I am actually looking forward to this. I have been using the Windows 8 Release Preview for the last few weeks and I quite like it.
Windows 8 launch date announced: October 26th
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Re: Windows 8 launch date announced: October 26th
#12I guarantee that, shortly after the launch date, many tech media outlets will announce: "XX million copies of Windows 8 shipped." "Windows 8 sets record for [carefully worded phrase relating to sales volume]" ...et cetera. Essentially, Microsoft will make a concerted effort to assure potential customers that Windows 8 is something that is being accepted. I guess that's no big surprise. Will Windows 8 add significant…
Hopefully a few hundred million XP users will upgrade. For me, it's all about Internet Explorer. If Win8 does well, IE10 will be the new minimum for html5, and it's a lot better than the previous IE's. http://html5test.com/results/desktop.html Most non-corporate Win7 users should get the IE10 update too. In a year IE8 usage will be in the single digits.
I am not sure, what makes you think that people that didn't upgrade to windows 7 and ie9 will upgrade to windows 8 and ie10?
Re: Windows 8 launch date announced: October 26th
#13Massive amount of effort to unify the interface between platforms, simplify choice for the user, and move towards a consistent Microsoft vision and they still insist on putting out a "Pro" version.
Re: Windows 8 launch date announced: October 26th
#14Massive amount of effort to unify the interface between platforms, simplify choice for the user, and move towards a consistent Microsoft vision and they still insist on putting out a "Pro" version.
I had an interview in Microsoft's local office a couple of months ago and as long as I can tell, they are a company that believes it can increase sales of Office physical boxes, you know the ones with DVDs in them. Of course not all of the company is not like that but they just can't seem to get over the fragmented mentality in the company.
Re: Windows 8 launch date announced: October 26th
#15I'm in the process of building software to detect fake positive sentiment related to tech products. There are a few comments in this section right here that are carefully worded but the software flagged them as fake anyway. It's the type of comment that begins with "I was skeptical at first, but windows 8 won me over in the end" (haha).
Re: Windows 8 launch date announced: October 26th
#16I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm looking forward to the Surface launch. It looks like almost exactly what I'd love to have in a tablet.
Me too, I think the x86 Surface is going to be to me what the dust covered iPad on my shelf never was. However, I'm feeling that Windows 8 on the desktop is going to be a disaster. There's just no benefit to a tablet/phone UI on my desktop.
And that is why noone will use Metro on their desktop for real work.
For a workstation the Windows 7 to Windows 8 transition will be much smaller than the Vista to Windows 7 transition, so I have a hard time understanding how it could be a disaster...
Re: Windows 8 launch date announced: October 26th
#17I guarantee that, shortly after the launch date, many tech media outlets will announce: "XX million copies of Windows 8 shipped." "Windows 8 sets record for [carefully worded phrase relating to sales volume]" ...et cetera. Essentially, Microsoft will make a concerted effort to assure potential customers that Windows 8 is something that is being accepted. I guess that's no big surprise. Will Windows 8 add significant…
have you tried it? I want to bash on it but its actually pretty good. they have solved a hard problem of making an OS scale between laptop, desktop, and tablet. the interface is clean and consistent and increasingly the whole Microsoft line is coherent with a simular interface.
A problem that imo doesn't exist. A tablet is different to a phone is different to a desktop computer. This OS may be "solving" some problems, but it seems to be doing it at a cost, reducing functionality on the desktop. Besides, who even /has/ a windows phone or tablet? Who would want one?
Re: Windows 8 launch date announced: October 26th
#18I guarantee that, shortly after the launch date, many tech media outlets will announce: "XX million copies of Windows 8 shipped." "Windows 8 sets record for [carefully worded phrase relating to sales volume]" ...et cetera. Essentially, Microsoft will make a concerted effort to assure potential customers that Windows 8 is something that is being accepted. I guess that's no big surprise. Will Windows 8 add significant…
Hopefully a few hundred million XP users will upgrade. For me, it's all about Internet Explorer. If Win8 does well, IE10 will be the new minimum for html5, and it's a lot better than the previous IE's. http://html5test.com/results/desktop.html Most non-corporate Win7 users should get the IE10 update too. In a year IE8 usage will be in the single digits.
"IE10 will be the new minimum for html5" I'm not sure what this means, but it sounds horrible, I understand IE is getting better, but it did the damage in the early years, and it burnt its bridges with so many users and developers. I cannot see this changing while MS still execute "Embrace, Extend, Extinguish".
Re: Windows 8 launch date announced: October 26th
#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
have you tried it? I want to bash on it but its actually pretty good. they have solved a hard problem of making an OS scale between laptop, desktop, and tablet. the interface is clean and consistent and increasingly the whole Microsoft line is coherent with a simular interface.
A problem that imo doesn't exist. A tablet is different to a phone is different to a desktop computer. This OS may be "solving" some problems, but it seems to be doing it at a cost, reducing functionality on the desktop. Besides, who even /has/ a windows phone or tablet? Who would want one?
Apple might disagree with you... There is a trend where OSX is getting slowly but steadily closer to iOS.
Re: Windows 8 launch date announced: October 26th
#20Is this going to be on MSDNAA like Windows 7 was? Or what is the cheapest/best way to get the Pro version for significantly less than retail?