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A beautiful new Start screen with live tiles, plus the familiar desktop.
Designed for touch, mouse, and keyboard.
Great built-in apps like Mail, Calendar, Messaging, Photos, and SkyDrive, with many more available from the Windows Store.
Your pictures, files, and settings easily synced through the cloud.
Includes Internet Explorer 10 for faster, more secure web browsing.
Keeps you up to date and more secure with Windows Defender, Windows Firewall, and Windows Update.
Provides enhanced data protection with BitLocker and BitLocker To Go to help keep your information secure.
Enables you to host a Remote Desktop Connection on your own PC so you can connect to it when you're using a different PC.
Connects to your corporate or school network with Domain join.
Immerse yourself in the world of Windows 8 and Windows RT.
Discover new ways to personalize your PC with Windows 8 and Windows RT.
Everything you need to know to make the right choice.
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