Posted on 05/22/2014 7:57:43 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Microsoft might be preparing to give the public its first taste of Windows 9 between the second and third quarters of 2015, according to a newly leaked document.
Tech blog Myce has obtained a leaked internal Microsoft document from a source in China known as FaiKee.
The document, first spotted on Myce's website by Windows blog WinBeta, lists both Windows 9 and Windows Phone 9 as scheduled for a release preview between Q2 and Q3 2015.
Here's a screenshot of the document:
A release preview is exactly what its name suggests. It's a nearly finished version of the software that the public gets to mess around with before the official launch.
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
You should update to 8.1, and then just google for how to do something you want to do.
I boot directly to my desktop, with no sign in (or tiles).
http://www.askvg.com/how-to-bypass-start-screen-and-direct-boot-into-desktop-in-windows-8-1/
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windows-8/fl/auto-logon-windows-8.htm
If you want to tweak something in a new OS, for instance “charms” or to hide your taskbar or whatever, just google for the directions, within a few days you should be able to have things the way you want to.
I recently reloaded XP service pack one on a couple of computers, and was reminded of how much tweaking and updating it had taken to make that primitive mess, what everyone so fondly remembers now.
Yes, I do. I also loved Wordperfect 5.1.
Windows 8 already has a good fix, Windows 7.
Thanks, I’ll try to load mine again.
Thanks. I do have 8.1. I suppose many of my problems are from my growing lack of patience. When I have something that works, I hate having to discard it and then spend hundreds of hours trying to get back to what I was happy with in the first place. So far, I have seen nothing in Windows 8.1 that I need or want other than continued MS support. I don’t want touch screens, clouds, charms, sharing with mobile devices, etc.
Ctrl+KB. Ctrl+KK. Ctrl+KV
You might look for something called “Wordstar command emulator for Microsoft Word”. Haven’t tried it myself but it’s out there.
There’s already a fix for Windows. OSX
(somebody has to start the fight)
That's all well and good, however, Win9 will not be a free upgrade. You will have to purchase it and it will require 5Gb of ram, at least 5TB of disk space and an Intel i12 processor (which has not even been developed yet). < /sarc) I think.
I still struggle to help my wife with 8 on her laptop. It is now 8,1 and truly a POS. Far as I can tell, MS wanted some goofy interface to look the same on everything from cell phones to desktops, and screwed everything up. Who wants a desktop to look like an air-head's cellphone?
Don't get me started on that "skydrive" thing that migrates your "settings" to the internet without asking you.
I don't either, it took me about 2 or 3 days to go from XP to 8.1.
If you are so determined to play dumb and prefer the useless complaining over making common tweaks to make things the way you claim you want them, then no one can help you.
You left Windows 2000 out there. XP succeeded 200 which was really NT 5.0. MS abandoned the Windows 95 family line after ME.
DEC equates with Windows NT 4 some kind of way...
Or is that Alpha?
it will require 5Gb of ram, at least 5TB of disk space and an Intel i12 processor (which has not even been developed yet). < /sarc) I think.
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Dell , Acer , HP/Compaq will demand it ... they’re not selling puters now ,,they need an enormous piece of MS bloat to require upgrades.
I was about to say: In reality, this will probably be ‘Win7.3’. LOL
C'mon Microsoft....
This is the same old story. Apple even did one of their better "Mac and PC" ads about it:
Mac and PC: Broken Promises -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpOvzGiheOM
PC: "Trust me."
Have they scheduled public hangings for the instigators of Win8?
Although, in fairness, Win 7 is rock solid. I’ve been running it on half a dozen of my own machines for many years and love it. Nothing in Win 8 is compelling enough to want to switch to it. I hope 9 is good, since by then MS will be pulling support from 7...
Wish I got to make lots of money by fixing my previous shoddy work - I’d be a billionaire! It’s like the old Dilbert cartoon where the pointy haired boss announces that they will be paid a bonus for each code error they fix - Wally says that he is going to write himself a new minivan.
There's only one small problem, winner. Tim Cook did not tell his share holders anything of the kind! He spoke to one specific share holder, Justin Danhof, of the NCPPR, who was demanding that Cook make a commitment the he would only support "projects and actions" at Apple that would have a positive impact on Apple's Return on Stockholder Investment . . . This was after the stock holders' had voted down the essentially the same proposal by the same stockholder's organization demanding essentially the same thing by a vote of 97% "NO" to 3% "YES," just a few hours earlier at the general session. The stockholder's group representative was attempting to make an end run around the will of the stockholders by getting the CEO to repudiate their vote.
Looking directly at Danhof, Tim Cook heatedly explained Apple's position and then suggest that the group Danhoff represented should invest elsewhere. The organization then made a press release taking Cook's comments out of context, mis-representing what he said, both making his comments specific to "global warming" and claiming his advice to get out of Apple stock was to everyone who disagreed with AGW, and not specific the his organization. The punditry picked up this press release version and ran with it.
Here is a report from someone who was there and saw and heard everything:
Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics of the NCPPR,
Suggests Group Sell Apple’s Stock
By Bryan Chaffin
Feb 28th, 2014 4:52 PM EST | EditorialIn an emotional response to the National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR), Apple CEO Tim Cook soundly rejected the politics of the group and suggested it stop investing in Apple if it doesn't like his approach to sustainability and other issues.
Apple CEO Tim CookMr. Cook's comments came during the question and answer session of Apple's annual shareholder meeting, which the NCPPR attended as shareholder. The self-described conservative think tank was pushing a shareholder proposal that would have required Apple to disclose the costs of its sustainability programs and to be more transparent about its participation in "certain trade associations and business organizations promoting the amorphous concept of environmental sustainability."
As I covered in depth yesterday, the proposal was politically-based, and rooted in the premise that humanity plays no role in climate change. Other language in the proposal advanced the idea that profits should be the only thing corporations consider.
That shareholder proposal was rejected by Apple's shareholders, receiving just 2.95 percent of the vote. During the question and answer session, however, the NCPPR representative asked Mr. Cook two questions, both of which were in line with the principles espoused in the group's proposal.
The first question challenged an assertion from Mr. Cook that Apple's sustainability programs and goals—Apple plans on having 100 percent of its power come from green sources—are good for the bottom line. The representative asked Mr. Cook if that was the case only because of government subsidies on green energy.
Mr. Cook didn't directly answer that question, but instead focused on the second question: the NCPPR representative asked Mr. Cook to commit right then and there to doing only those things that were profitable.
What ensued was the only time I can recall seeing Tim Cook angry, and he categorically rejected the worldview behind the NCPPR's advocacy. He said that there are many things Apple does because they are right and just, and that a return on investment (ROI) was not the primary consideration on such issues.
"When we work on making our devices accessible by the blind," he said, "I don't consider the bloody ROI." He said that the same thing about environmental issues, worker safety, and other areas where Apple is a leader.
As evidenced by the use of "bloody" in his response—the closest thing to public profanity I've ever seen from Mr. Cook–it was clear that he was quite angry. His body language changed, his face contracted, and he spoke in rapid fire sentences compared to the usual metered and controlled way he speaks.
"We do things because they are right and just and that is who we are. That’s who we are as a company. I don’t…when I think about human rights, I don’t think about an ROI. When I think about making our products accessible for the people that can’t see or to help a kid with autism, I don’t think about a bloody ROI, and by the same token, I don’t think about helping our environment from an ROI point of view."—Tim Cook, Apple CEO, response to NCPPR Executive Director Justin Danhof, from Apple Annual Meeting 2014 transcript.—inserted by Swordmaker.He didn't stop there, however, as he looked directly at the NCPPR representative and said, "If you want me to do things only for ROI reasons, you should get out of this stock."To me, it was a clear rejection of the group's politics, especially the anything-for-the-sake-of-profits mentality the NCPPR was asking him to embrace. It was also an unequivocal message that Apple would continue to invest in sustainable energy and related areas.
[Update: The last paragraph originally said that Mr. Cook rejected the climate change denial of the group. That was intended as a line item about the group, which Mr. Cook was categorically rejecting, but the specifics of his answer weren't focused on that aspect of either their question or overall message. I clarified it accordingly.]
The NCPPR press release completely misrepresented what happened and what was said at the Apple meeting. Here are the first four paragraphs (and some choice excerpts) of the NCPPR press release:
Tim Cook to Apple Investors: Drop Dead Apple CEO Tim Cook tells Investors Who Care More About Return on Investment than Climate Change: Your Money is No Longer Welcome
As Board Member Al Gore Cheers the Tech Giant’s Dedication to Environmental Activism, Investors Left to Wonder Just How Much Shareholder Value is Being Destroyed in Efforts to Combat “Climate Change”
Free-Market Activist Presents Shareholder Resolution to Computer Giant Apple Calling for Consumer Transparency on Environmental Issues; Company BalksCupertino, CA / Washington, D.C. – At today’s annual meeting of Apple shareholders in Cupertino, California, Apple CEO Tim Cook informed investors that are primarily concerned with making reasonable economic returns that their money is no longer welcome. . .
. . . “The company’s CEO fervently wants investors who care more about return on investments than reducing CO2 emissions to no longer invest in Apple. Maybe they should take him up on that advice.”. . .
. . . After initially suggesting that the investments make economic sense, Cook said the company would pursue environmental goals even if there was no economic point at all to the venture.. . .
. . . “Although the National Center’s proposal did not receive the required votes to pass, millions of Apple shareholders now know that the company is involved with organizations that don’t appear to have the best interest of Apple’s investors in mind,” said Danhof. “Too often investors look at short-term returns and are unaware of corporate policy decisions that may affect long-term financial prospects. After today’s meeting, investors can be certain that Apple is wasting untold amounts of shareholder money to combat so-called climate change. The only remaining question is: how much?. . .
Because this press release was the sole source for the story until MacObserver's Bryan Chaffin's dissenting eyewitness and other reports cited the transcript and recordings showing the lies, the ledes you read above is what was picked up by most punditry. . . and most mainstream news reporters and used by them as the basis of their stories. . . and most ALSO picked up the "drop dead" line as though it was directed to all conservative anti-AGW stockholder as a quote!
Winner, do you find any of what's in the press release lede in Tim Cook's reported actual comment's to Justin Danhof? No, and you won't because the press release implied quotes are exaggerated beyond recognition. . . as is the cheering Al Gore claim. . . although I can picture the winner of the Nobel Idiot Prize doing that.
The NCPPR press release is sheer hysterical propaganda and too many fell for it.
The facts are that Apple's investment in sustainability does aid the ROI. . . which Tim Cook had already stated before being challenged by Danhof. and many of Apple's facilities are self-sustained electrically, and in many instances are selling surplus power to the local grid. Apple's goal is for all company facilities to be self-sustained. . . eliminating that high utility cost.
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