Posted on 07/24/2015 7:57:51 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The most anticipated feature of Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows 10, set for release on Wednesday, isn't some new application. It's the return of the traditional Start screen, which Microsoft ditched in August 2012, with Windows 8.
For that reason, Windows 10 is a lot like Coca-Cola Classic.
Let me explain.
When the Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) announced in April 1985 that New Coke would replace the original formula of its flagship soft drink, consumers protested. Some even hoarded cases of the original flavor beverage.
New Coke is now seen as a cautionary tale about tampering with a well-established and successful brand.
In October 2012, Microsoft introduced Windows 8, a new version of its popular PC operating system with a radically redesigned user interface. Win 8 was designed with touchscreens in mind, even though few people had or wanted a touchscreen PC. The operating system was clunky to use with a keyboard and mouse.
Like New Coke, Windows 8 forced changes on the public that the company thought people would prefer. And like the dud soft drink, consumers rejected Windows 8.
Even now after almost three years on the market, Windows 8 has only mustered 16% market share, based on PCs on the Internet, according to Net Applications. By comparison, Windows 7 still has 61% of the market and 14-year-old Windows XP has 12%.
Just like Coke drinkers stockpiled the original formula beverage, many PC owners stuck with their Windows XP and 7 machines and refused to move to the new OS. And PC makers amassed Windows 7 licenses that they could install on new PCs if customers so desired.
When Coca-Cola Co. brought back the original formula three months after the debut of New Coke, it tried to put a positive spin on the move by rebranding the old drink "Coca-Cola Classic."
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yeah....the article is biased..
The shell is available and that is not the selling point of the new OS.
For me it’s the new browser and a better interface to transition from 7. Plus stability, speed...and efficiency.
If you need dos or xp..just run a vm...
you have Virtualbox and VMWare Played for free...
Win 10 pro will have Hyper V built in
bottom line ..to run older or different OS app on the same machine...everyone is gone to using VM...Virtual machines running the old os ...running on the real machines running a different OS
But Coke Classic wasn’t, now was it. The original formula didn’t have HFCS, it used real sugar.
It will never be the same until they replace corn syrup with cane sugar.
Windows 10 will be Good. The Technical Preview, which I believe is now alpha for the tech preview users is solid. The reversed MOST of the mistakes they made with Windows 8.
And you can FINALLY CTRL-C and CTRL-V your way into cutting and pasting into a DOS prompt (only 20 years overdue).
PING for your Windows list
RE: Win10 — unless it will run old DOS and XP programs — will NOT be ‘the same as ...
Why do you still want to use DOS? There is a better tool and command screen -— POWERSHELL.
Use that instead it has all the things DOS has and many more by a humongous factor.
RE: Oops, forgot.
Windows 8: Crap
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Well, it looks like we have a pattern here don’t we?
It took all of 5 minutes to adjust to Windoes 8. The desktop is there and all the features plus I like the apps like I have on my phone. Not sure what the issue is other than people don’t adjust well
“Not sure what the issue is other than people don’t adjust well”
The issue is that I have no reason to “adjust well” to an OS that doesn’t fit my needs as well as my existing OS.
Maybe this will help you understand, whippersnapper:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTYet-qf1jo
Versus a (now) 20-year-old interface that worked and was understood by little old ladies.
Try explaining how to operate Windows 8 to a little old lady for whom you do computer work, whether that’s a neighbor, a fellow church-goer, or worst of all, your Mom.
Thanks for Swordmaker for the ping!!
I think it was in fact a big money loser for them, though I don’t have the numbers. It all stemmed from blind sip tests where the new formula finally was able to consistently beat pepsi. When drinking lots of it however especially with other food as part of a meal, people prefer it not so sweet.
I'd guess you haven't worked with and on the Windows OS for the past 10, or 15, or 20 years, developing procedures and tools and habits of usage that streamline your work and make you productive. Perhaps you're a gamer, or someone who gets into one application and rarely leaves it, so that you don't actually have to interact with the OS UI.
Whatever. I hope that in time you will begin to understand why most people do not share your attitude.
Two points, smartypants.
1. The vast majority of Windows users soundly rejected Windows 8, not because of the OS itself (which is great) but because of the godforsaken Metro UI. Most of those running Win8 were forced into it by the purchase of a new computer with Win8 preinstalled. Few users upgraded to Win8 after the initial "Oh boy!" wore off. And the rapid widespread uptake of add-ons like "Classic Shell" indicate how much people hated Metro.
2. Microsoft made arbitrary, capricious changes to an established 15+ year old UI with over a billion users. Doing that has less effect on the newer users. It's the experienced users who have more trouble with "change for change's sake". The "computer dummies" never got all that proficient on the standard UI, but the experienced users did, and Metro pulled the rug out from under them.
You can take your sarcastic arrogance and place it (gently) in the shade.
Seriously. If your tech review can't get past agonizing over the Start menu, then you might need to look for a different line of work.
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