Windows 8 Vs. Mac OS X Lion: Feature by Feature

With the Windows 8 Consumer Preview coming the end of this month at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the world will get a more complete look at Microsoft's next big operating system. But thanks to the company being very open about what's in store with Windows 8, we already know a lot about it. The team building the operating system has posted extensively on the Building Windows 8 blog, providing a level of detail that is rarely seen in this world of surprise major tech releases.

Installing Windows 8 on the Lenovo ThinkPad X220 Tablet

Now that Windows 8 Developer's Preview, the first official build of Microsoft's forthcoming operating system, is finding its way into many PCs (Microsoft released it to the public for download), it's only natural that we install a fresh copy into various laptops here at. We already tried it on an Apple MacBook Air 13-inch (Thunderbolt) running BootCamp, but what the Air lacked was a touchscreen that could take advantage of Windows 8's touch-centric features, particularly its Metro UI. That's why the Lenovo ThinkPad X220 Tablet was a logical choice, since it has a rotating touchscreen that exposes a full size keyboard. It's an Editors' Choice and recipient of our first Windows 8 convertible tablet hand-on.