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Say what you like about the new Windows 8 GUI, the new security features put Windows 8 way ahead of the competition

AUGUST 21, 2012
By Roger A. Grimes

Windows 8 is meeting mixed reviews, to put it mildly -- just ask InfoWorld's Woody Leonhard or J. Peter Bruzzese. Most of the negative reviews I've read talk about the frustrations of Metro on the desktop and the lack of a Start button.

From a security perspective, that bad press is too bad, because security improvements in Windows 8 make it one of the most secure operating systems on the planet. That might sound like hyperbole -- until you consider all the new stuff that's been rolled in. Check them out below. (Note: I am a full-tiime employee of Microsoft.)

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