Windows 8 promises much faster boot up times ----- Are you one of those people who turns the machine off at night and on in the morning to clear out the cruft? Windows 8 feels your coffee-making pain written by Charles Arthur
The news named “Windows 8 promises much faster boot up times” was published on the Guardian. This article was mainly describing one of the most remarkable characteristics of Window 8 which was a long-anticipated operating system from the public, which reflected the characteristics of the news content – prominence and timeliness.
An inverted pyramid structure was utilized by author and the opening was coming straight to the point of view, which made this article quite clear and shapely. The second paragraph listed some statistics provided by Microsoft, which illustrated that speeding up the process of restarting the machine was now the concern reflected from consumers, and the time for booting up the new system was expected to achieve only two seconds.
The following paragraphs quoted some sentences declared by the experts from Microsoft, which made the article as well as the statistics in it more reliable and accountable. Furthermore, the word “Hibernate” was in bold, which made an emphasis on the topic of this article efficiently and strikingly. A convincing comparison between Microsoft and Apple was useful towards readers as well, which revealed the different approached utilized by this two competitors to contend for markets.
Transferring the tone in second person as well as the narrative angle in tenth paragraph made the article more critical and objective. What’s more, the writer conducted a translation following an arcane quote declared by experts for readers in order to make the information more understandable and acceptable. Moreover, interrogative sentence was used at the end of the article, which organized a discussion towards readers, and it turned out that this approach was successful since many readers commented behind this news actively as well as intensely.
In one word, this is a well-organized article which meets the needs of IT aficionados successfully.
I think we have got used to Microsoft announcing the launch of a product every 6 to 8 months. Therefore, sometimes we don't even pay as much attention to the media about the articles and eventually, someone will talk about the pros and cons about the upcoming product. On the other hand, having an IT aficionado as a boyfriend, I totally understand that they love to comment online as soon as the information appears on the web. I had a good time reading your blog entry.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with Claudia. I think that most people who comment or blog actively are driven by vanity and pride. They crave for attention and affirmation more than anything else, especially when they are not getting it in their real job. Perhaps I am a cynic!
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I also think this article is well-organized. You analysed the news story in different aspects. its news characteristics, the content structure, the purpose of some inmportant words, like “Hibernate” and how the tone transfered. You observe very carefully. Good analysis!
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