M$’s graphic interface not only sucks functionally, it’s poor from a graphics design standpoint.
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I don’t see how you can have 1.5 billion customers and not be a success. The fact is the PC, and with it Windows, has made the transition to being an appliance. People don’t spend a lot of time thinking about their refrigerator, but they own one (or more). Just because people don’t spend a lot time contemplating the nature of Windows doesn’t mean it doesn’t matter, it means it has become a quiet revenue generator. In a lot of ways that’s the best kind of success, the kind of success where you don’t waste of lot of time making splash, you just keep making money.
How much hardware and software will it kill?
Nearly every previous edition since XP has killed peripherals and software.
For me, the peripherals and some irreplacable software outweigh the supposed benefits of Win10.
I did manage to jerryrig some XP software to work under Win7. Some only partially worked. I assume such programs will be officially dead under Win10.
Let’s see. . .
1. It fails to recognize “legacy” peripherals (like a year-old Epson Printer, or a current-generation Nvidia high-end video card.
2. All semblance of user control goes away. Windows will update as it sees fit, whether you want it to or not. Even if some of your software REQUIRES older drivers.
3. Win10 is a year or two away from being a Subscription. Want more than basic services ? Pay your monthly Microsoft bill. . .
The two things that made Windows a success has been Office and the software development tools, Visual Studio today.
Both suffer from a complete lack of adult supervision. Everyone and everything is crammed into these product lines with no planning or design. They are a scattered mess.
The third thing that has made Microsoft a success has been their server products; Exchange and SQL Server. SQL Server is becoming a mess and Exchange is a complete and utter failure of a product. With a brand new server with a fresh OS install Exchange fails to install. Install, a simple install. Exchange can’t do it. Then, once you spend weeks trying to get it to install, good luck configuring the thing so that it actually processes mail. Even Microsoft support can’t do it in many cases.
Microsoft is fast becoming useless to the computing industry. Open Source products have become just as good and just as viable.
If there are no jobs, “information workers” sitting at desks there will not be a huge need for buying new Windows 10 computers when users can consume entertainment on tablets and phones.
Spent some time at Duke Univ Hospital over the last few weeks and was impressed by how many people in the cafeteria had Windows Surface computers.