Microsoft is giving Windows its most radical overhaul since 1995 and even its most devoted users won't recognize the venerablecomputer operating system in this new incarnation, called Windows 8, when it appears Oct. 26.
微软(Microsoft)对Windows操作系统进行了1995年以来最彻底的一次变革，等到这款被命名为"Windows 8"的系统在10月26日上市之时，即便是其最忠心的用户恐怕也要认不出它了。
The minute you turn it on, the difference is apparent. Instead of the familiar desktop, you see a handsome, modern, slick world of large, scrolling tiles and simpler, full-screen apps best used on a touch screen and inspired by tablets and smartphones.
一启动Windows 8，你就会发现它的变化非常明显。呈现在你眼前的不再是以往那个熟悉的桌面，而是一个美观、现代又灵巧的由"瓷片"式大滚动窗口组成的界面以及更加简单的全屏应用程序，它们的设计灵感源自平板电脑与智能手机，最适合在触控屏上使用。
This is called the Start screen and it replaces the Start Menu every Windows user knows. But it's not just a menu, it's a whole computing environment that takes over the entire display, with its own separate apps and controls. The old desktop and old-style apps are still there. But in Windows 8, the desktop is like another app
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