tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post7663010938233944061..comments2024-03-11T07:06:28.190-07:00Comments on Mobile Opportunity: Fear and Loathing and Windows 8Michael Macehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17966107280587843091noreply@blogger.comBlogger249125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-12033319937550997652014-01-08T10:42:33.868-08:002014-01-08T10:42:33.868-08:00have you checked out windows 8.1 (the recent updat...have you checked out windows 8.1 (the recent update). If so, what are your updated thoughts?colinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-42869779255016084132013-05-26T18:01:41.576-07:002013-05-26T18:01:41.576-07:00I have a Mac with OS 10.6 and just got a PC with W...I have a Mac with OS 10.6 and just got a PC with Windows 8. The previous PC that I had Windows XP. As far as Windows goes, I thought XP was relatively easy to learn although some of the terminology was different from the Mac, for the most part, I could use it with no problem. <br /><br />With this Windows 8, my immediate reaction was Microsoft made a mistake. This looks like it should be on a smartphone or tablet, neither of which I have or plan to get. If I could eliminate the Metro part of Windows 8 and have the applications installed on Windows 8 instead of Metro, then I could learn to like it. So far, I'm not thrilled with it. The old Windows XP machine is slowly dying and I'm not sure how much longer it will be around. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-7320782847192101002013-03-15T16:01:28.569-07:002013-03-15T16:01:28.569-07:00Windows 8 is like a trollface against windows user...Windows 8 is like a trollface against windows users.<br /><br />Windows 8 is a try from Microsofts new era to make a standard between all sort of platform from mobiles to PC and it's one of Microsofts biggest misstakes ever made in their history.<br />A PC will never be able to be a mobile or touch pad becuase then it's not a REAL PC.<br />I hope very much that Windows 8 will be a failure and it looks like today it is a failure when you look on a video site for example.<br />When i searched "windows 8 success or failure" only 1 of many other videos on YouTube on the first page said Windows 8 will be a sucess wich was ironic becuase it is not at all.<br />Even if i really don't like YouTube i watched on YouTube this time i saw how many people who strongly believed in a Windows 8 sucess fail.<br />The reason to that i hope will be a failure in the future also is that Windows 8 does not even deserve the "Windows" name and becuase of it's lack of simply use.<br />Sure, Microsoft made some good news about Windows 8 also but it has to huge lack of support for simply use.<br />If the next version after Windows 8 will not be better i may change to another operating system or when Windows 7 has stopped being supported.<br />I think that one of the big reason to this dramatic change is that Steve Ballmer has started to change the company since 2008.<br />So basically Steve Ballmer totally trolled up the company into something else than Microsoft.<br />Only if Microsoft had keept making their software and other thing in the tradionaly way that they had about 35 years this problem would never exist!<br />And i think Michael made a really great video review about Windows 8.<br />It was one of the best video made reviews i have ever seen about Windows 8 so i would like to give that video 10 points.<br />If anyone would like to know where i'm you can search Mikael96 on Bing.<br /><br />Posted by Mikael96 from Sweden.<br /><br />15 March 2013Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-21794486463023135502013-02-16T22:51:28.673-08:002013-02-16T22:51:28.673-08:00As someone who rarely ever touched the Start Menu ...As someone who rarely ever touched the Start Menu while using Windows 7, even I find the loss of it rather disconcerting. Particularly as there doesn't seem to be anything that has some of the vital functions that it provided. <br />And let us hope that more programs create Metro Apps in time, as having programs that I regularly use not having them is something that I think I'll be finding somewhat annoying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-19121892858739375872013-02-06T18:59:10.365-08:002013-02-06T18:59:10.365-08:00I have been a Windows user from the get-go, never ...I have been a Windows user from the get-go, never having any desire to switch to a Mac even though friends that did swear it was the best move. However, now I am shopping for a new desktop and have made the decision to switch to a Mac. If I have to learn a new OS anyway, why not? I believe you are correct in one of your assumptions that users will jump over to an alternative, especially if they were always on the fence. I can't be the only stubborn Windows user making this move. I just can't see purchasing a new PC with Windows 8, and quite honestly, cannot get past that ugly-as-hell start screen.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10272501806650658109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-18538264939601943052012-12-06T03:11:14.759-08:002012-12-06T03:11:14.759-08:00What a well-written blog post. I agree whole-heart...What a well-written blog post. I agree whole-heartedly and wish we could get a message to Microsoft. Now we hear that Microsoft intends to introduce a new OS on a yearly basis, just imagine the havoc they could wreak if they continue to 'evolve' the interface. I wonder if they've considered all the old farts in this world who increasingly have a difficult time learning a new interface as they age. I just bought a new PC due to a disaster and ended up with win8 against my preference. The touchpad is so touchy it continually flickers between metro, charms menu pops up randomly and some sort of title thingie across the bottom of the screen, it's a nightmare. I really don't think PC makers have to be afraid of the small form factor, you just can't be as productive on those tiny touch driven screens -- where's my right click?? And the menu of choices on the app's is so restrictive or nonexistent. But wait, with win8 they're stripping out that flexibility so it seems to be that we're all on a march towards being dumbed down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-2941824715663763382012-12-04T11:41:12.045-08:002012-12-04T11:41:12.045-08:00My problem with Windows 8 is the learning curve ma...My problem with Windows 8 is the learning curve makes a basic user not want to use the system. I just bought a MacBook this year for the first time and my learning curve was straightened out after a few uses. Not with Windows 8 we are still battling with it in our house. I remember the Windows 3.0 to XP that was not as bad as this! My aggravation level was not this bad. Microsoft forgot about some of their adult users who have been using their OS for years! Can we at least have a option for a different looking format. Case point example while I was at Best Buy 5 elderly people came in with laptops/desktops they bought recently with Windows 8. Two of them said screw it the OS is too confusing and I don't need a computer and got their money back and the other three left with Apples. I hope Microsoft does not forget their entire customer isn't under 30.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10846986243436931795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-19852579055002687872012-11-26T03:50:52.612-08:002012-11-26T03:50:52.612-08:00I agree with the statement "Windows 8 is not ...I agree with the statement "Windows 8 is not Windows".<br /><br />As a non-technical USER I couldn't care less about kernel and all that stuff. What defines Windows is, in my opinion:<br /><br />1 - The fact that it shows me windows. You know, fancy square things with _ and [] and X to the right-top of it. And my options ("File Edit Options Help") to the left-top of it.<br /><br />2 - The fact that I can achieve ANYTHING with a minimal amount of clicks/touches.<br /><br />These core functionalities which came with Windows for 2 decades, are gone. Hence no Windows.<br /><br />Furthermore...<br /><br />As a faithful user since 1994, I worked with Windows 3,11. At the time we had the Program Manager (no Start button). The invention of the Start button came to solve the problem that everything was difficult to find. Remember? Ask me, the Metro Start Screen is nothing else than the Program Manager totally redesigned. It's what they had BEFORE the Start button, 17 years ago. Hence, it's a huge step backwards.<br /><br />I was there to see the day Microsoft invented the hilarious Start button, which in practice did nothing else than converge everything into one big menu, but had a major psychological impact at the user side. The dumbest of people (including me) understand the underlying message delivered by a Start button: "listen pal, you can start doing all your work today by clicking here". That's a very powerful message.<br /><br />Literally everything can be achieved by starting with the same action. Hence you always know how to start. Ask me, the reason for Microsoft still being the leader on home computers is the very presence of the Start button. Literally EVERYTHING can be done by clicking on that little bugger. That's, let's be honest, the big feature no other OS has.<br /><br />The good old windows are gone; doing things with the minimal amount of clicking/touching is gone; the Start button is gone. It's called Windows, but it's not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-76692907765221411362012-11-19T06:04:40.128-08:002012-11-19T06:04:40.128-08:00I just helped a friend with a new HP laptop, insta...I just helped a friend with a new HP laptop, install of Windows 8. Just a real pain in the ass. I understand they are trying to force us all to view the laptop or desktop as a phone, just dumb. I hate that the system tries to force you to open a Microsoft account? Why???? After talking to HP support I was directed how to bypass this attempt to hijack my user experience. I have a laptop with Windows 7 and I am satisfied with this. Our problem as consumers is we are forced by the hard people to use Windows 8 if we what new systems with better performance. I will be complaining to HP about consumer choice. Give us the option to choose Windows 7 or 8 for your systems. <br /><br />Microsoft should at the very least determine what kind of hardware it is running on and adapt to the platform and stop forcing all these user interface changes on customers.Gregnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-82469307081295499162012-11-18T12:07:39.612-08:002012-11-18T12:07:39.612-08:00Hi, Anonymous.
Comments here are moderated when t...Hi, Anonymous.<br /><br />Comments here are moderated when the post is over a few months old (most comments after that time are spam). I approved your comment, but it hasn't shown up yet. But regarding your question on keyboard shortcuts in Windows 8, there are a huge number of them. Do a web search for "keyboard shortcuts Windows 8" and you'll find several good articles. Good luck!Michael Macehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966107280587843091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-70037321330503318532012-11-18T09:56:20.882-08:002012-11-18T09:56:20.882-08:00(Additional comment: I realize my question (immedi...(Additional comment: I realize my question (immediately above) is a little off topic but I'm not easily finding an answer anywhere. like you said, to shut down Windows 8 now requires five mouse actions (hover, sweep, three clicks). I am used to three keystrokes in Windows 7: Start menu button, U, U. I'm afraid when I purchase a new computer this fall, mouse actions like hover and sweep aren't going to be replaceable by corresponding keystrokes. I don't know that "keyboard only" users are even recognized in this redesign.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-19649249941015474162012-11-18T08:40:33.813-08:002012-11-18T08:40:33.813-08:00I don't know if this thread is still active, b...I don't know if this thread is still active, but I'm looking for advice.<br /><br />I work almost exclusively with Windows 7 thru my keyboard and keyboard shortcuts, I have an impairment that makes mousing a challenge. Touchscreen is not a great option. Will Windows 8 be a disaster for me or will most keyboard shortcuts remain? I saw a demo with a Dell guy, but he was using the cursor to navigate thru the menus and I'm sorry but "left arrow, left arrow, down" arrow doesn't count as a shortcut. Any advice?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-87956336394084492692012-11-12T06:55:22.983-08:002012-11-12T06:55:22.983-08:00Thank you for your review, I think you have done a...Thank you for your review, I think you have done a fair and even approach on the evaluation on Windows 8. Sure there are always some loose ends..but overall I think you have hit the right spot. I have been using PC and work as a Tech-Support since the days of DOS 1.0, CP/M, GEM, Windows 1.0, OS/2 ,Win9x, Win-NT and through the present days. At the end of the day, the END-USERS are concerned about getting the JOB done for the day and having less problems and learning curves. For us, the TECH-SUPPORT is to get any Technical problems either Hardware or Software fixed as soon as possible and get out of the client site. MS Seems to forget that MOST of the TECH-SUPPORT are done by Third-PARTIES like us and not them. Since the release of Window Vista, the field-support had their BAD Experiences to try to resolve so many loose-ends and Software ISSUES to keep their clients happy. Not until Windows 7, did the mount of supports on Windows Vista began to subside as the PC moved to Win7. The COSTS of SUPPORT are bored by mostly the third-parties on the street and end-users !. MS didn't even say sorry or help out to the third-parties support guys like us. For the past few years, I started to migrate to Linux-UBUNTU personally, and use VMWare Workstation to run WindowsXP Application where UBUNTU is missing. I must say, I never look back. Even my clients are accepting that concept. I release, the it's more than just the OS that keep a business running ! Switching to another NEW and NOT Stable OS means a lot of WORK to get the Business Applications to port over and the COSTS are huge. This time many of my clients and myself are not ready to JUMP in. We'll just wait and see...at the moment the Ubuntu and Desktop Visualization approach is working 70% or more of the time. ONLY when I had to then we'll use a FULL Windows 7 for CAD or on any of the Graphic Intensive Programs. This time I refuse to recommend the change to the clients, because when things are not working out, we bear the COSTS of SUPPORT to help them out and most of the time, we are NOT paid for the effort !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-66269380856562909902012-11-03T23:05:52.773-07:002012-11-03T23:05:52.773-07:00I am not of the computer caliber of most of your p...I am not of the computer caliber of most of your posters here, but I suspect that I am one of the many millions of fairly casual computer users that Microsoft really is alienating with this Windows 8. I just bought a new laptop because my husband kept using my other one with Windows seven to play his Backgammon game and he would end up closing windows I had open, driving me insane. Little did I know that I would loathe this new Windows version. The first day I just sat there looking at the time on the screen for 20 minutes before I figured out anything. I clicked. I left clicked. I moved the cursor around. I thought perhaps the new computer was faulty. Every single thing I do is totally different from familiar windows. Something as simple as closing a window is like hopping through hoops. I feel like I have to move my cursor all over the place now, and to grab things you have to spend time getting just the right pixel to drag it to close it.It might start up quicker, but that time is offset by all the "hovering time" getting the start button to appear. I am not a smart phone user- I have a cell phone that has an internet connection, but it is not like an android phone with a touch screen. Not everyone who has a computer is familiar with touch screens and ipads and tablets and all that stuff. A lot of us use it for sending emails with pictures of the kids and for looking things up on the internet, and for playing games, that kind of thing. If I had known I was going to have to basically relearn how to use a computer, I would have gotten a used one with Vista or windows 7 in it. They even changed Solitaire in this! Sure, it has beautiful graphics, but like everything else in this new OS, you have to click about 5 times to get into it, I had to download it,and it isn't wasn't easy to find. I've only played that perfectly fine game for at least a decade.Now it's totally different. I feel like I am in a sailboat now when I've been in a motorboat all these years.I'm in a floating vessel in the water, but you sure don't get from point a to point b the same, and you need to know and understand a helluva lot more about what you're doing to accomplish what you want. I can't even tell if MS Word is in here, or Works, or if it is, where it is, or do I have to download it. In two words, This sucks. I would never have willingly bought this,ever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-12245228678803307092012-10-29T16:30:50.774-07:002012-10-29T16:30:50.774-07:00Why not install W8 aside W7 by a dual-boot so you ...Why not install W8 aside W7 by a dual-boot so you can choose what OS you want to use? I know that changes nothing in favour of both W7 or W8 but it at least lets you adapt to some changes. If, after some time, you still prefer W7, you still have the choice to use W7 whenever you want. Best of both worlds?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00131598630569750700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-32881111671802500402012-10-29T12:14:15.606-07:002012-10-29T12:14:15.606-07:00There is an alternative to all those who are locke...There is an alternative to all those who are locked into WinXP: Contribute, and mightily, to the ReactOS project. Their goal is to create a free and open source OS with 100% binary compatibility with Windows XP. released under the GPL.<br /><br />Right now they're still alpha, but if a few large XP customers put something like 10% of their upgrade budget into ReactOS, things could really take off for that project.Arkanabarhttp://arkanabar.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-24350162706901395832012-10-26T20:13:44.008-07:002012-10-26T20:13:44.008-07:00Thank you for your excellent review.
I am not afr...Thank you for your excellent review.<br /><br />I am not afraid to admit that I am using Windows XP professional in both private and business environment and will continue to do so until EOmL. End of my life :-)<br /><br />As a skilled software and systems engineer I will not compromise on the level of control I currently have over the O.S.<br /><br />Not a single problem or issue for years. Running on a range of hardware from old laptops to new architecture. Blazing fast - no hanky panky.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-23437557770659933462012-10-20T14:37:58.883-07:002012-10-20T14:37:58.883-07:00Everything becomes a household custom after a whil...Everything becomes a household custom after a while, even windows 8. Microsoft does a lot of research into who will be its new users and buyers, and I assume they have concluded that the average computer savvy level has been dropping dramaticly. Fiend and foe will be presented with this. That being said, the windows 8 metro screen does like its designed fore most as a Operating System on a Microsoft Smartphone. Bill tried to follow Steve Jobs here, franticly, and simply did not allow time for the things you complained about. Here come my harsh remarks about Microsoft and its apparent collusion and collaboration with far east Asia and Russia. In the end it happened simply because the better and bigger bucks can be made there. Currently the Chinese are dumping their lot of solar panels from $1000 to only up-to $50,= on the EU market. However the people on the American and the EU markets are still waiting for their iPhone5 to arrive [1][2]. And these do not come for cheap or north to nothing. What would be the difference here with the Chinese solar panels ? It's patents, royalties, production rights and licenses to officially retail the official iPhone5. All this, and rightfully so, to the direct benefit of Apple Inc. Something tells me that it's still Microsoft Corporation, even more so after Steve Jobs had passed away from cancer, who is dictating production colors and statistics on the China^H^H^H^H Foxconn Market. Also the opening of that official new Apple shop seems to have become a major problem here in your average Dutch Shopping Mall. That much trouble for Apple to build a proper retailer network can be of no coincidence. Microsoft's own product however, Windows 8, compared to Windows 7, has all the ingredients of the downfall of a 'self-hating' IT cartel potentate inside, like they completely let the ball slip away (deliberately) to have their arms and legs free for what they have been doing best, the controlling and taking over of entire markets and countries. The practice of dumping fits right in, as is preventing production with the competition through sly means. The elections are now coming up and I sure hope that Romney wins. If Romney wins, the first thing he should do is arrange a Presidential visit to Beijing China and meet with the Chinese President. He should sit down with Hu Jin-tao and ask him if the average Chinese slave wage is still $3,=. Hu Jin-tao will admit it is, knowing its even less. Romney then should suggest to raise it to $7.= an hour by Jan 31 and another pay raise to $10 should be scheduled for May 1st. Hu Jin-tao will then laugh his ass off for over 5 minutes and probably say no. Romney then explains himself that Chinese labor wages are killing true competition in America and if Hu Jin-tao refuses to come along and in effect admit he's the Worlds biggest slave-master and denies the average Chinese Citizen the possibility to afford his own house, garden and family, Romney will then promise Hu Jin-tao a Chinese Spring he has never seen before.<br /><br />[1] Foxconn denies forced labor reports, claims interns can leave any time<br />By: Dan Graziano | Sep 7th, 2012 at 04:00PM<br />http://www.bgr.com/2012/09/07/iphone-5-production-foxconn-denies-forced-labor-students/<br /><br />[2] iPhone 5 is being produced under harsh working conditions still in violation of basic labor rights<br />Posted September 10, 2012 at 9:55 am by Isaac Shapiro and Scott Nova<br />http://www.epi.org/blog/iphone-5-produced-harsh-working-conditions/rmstockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14659234113139807284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-2439349401462222852012-10-20T02:26:40.805-07:002012-10-20T02:26:40.805-07:00Thanks for the article and YouTube video. I'v...Thanks for the article and YouTube video. I've been using Windows since the DOS days (5.25 floppy disk era!) and Win 8 is an absolute catastrophe IMO. I can't see going to Mac (I build my own PC) so I can only pray that Win 8 is such a failure for desktops that Microsoft releases what they should have - an improved Win 8.<br /><br />Here's what I HATE about Win 8:<br />(1) Metro - I find the rainbow of colored tiles a garish, unorganized mix of colors with overly large icons & too small text. Why is the label text so small? Is text "not cool" anymore? Metro is 99% form & 1% function. Is anything THAT much easier to find with these giant tiles vs. Win 7? The desktop provided a place for instant access to almost anything you wanted: PC controls, File folders, programs, plus anything else. It was not only a place for shortcuts, but could be workspace for current projects or a place for commonly used files.<br /><br />(2) Overall organization is horrifying. I have 50, maybe 60 programs of various sizes. I may not use them all frequently (quite a few are very specific (ex. MKVToolnix & MKV Cleaver), but with the start menu, I can launch every one of them instantly. Now I have to "search" for programs or try and navigate through Microsoft's gropuings? Access to computer controls & settings - right there. WHO CARES that "shutdown" was located by pressing "start?" I was MUCH easier to find/access.<br /><br />(3) It's Window 8, but WHERE ARE THE WINDOWS? Everything is full screen!? That split screen doesn't cut it. Vertical matters too. I often have several windows of various sized open. No red (x) button at the upper right to close out? Ridiculous.<br /><br />Windows 8 is a combination of Microsoft trying (and failing) to be like Apple and create something "visually" cool while simultaneously trying (and failing miserably) to combine a touch screen (by far the dominant aspect) OS with a desktop OS (running underneath). The fact that there are now companies offering software to bring back the Win 7 interface is telling. I'll go to Linux if Win 9 doesn't offer a solid Desktop OS.<br /><br />What's sad is that all Microsoft had to do was improve upon a highly successful Win 7. Improve text & icon graphics as well as OS speed. If people "want" tiles, then give them the OPTION to create & use them. This is the worst OS (yes worse than Vista & ME) Microsoft has released yet.NEVER buying Windows 8noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-5994556226644180902012-10-12T03:27:42.541-07:002012-10-12T03:27:42.541-07:00As an IT student it costs me nothing to have windo... As an IT student it costs me nothing to have windows 8, I'm planning on doing a Dual boot for my desktop PC. I doubt that I'll fully upgrade to 8 it's too gimmicky, forcing people to Metro isn't a good idea. I vote to keep start menu or integrate start menu features, all of them, into the metro UI... <br /><br /> I'm going to buy another Android phone as soon as the 4x(5x)core phones hit market, then a tablet(or chromium laptop,) in a year. The versatility that Google has in it's phone market and globally in all it's pursuits should be feared as the next mega monopoly... but I'd rather enjoy the perks and go with the winning team. I also am going to purchase android TV 4.1 in the next few weeks as I make my world easily shared between my android devices. I love Android for stepping up to Apple's challenge. I also love the cross device compatibility and I'd love to meet the challenge with all my Droid tech.<br /><br /> I don't feel that Apple will ever get the #1 spot in PC computing it's not what they are there for, they want to be proprietors of their proprietary devices with price tags that are in excess of their hardware and worth, (and sue others for developing tech of their own saying that it was copied {Hypocrites [ex:Zerox]}). I don't feel that Apple will ever be dropping their prices to be truly competitive and will always be that 10-25% market share at best. <br /><br /> I do respect Apple and it's iPhone for creating a market that wasn't there; I was sick of crappy phones that'd bleed you dry for a pointless upgrade, year after year what happened? .1 mega pixel better camera? in the 90s I didn't upgrade much just ran phones for 4 years+. and now iPhone is doing what it's predecessors did. #$%# iPhone 5, finally a bigger screen...blah, blah, resolution, look around u Apple.<br /><br /> I used to love Nokia phones but they have suffered in the fast paced arena and are falling behind, for them to go with Microsoft is their choice and their doom(not entirely they'll probably change their platform at some time). Their US market is almost non-existent I'd like to see them come back.<br /><br /> Microsoft NEEDs to get creative, and not shoot it's self in the foot, this IS the pivotal point that will help or hurt them for years to come. I don't care if it's another Vista many people aren't willing to wait for Win 10, by then Google's OS is going to be a real threat, there could even be a new guy on the block by then and another thing to push Microsoft back. Win 8 looks great for tablets but I feel that them removing a lot of features from 7 is a huge mistake, they finally got it right, why damage that? And for the PC manufacturers like HP maybe they should adopt Chromium and still make PCs. Around 2015 I'd like to get another PC as I feel that PCI 4.0 and many other pipeline hardware will keep the PC platform strong. Just give me SP2 for Win7, deploy Win8(for Surface) and stream line it a bit more, possibly rename it like Win CE 2.0.<br /><br /> Will I ever truly appreciate Microsoft I feel that they do not poses the creativity that is required to maintain #1 position for much longer, they should try with the Surface though. I have a feeling that they are going the way of SEGA, and I think PlayStation is too... The world is changing can these companies keep up? or change themselves to survive?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04499832160490184741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-66887219319618026862012-10-11T04:07:51.724-07:002012-10-11T04:07:51.724-07:00I actually think this is *more* like a "windo...I actually think this is *more* like a "windows" experience than ever before. The whole argument that this isn't windows, I just don't agree with. And saying that we should be scared about it is just sensationalism. It's time for Microsoft to leave the old-fashioned desktop, that really hasn't changed all that much since Windows 95, behind. A lot of it we are already familiar with, with apps and so forth. This is something that has been coming for awhile, and needed to happen. In a few years time we will looking back and wondering what all the fuss was about. So bring it on I say.Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-75440329849661648982012-10-10T10:06:38.188-07:002012-10-10T10:06:38.188-07:00Looks alike gnome 2 users upgrading to gnome 3 sit...Looks alike gnome 2 users upgrading to gnome 3 situation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-69805208284138899012012-10-04T20:31:39.741-07:002012-10-04T20:31:39.741-07:00Thank you. Win 7's total failure in a few key...Thank you. Win 7's total failure in a few key areas (Sleep/hibernate) and some others had me considering Win 8. As a productivity user, I can't imagine touching Win 8 w/o major changes. <br />I think you should expand on the business user area--they are going to HATE 8 with a passion. This cannot be good for uSoft.<br />by MITgradAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-62056829543135647682012-09-26T08:27:19.265-07:002012-09-26T08:27:19.265-07:00I really, really enjoyed this article. Well writte...I really, really enjoyed this article. Well written and balanced I felt. I'm a Linux user at home but a Windows 7 user for business. I like Windows 7 - it's what Vista should have been. I think Microsoft is in steady decline and it would be amazing to see them become a relegated 'has been' - and I don't mean amazing in a good sense; that a huge corporation like them could bring about tehir own demise would simply be phenomenal. From looking at balanced reviews and videos of Windows 8 right from the first developer releases I really don't think Microsoft are onto a winner here. I think it will be Vista all over again. I shall reserve my final judgement though until the OS has been out in the wild for 6 - 12 months and the dust has had time to settle. Once again, thanks for a great article.Darknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-10332697363932815522012-09-19T23:12:00.490-07:002012-09-19T23:12:00.490-07:00People resist change. That is what you are going t...People resist change. That is what you are going to get from most of the people other than the geeks. YOu are right when you say that not making this transfer more of an upgrade than a overhall will scare away a lot of people who like Windows 7 just fine. <br /><br />I loaded the preview on one of my laptops and I was totally confused about how to do much of anything. I took most of that to be that this was new. Now I'm not so sure.<br /><br />I think your number 2 scenerio is the most likely. Most people will stick with Windows 7 as they already know how to work it and this seems to much of a change.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com