Windows 9 will be an operating system you can love (will be aimed at desktops, not tablets)

CoDRmputer World ^ | 8/7/2014 | Preston Gralla

[Signalman]

Windows 9 is going to strip out even more of Windows 8 than we thought: It will kill the Charms Bar. Considering that it will also add back the Start menu, and allow Metro apps to run as windows apps on the desktop, when it's done it may be an operating system you can love.

WinBeta reports that in Windows 9, currently code-named Threshold, the Charms Bar is going to be killed, as least on traditional PCs. That's good news. Although Charms works fine on tablets, on traditional PCs it's always been confusing and awkward to use. It's one more sign that Microsoft will be aiming Windows 9 more at desktops and laptops rather than at tablets.

Combine this with the ability to run Metro apps in their own windows on the desktop, have Metro apps include title bars and controls like traditional desktop apps, and boot directly into the desktop, and you have a version of Windows that looks and works more like Windows 7 than Windows 8.

The other news about Windows 9, according to Neowin, is that Windows 9 will have virtual desktops, which are available on Mac OS X and Ubuntu, as well as via some Windows third-party software. With virtual desktops, you create desktop different environments and can switch among them. So, for example, you might create one desktop for when you're working remotely with a work VPN, your company's enterprise apps, and so on; another for gaming; and others as well, and then switch instantly among them.

Virtual desktops aren't nearly as important as the other changes, which are all pointed at making Windows 9 an operating system designed for traditional PCs rather than tablets.

[Enlightened1]

Thank you for posting this link. I guess you were hoping I would not click your link? The Headline alone,

“After Two Years of Decline, Worldwide PC Shipments Experienced Flat Growth in Second Quarter of 2014, According to Gartner”

VALIDATES EVERYTHING I have been saying.

Flat Growth = No Growth

[adorno]

I guess you’re not very good at analyzing/interpreting the importance of the headline. But, the headline by itself doesn’t count.

Flat “growth” is an indication that, the decline is or might be over. The bigger decline is occurring in the tablets space, which just means that, the novelty might be over, and when people look to ge “real” computing devices, they’ll be choosing PCs, which, in case you hadn’t noticed, are now less expensive than the “good tablets” and the better smartphones; not to mention that, PCs are a lot more practical and a lot more powerful than any tablet or smartphone.

PCs aren’t going anywhere, and tablets are on the decline, and smartphones CANNOT replace PCs. So, logically, PCs are where the growth in computing devices will be occurring, especially after the demise of XP.