Microsoft might unveil Windows 9 in April to end Windows 8 woes

The Inquirer ^ | 01/13/2014 | Chris Merriman

[catnipman]

“probably just some crap a blogger is throwing out, but gives us a place to bash MS some more. lol”

Actually, Paul Thorrott is essentially an unofficial mouthpiece for Microsoft.

[Dead Corpse]

Works on a tablet, not a laptop or desktop.

The goofy front-end, yes. I completely agree. There are more changes on the back-end when you start looking at a Win desktop from a management/roll-out/deployment view.

[NewHampshireDuo]

C’mon man..No shout out for Microsoft BOB??

That was my absolute favorite /sarc

I couldn't believe that MS fielded that one.

[kevkrom]

99% of tech punditry is laughably wrong in hindsight. Any piece that starts out "Company XYZ might do ABC" is just a vehicle for the writer to say, "if I was in charge of company XYZ, I'd do ABC".

[NewHampshireDuo]

Yup. Me too. That's why I'm sticking with WinXP (disconnected from the internet) for utility and application use with Linux Mint15 running in a VM for internet access and email.

I like my current hardware. Runs great.

Ditto. All of my important home office stuff is on an XP machine, now off the internet. I just got a refurbed PC on which I have Mint 16 (alongside Win 7 Pro which isn't being used). A KVM switch lets me go back and forth as needed.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

I don’t like it. It’s on my wife’s pc. It’s too hard to find anything.

[The KG9 Kid]

Connectivity shines brightest when you have OSX, iOS devices, and AppleTV working in concert.

Just wait for iOS in the car with Siri Handsfree. I have it mocked-up in my vehicle now, only without steering wheel button control and HUD until the stereo head units finally make their appearance.

In contrast, I know PC users who still email .TXT notes as attachments to their home desktop email accounts via Outlook from their workplace. This is 2014!

[Red Badger]

LonIX?......................

[GeronL]

lol

[Paladin2]

"Connectivity shines brightest when you have OSX, iOS devices, and AppleTV working in concert."

'Till ur unreplaceable batteries krap out.

[Paladin2]

"I hear tell gov't computers are on Win 7. "

What do the new warships run on?

[The KG9 Kid]

That’s just not happening. :-)

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Neato.

[Paladin2]

"A KVM switch lets me go back and forth as needed. "

I have an old 8x Compaq rack mount KVM (that somehow handles 1920x1080 analog) that cascades through a 4x and another 4x to a buncha old 486's.

[tacticalogic]

I still have a brand new 486DX4/100 CPU, still in the shrink wrap.

[Paladin2]

"I still have a brand new 486DX4/100 CPU, still in the shrink wrap."

Running a well written app, those puppys rocked.

[GeronL]

my first computer was 25mhz TANDY, I loved it. It had 100mb hdd and almost no RAM, I got it up to 28mb RAM and added a 28.8 modem and soundcard.

I loved that thing though.

[tacticalogic]

I’m still convinced whoever was in charge of naming the 386 and 486 processors suffered from some kind of multiple personality disorder.

[Paladin2]

Sounds like a Marketing Guru....

[tacticalogic]

I have a saying: “There is no project so effed up it can’t be made worse by Marketing getting involved.”