Windows 8 looks quite different from Windows 7. This is because it is designed to also work with touchscreen computers. When you log in to Windows 8, the first screen you see is ‘Start Screen’, also known as ‘Metro’. It still has the familiar ‘Desktop’ as well but we’ll come to that in a minute. In Windows 8 we can use apps and programs. Apps open full screen in Metro; programs open on the Desktop just as they did in Windows 7. Additional apps can be downloaded from the Windows Store.