The history of Windows repeat?
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Remember the frustration created by Windows Vista? Windows 7 saved the day. The user experience of Windows 8 may not be as bad as Vista but is not as positive as Windows 7 either. Is Windows 9 going to save the day?
TOMZ_KV
Most arguments I read about 8 and people's wishes that 9 will somehow magically solve everything typically revolve around Metro and/or the Start screen. I'm using 8.1 on a first-gen Surface Pro--you can't get any more "native Win8" than that; this is the device MS designed from scratch for it. Yet I manage to use this device as my "daily driver", hooked up to my regular mouse/keyboard/three 1920x1200 monitors via a USB3 dock. So essentially I use it as if it was a regular PC. I don't spend my days with my arm extended to smear the screen with my greasy fingers. I don't use any Metro app, don't use the charms, and I've kept using the Windows 8 desktop like I've been doing for years now, which is, with all my everyday apps pinned to the taskbar or on the desktop itself. As such, I never see the much-maligned Start screen on 8 any more often than I did the Start menu on 7 and older versions. So what 9 is going to "fix", I don't know. People seem to be fixated on the return of the Start menu (I've had little use for it for years) and the fact that you'll be able to run Metro apps in windows (again, I'm not using any)...so...I'm not sure what I'm looking forward to in 9.
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Most arguments I read about 8 and people's wishes that 9 will somehow magically solve everything typically revolve around Metro and/or the Start screen. I'm using 8.1 on a first-gen Surface Pro--you can't get any more "native Win8" than that; this is the device MS designed from scratch for it. Yet I manage to use this device as my "daily driver", hooked up to my regular mouse/keyboard/three 1920x1200 monitors via a USB3 dock. So essentially I use it as if it was a regular PC. I don't spend my days with my arm extended to smear the screen with my greasy fingers. I don't use any Metro app, don't use the charms, and I've kept using the Windows 8 desktop like I've been doing for years now, which is, with all my everyday apps pinned to the taskbar or on the desktop itself. As such, I never see the much-maligned Start screen on 8 any more often than I did the Start menu on 7 and older versions. So what 9 is going to "fix", I don't know. People seem to be fixated on the return of the Start menu (I've had little use for it for years) and the fact that you'll be able to run Metro apps in windows (again, I'm not using any)...so...I'm not sure what I'm looking forward to in 9.
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Tomz_KV wrote:
"if you build it, they will come bend over".
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Remember the frustration created by Windows Vista? Windows 7 saved the day. The user experience of Windows 8 may not be as bad as Vista but is not as positive as Windows 7 either. Is Windows 9 going to save the day?
TOMZ_KV
Tomz_KV wrote:
Is Windows 9 going to save the day?
After looking at the screenshots I say absolutely not. Win9 still looks horrendous.
John
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I can see where they would want to: but they made the usual MS mistake of ignoring existing users. If they had run "devices" and "software" as separate divisions instead of trying to force incompatible environments together into one it could all have been very different. And probably a lot more successful.
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Tomz_KV wrote:
Is Windows 9 going to save the day?
After looking at the screenshots I say absolutely not. Win9 still looks horrendous.
John
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It is a historic moment for Microsoft shifting from software to devices & services. Windows phone has not been doing well so far. Apple experienced the transition years ago and did well.
TOMZ_KV
Tomz_KV wrote:
Apple experienced the transition years ago and did well.
There were a couple important differences with Apple: 1. Apple was ALWAYS a hardware company. 2. Apple had hit rock bottom in sales, market share, profits...
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
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Tomz_KV wrote:
Apple experienced the transition years ago and did well.
There were a couple important differences with Apple: 1. Apple was ALWAYS a hardware company. 2. Apple had hit rock bottom in sales, market share, profits...
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
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Remember the frustration created by Windows Vista? Windows 7 saved the day. The user experience of Windows 8 may not be as bad as Vista but is not as positive as Windows 7 either. Is Windows 9 going to save the day?
TOMZ_KV
I like windows 8 - maybe because its reminiscent of 3.1, and these days anything that makes me feel young cant be bad!
Ger
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I like windows 8 - maybe because its reminiscent of 3.1, and these days anything that makes me feel young cant be bad!
Ger
