CHAPTER 7

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Having Fun with Games, Photos, Music, and Video

Despite the business origins of the PC, Windows has always been a gaming platform. Despite predictions on the death of PC gaming in favor of consoles, Windows 8 brings some new features to the mix that put gaming front and center of the PC for the first time.

There is new integration between Windows 8 and other Microsoft platforms that will be built upon and expanded in coming years, such as the ability to start a game on one device and then continue it on another.

With gaming on a PC comes some responsibility, especially if you are a parent, because controlling the games your children ...

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