartphones, Windows Mobile 6.5 and many manufacturers abandoned before users this antique system, Microsoft made a new system from scratch, so to say It is the Windows Phone 7, then I continued the update with the mango version 7.5, and I can trust you to say that Microsoft made a great effort and created a new system distinctive and different from any existing system at the present time ...

Of course, the Windows Phone system is different from the Windows desktop system, but Microsoft in the next version has plans to make the Windows 8 system work on tablets that run on the ARM processor, and the ARM processor is the one that most mobile devices currently work on, whether phones or tablets such as the iPhone, iPad and Galaxy Tab, Galaxy S, HTC phones and many more.

With Microsoft's support for ARM processors, this means that in the near future, we will see a strong competitor for the iPad and tablets that carry the Android system. Watch this video from Microsoft in which it explains how Windows 8 will look on tablets ..
Microsoft plans to launch the final version of Windows 8 at the end of 2012, and here we are waiting for the iPad 3 next March 9th, probably, so will Apple really offer something to compete with the next beast from Microsoft?
Why don't we make a comparison between the iOS system and Windows 8, so that we really know the extent of the competition between the best system for portable devices currently and the strongly upcoming Windows 8 system ...
Important notes on comparison:
- It should be noted that Windows 8 has not yet been released, and what is available is a developer version, and it is expected that the beta version will be released for the average user soon.
- Comparison between the general appearance and traditional use, and there will be no comparison between the technical specifications and the software store for the two systems and so on, and this is because Windows 8 is an incomplete system.
general look:

★ Microsoft: The interface of Windows 8 looks great with rectangles that show the latest news interactively and also in beautiful and attractive colors, making it display information, news, or even pictures in a wonderful and attractive way.
★ Camel: A traditional Apple screen has four icons in one row, so there can be no interactive news presentations. Just a nice interface, but it's static, not interactive.
★ Verdict: Despite Apple's interest in the simplicity of the system and the interface without any complications, the Windows interface is wonderful, so how beautiful it is for you to put your tablet device next to you to show you the latest news interactively on the screen without complications. Excellence in overall appearance For Windows 8.
Internal structure

★ Microsoft: Although there will be a version of Windows 8 that will support ARM processors, this does not mean that the usual Windows applications that used to run on Intel processors will work on ARM processors, unless Microsoft creates an emulator for Intel processors, and this will make running Windows applications a waste of the device's resources .
★ Camel: The iPhone 4S and the kiss of the iPad 2 were based on the A5 processor, which is an evolution from the A4 processors and its speed is twice as fast for the graphics processor it is 7 times in the case of the 4S and 9 times in the case of the iPad 2, Apple processors, although they bear the design of Apple, but in the end it is ARM processors Redesigned to fit Apple devices, this great harmony and compatibility between hardware and operating system makes the iOS system the best in terms of speed, resource consumption, and energy saving.
★ Verdict: In the event that tablets are released with an ARM processor, they will not be able to run programs that run on Windows 7 devices, so Windows 8 will lose the advantage of running applications on different operating platforms, and here, the Apple processor will be superior.
Ease of use

★ Microsoft: The interface of Windows 8 called "Metro-Style", as we said earlier, depends on interactive news from news and social sites, and the user can search applications, settings, and even files on the device.
★ Camel: The traditional display of icons on the screen, alerts were added to the interface and the screen was closed, which made the system easier to use, in addition to the old feature, which is placing programs in folders.
★ اTo rule: Microsoft has managed to design a wonderful interface, but the ability to organize applications into folders makes accessing information and programs easier and in this aspect the superiority of the Apple system.
The browser:

★ Microsoft: Thanks to HTML 5, Windows 8 users can enjoy the Internet through the popular browser Internet Explorer, and Microsoft is currently developing a version of it for tablets and it is expected to add a lot of speed and improvement in performance. Mozilla announced that it will release a version of its famous Firefox browser to fit the Metro-Style interface of Windows, but the comparison here is between the default browsers of the device.
★ Camel: Safari got important updates in iOS 5 and a significant improvement in browsing and tabulation, an e-reader has been added to the browser, the ability to remove ads, safe browsing, and other advantages.
★ Verdict: This time, the judgment is difficult because, as we said, the Windows 8 system is not yet complete and the final browser has not been announced, so we judge and compare something finished and ready in exchange for a trial version of a program, but with the current situation, the superiority is for Safari from Apple.
Input methods:

★ Microsoft: Windows 8 supports the Apple keyboard-like keyboard in addition to the keyboard split feature, and the company announced that it will make the device support a number of external devices such as the keyboard, mouse, and others.
★ Camel: IPad users enjoy the traditional keyboard, and Apple has also moved the feature of splitting the special keyboard from Windows to its iOS 5 update, making input methods easy and wonderful.
★ Verdict: There are no fundamental differences between the two systems in the keyboard, but the feature to support external devices such as the keyboard and mouse makes Windows the best, especially for Windows users because the speed of typing on a traditional keyboard will be better and faster than the default, so this time excel. For Windows.
Video to compare the two devices:




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