Windows 8 Consumer Preview - One word: fail (hilarious rant)

http://www.dedoimedo.com ^ | 21 March 2012 | Igor Ljubuncic

[Notary Sojac]

Windows 8 is obviously geared toward smartphones and tablets, or as we should call them, stupidphones and craplets. Lovely. Except, Windows 8 will also be shipped to customers running normal computers where battery life is of no consideration, screen size is ample, and productivity and efficiency are more important than looking cool.

OK, let me be blunt. No one is going to write their business PowerPoint presentations on a smartphone. No one is going to design a new car on a tablet. No one will run protein folding on their smartphone. No one will play ArmA II on a smartphone. No one will use those little bricks of plastic diarrhea for anything more than updating the status of their miserable existence on some social network. Mindless drones worldwide will bend over for you, but they will not bring you any cash, because mindless drones earn less than smart people. If you think smartphones are the future rather than yet another complimentary piece of electronics for your household repertoire of pr0n devices, then you should probably go to a weapons store, buy a pistol, buy one bullet, chamber the bullet, cock the weapon, flip the safety pin down, aim for your already lobotomized forehead, and pull the trigger.

....if you are willing to use a touch interface for viewing content, underneath a solid film of peeled skin and grease, food stains and fingernail cuts, then you are officially a retard.

[zeugma]

Thanks. I’ll fire it up in a VM and see how it looks. It will be interesting to see how much network connectivity it tries to demand. First pass with any MS product is always sans network.

[NathanR]

The ribbon is gone in Office 2010

[KC Burke]

Many large companies with a robust electronic platform served with windows desktops are yearning for MS to succeed. They don’t want to adapt to deal with the problems of Ipads although in some cases they have allowed IPhones in the tent.

[upchuck]

The ribbon is gone in Office 2010

M$FT modified the ribbon in 2010 (probably as a result of their corporate customers screaming about lost productivity and training time), but the basic ribbon structure is still there.

Here's a comparison. 2007 on top, 2010 on bottom:

[warsaw44]

same here - sticking with Windows 7.

I updated by accident at one point and a web site I use for business does not support Windows 8. Sure was fun finding that out.

Backed out to Windows 7 but now I see messages from Youtube.com saying Win 7 will no longer be supported in the near future.

[Bookwoman]

Companies that used Microsoft Access have to totally redo their programs because they made Access 2007 and 2010 so they are not backwards compatible and programs need to be redone - something most companies don’t want to or can’t afford at the moment. They stick with the XP machines and old versions of Office. They don’t need the bells and whistles and can’t afford to put a lot of money into upgrading. I have many clients who only use their computers at work for word processing and simple Excel. They don’t even NEED more than XP. It ain’t broke, don’t make these people spend money they don’t have.

Today I was with a client pricing laptops with new software and the cost was more than she could afford, even on sale. She is going to have to bite the bullet soon - her current laptop is on its last legs - but she is going to put it off as long as she can.

There is too much emphasis on computing as entertainment. The companies have to remember that some people are still working and want to use their computers for business!

[PapaNew]

If you think smartphones are the future...then you should probably go to a weapons store, buy a pistol, buy one bullet, chamber the bullet, cock the weapon, flip the safety pin down, aim for your already lobotomized forehead, and pull the trigger. ....if you are willing to use a touch interface for viewing content, underneath a solid film of peeled skin and grease, food stains and fingernail cuts, then you are officially a retard.

Wow, Igor, don't sugarcoat it. Tell us how you REALLY feel.

[kevkrom]

I have many clients who only use their computers at work for word processing and simple Excel. They don’t even NEED more than XP.

They don't even need XP for that (though there's no point changing horses if they've already got it); if you're just doing basic word processing and spreadsheets, a Linux or BSD system with OpenOffice will work just fine for the vast majority of folks.