Can we take another “better” mousetrap??
Security Updates to follow October 1st.........................
Remember the "launch" of Windows '95?
Does not bode well...
From an "ease of use" and "eye candy" perspective, Windows 7 wins hands-down.
I use Windows 8 (With Classic Shell installed to disable the Charms menu and put a Windows 7 Start menu back) because I like Window's 8's speed and efficiency.
I still prefer the Windows 7 UI though.
My wish: Put the Windows 7 UI back (including Aeroglass) on top of Windows 8, while keeping the speed and efficiency of the Windows 8 kernel.
That would be a killer OS IMO.
This can only mean one thing : ALL WINDOWS 8 and 8.1 PRODUCTS ARE DEAD.
This includes the Surface Pro 3 Tablet/Laptop.
Please STOP Re-inventing the damn wheel.
He said it had a completely familiar look and feel, with all the controls just where they should be, absolutely rock solid, and virtually crash proof. He said we really have to give Microsoft credit because this time they actually listened and delivered exactly what the users wanted.
The only odd thing was when he peeled back the Windows 9 sticker on the box, it said Windows XP underneath?
I skipped 8 and see no reason why I’ll ever want to adopt 9.Windows XP served me well until a few years ago and 7 has been serving me well since.
Windows 9 will be to Windows 8 what Windows 7 was to Windows Vista.
Not a GREAT OS, but it will be such an improvement over the pile of shit they last released, it will seem like the greatest thing ever to most people!!
In all reality, Windows XP Professional still has all of the functionality that most home and the majority of business users need. You could almost say the same with Server 2003 on the Server side, but Server 2008 had enough additions over 2003 to make it a worthwhile deployment. Virtualization changed everything. I generally prefer VMware’s products over Microsoft’s in the area of virtualization.
Microsoft is basically treading water. They haven’t made any real innovations in YEARS(if not over a decade), every new thing they try has failed, and they are basically just sitting there - just waiting to be replaced by someone/something else. I suppose the ONLY REAL fairly recent success they had was with the XBox 360 gaming consoles, but with the latest offerings, Sony’s PS4 is blowing away Microsoft’s XBox ONE. (I own both, and prefer the PS4 by FAR)
They should shorten it to Trash.
I want XP back.
Don't start me on yet another redesign of the Office UI. I'm still digging users out from the "Let's do everything with ribbons!" switcheroo. And that was a long time ago now. I still have users stubbornly clinging to WordPerfect. It's how they work, it's how they're effective. It isn't really up to the vendors to tell them how they ought to be doing their business.
I went to Windows 7 after rebuilding my desktop and really like it. However, I have worked on friends laptops with Windows 8 and about lose my sanity. I always thought that Windows 8 will be another Windows Vista so it is no surprise that Microsoft is going back to a more Windows 7 platform.
Windows 9, now with less 8.
I am going to check it out, but I am going to make sure stupid things are turned off through msconfig and I am also going to make sure some lame virus program isn't running.
I've been dealing with computers since punch cards and have even android tablets these days and am not a total fossil when dealing with electronics, but in regard things to turn off and look out for with w8, any serious suggestions?
I told her already to get a different browser, and if need be we may wipe 8 out of her computer if I don't speed it up the traditional way.
Wow Microsoft is throwing the towel on Windows 8.