I think this is as excited as I've been for a Windows release since '95. Which isn't saying a whole lot, but still, this will be the first time I've felt any desire to try upgrading to a new release as soon as it becomes available in 20 years.
Windows 10 launches this summer in 190 countries around the world
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Re: Windows 10 launches this summer in 190 countries around the world
#12It may be a south-of-the-equator mentality, but it's not going to be summer in all of the 190 countries when Windows 10 is launched. differing calendars aside could USA-centric press releases just mention the month rather than the season?
They haven't announced a month, and there may be good reasons for that. They may have a target goal in mind, but still want wiggle-room if unexpected issues come up, and 'summer' sounds a heck of a lot better than 'At some point in the months of x and y'
Well there are other options: Q2/Q3 2015, mid 2015, etc.
Re: Windows 10 launches this summer in 190 countries around the world
#13That's really soon, which fills me with dread. The UI as seen in the most recent pre-release builds is atrocious and it seems to be getting worse, not better, with each build.
Just look at these icons: http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-10-10036-83-updated-icons...
Perhaps they're pulling another 'Watercolor' (the pre-release decoy Windows XP theme that was replaced by Luna at the last minute), but I'm not getting my hopes up.
Re: Windows 10 launches this summer in 190 countries around the world
#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
They haven't announced a month, and there may be good reasons for that. They may have a target goal in mind, but still want wiggle-room if unexpected issues come up, and 'summer' sounds a heck of a lot better than 'At some point in the months of x and y'
Well there are other options: Q2/Q3 2015, mid 2015, etc.
I don't think any other (non-verbose) options encapsulate what summer means with the same specificity. Q2/Q3 includes a far longer span of time, mid-2015 covers a 4 month period that covers a significant portion of spring and doesn't cover the entirety of summer, and I fear that all other simple options would suffer the same fate.
Considering the vast majority of computer users and potential Microsoft customers reside in the northern hemisphere, I don't think there's any problem with using summer as a timeframe.
Re: Windows 10 launches this summer in 190 countries around the world
#15That's really soon, which fills me with dread. The UI as seen in the most recent pre-release builds is atrocious and it seems to be getting worse, not better, with each build. Just look at these icons: http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-10-10036-83-updated-icons... Perhaps they're pulling another 'Watercolor' (the pre-release decoy Windows XP theme that was replaced by Luna at the last minute), but I'm not getting my…
Luckily at least the start menu should be fixed before RTM, as far as I know.
Re: Windows 10 launches this summer in 190 countries around the world
#16That's really soon, which fills me with dread. The UI as seen in the most recent pre-release builds is atrocious and it seems to be getting worse, not better, with each build. Just look at these icons: http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-10-10036-83-updated-icons... Perhaps they're pulling another 'Watercolor' (the pre-release decoy Windows XP theme that was replaced by Luna at the last minute), but I'm not getting my…
Luckily at least the start menu should be fixed before RTM, as far as I know.
Fixed relative to what's in build 10036, undoubtedly, but I'm struggling to see how it will end up being an improvement over the Windows Vista/7-era version as far as desktop users are concerned. That said, it is an improvement over the Windows 8/8.1 Start Screen.
Re: Windows 10 launches this summer in 190 countries around the world
#17It's going to be free for some Win7/Win8 users[1], I still use Win7 so I'm looking forward to the upgrade. 1: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2873214/windows-10-will-be-a-...
You must have a lot of faith in Microsoft when you consider giving up your stable Windows7 in favor a dot zero release of an Operating System that in a lot of way still looks like Windows8.
Unless I can see any kind of track record that it is indeed stable, all the cloud crap can be disabled and they actually put back Themes so I can get rid of everything "modern" or metro or whatever they call this nonsense, I am very happy sticking with 7 for at least the next 5 years.
Re: Windows 10 launches this summer in 190 countries around the world
#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
Luckily at least the start menu should be fixed before RTM, as far as I know.
Fixed relative to what's in build 10036, undoubtedly, but I'm struggling to see how it will end up being an improvement over the Windows Vista/7-era version as far as desktop users are concerned. That said, it is an improvement over the Windows 8/8.1 Start Screen.
And that is all most users really care about.
Re: Windows 10 launches this summer in 190 countries around the world
#19For anyone who checks comments first, I believe this is a better link.
http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/03/17/windows-...
Article linked to is a very brief summary that links to the above.
Re: Windows 10 launches this summer in 190 countries around the world
#20LOL, windows 8 users can't wait.
Meh. I can.
Windows 8 works quite well on both of my touch capable laptops, my gaming rig, and old 4-5 year development machine.
With 8.1 the Start button is back, but pressing the Windows key on the keyboard and selecting one of the pinned applications, or typing for search, works perfectly.
It took a while for me to put aside my feeling that things had to stay how they were, but once I did (touch capable device helped) I liked it. A lot.
I hope 10 refines things further. With the cost of touch capable Windows machines so low, the installed OS needs to work.
Edit: and if they can improve startup times even further with 10? Wow. Windows 8 was already faster than 7 on the same machines, even older machines and on non-SSD drives.