Microsoft Windows8 Launched in INDIA in presence of some Bollywood faces including Mandira Bedi, Archana Vijaya, Gaurav Kapoor and Roshan Abbas @ The Oberoi, Delhi || 26th October, 2012

Last night Microsoft launched Windows8 in India and in various parts of the world. Travellingcamera team was also their to witness the launch buzz with some of the known faces from Bollywood including Mandira Bedi, Archana Vijaya, Gaurav Kapoor and Roshan Abbas. Let's check out this Photo Journey and know more about this great event !!!

I reached late at Oberoi Hotel which is on Zakir Hussain Marg in Delhi. But event had not yet started. People were having some tea/coffee & snacks. I noticed Mandira talking to some of the Microsoft folks out there. Whole space was full of Black suite people and there were hardly few folks in casuals. It was good to see myself dressed up appropriately to stand out in the crowd :). Some of the fellow bloggers were already there in the hall and they shared more details about other faces like Archana Vijaya, Gaurav Kapoor and Roshan Abbas. Around the main conference hall, there were four beautiful stalls for each of them, although I was not sure if something would happen there or not.

Gaurav Kapoor had a special stall for young crowd and was sharing some of the cool features of Windows8 which can be interesting or useful for young people. If I mention more clearly, this whole talk was about Metro applications and not not really Windows8. Since Windows8 provides the basic infrastructure for all these Metro Application, idea was to make people aware about new experiences Windows8 can offer. There were curtains around the stall, so some of us were wondering if he is showing some special stuff to selected set of youngsters.

Whole evening was quite enjoyable with very well organized things w.r.t. timings, space utilization, mix of fun & knowledge etc.

Roshan Abbas talking to Ajay Sood and some of the folks from Microsoft. He was having a stall where he was showcasing Metro applications to increase productivity 
of a particular business. This one was too crowded with same set of people for a longer period of time, so we simply skipped and clicked this Photograph to at least share that he was also there :).

Gaurav Kapoor had great role in the event. He was there on stage for longer period of time with one of the Microsoft person. They were sort of sharing various features of Windows8 in form of a play. Pretty confident personality with great sense of humor. I am sure that lot of efforts must have gone to make this whole show successful. I was amazed to see these bollywood folks responding to Windows8 questions, which shows that they had gone through great training about this Operating System or they were using it for quite some time.

Archana Vijaya was there to talk more around her passion - Travel. She was emphasizing on the fact about the possibilities to make life lot easier while travelling with Windows8 enabled devise. Also she was sharing about some of the cool Travel Metro Applications to plan your trips within or outside the country. She sounded most passionate about the things she was sharing with people at Windows8 Launch Party.

He sounded like an avid Traveller, who has travelled to various parts of the world and care much about her travelling plans. We could notice lot of energy around her stall. She was also conducting some Travel Quizes.

 

Event started with brief introduction about Windows8 by Microsoft India Marketing head and then handed over of Windows8 professionals to talk about the their new Operating System in detail.  

 

Microsoft folks presented Windows8 very well in front of audience present and everyone was amazed by the experience. Here I don't to emphasize on technical details of Windows8, so if you can't wait for next post on this blog, just check out following link to know about Windows8 by Microsoft - http://windows.microsoft.com/en-IN/windows-8/meet

After all presentations, some demoes by Mandira Bedi, Archana Vijaya, Gaurav Kapoor and Roshan Abbas ; there was a quick break for drinks & snacks and various performances started to keep the environment alive. Drinks were on during these performances. 

At top level, Windows8 looked quite different from all earlier versions of Windows by Microsoft. First view of operating system is quite vibrant with easy to use interface with colorful tiles. Whole venue at Oberoi Hotel had colorful cubes to sit and even drinks had shining colorful cubes. Whole event was ccreatively planned by keeping Windows8 delicacies in mind.

Mandira had kitchen kind of setup where she was mainly talking about Metro Appliactions for Cooking & Cricket. Many times she talked about her son and how Windows8 can add lot of value in her own lifestyle. She also shared about some interesting exercise applications.

Charms in Windows8 was another thing which was coming again and again. A short act by Gaurav Kappor and a Microsoft employee tried to explain it in better way.

In Windows8, even the little things are all about you. Like the screen that appears when your PC is locked—it can be any picture you choose. And you will see quick notifications on your lock screen before you sign in to your PC or open a single app. With picture password, you can sign in by tracing a pattern on a picture of your choice instead of typing a password. It's all about mutiple choices you have now.

Keep looking this place for detailed information about Windows8 Operating System. This post only talks about the launch event instead of Windows8.