Hardware & Technical Windows 9, perhaps will be free
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Microsoft's bread and butter has always been the Office suite throughout the business world, or rather the licensing of it. While I'm doubtful too about letting their OS go for free, if it helps protect their percentage of coverage in the gaming and business world, then it won't be as big a loss as if they lost the Office people to other choices. Of course that's not very likely either, given a lot of the compatibility issues that are out there, but still, the OS is not where the money is.
W9 would have to offer something pretty amazing to shift folks off W7 methinks given how stable and effective it is - myself included; sure BBC running a story today following John Lewis Partnership upgrading their internal systems from XP to W7!
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28790582
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28790582
If Win9 were basically Win7 with the under the hood improvements of Win8 and without tiles, Metro, the ridiculous full screen 'apps', the app store, charms and all the rest of the nasty stuff then I might be interested.
Alas it I suspect it won't be. It'll be MS's second run at monetising their OS, and be annoying/frustrating in equal measure.
Currently on Win8.0 with as much rubbish removed as I could manage.
Alas it I suspect it won't be. It'll be MS's second run at monetising their OS, and be annoying/frustrating in equal measure.
Currently on Win8.0 with as much rubbish removed as I could manage.
Win8.1 is very good. Significantly better than 7. And you can boot into desktop completely ignoring the start screen which works quite well as a glorified search tool. I like the boot to desktop with all the useful control panel settings available with a right click on the start button. Means you rarely have to leave the desktop.
I just got a XPS 15 touchscreen with quad HD display and the start screen actually works quite well for what it was designed for. There are a lot of touch screen portable PC's now. So I don't think completely removing start is a good idea.
Having said that, my notebook is not my primary computer. I use a desktop for 3D work and some 2d editing. But the notebook is handy on the move.
I don't miss win7 at all, even on the desktop since 8.1 is a lot more stable and requires less pampering.
I just got a XPS 15 touchscreen with quad HD display and the start screen actually works quite well for what it was designed for. There are a lot of touch screen portable PC's now. So I don't think completely removing start is a good idea.
Having said that, my notebook is not my primary computer. I use a desktop for 3D work and some 2d editing. But the notebook is handy on the move.
I don't miss win7 at all, even on the desktop since 8.1 is a lot more stable and requires less pampering.
For a number of reasons I had to migrate from 7 to 8.1 - and it has been a pretty unpleasant experience to be honest.
The UI I find illogical and cumbersome, but some of the OS inner workings are a genuine improvement. If Win9 can simply put the 7 GUI on to 8 without 3rd party tools then I'll be happy.
I am a bit concerned though that they need one OS across all their systems - I think it'll get messy
The UI I find illogical and cumbersome, but some of the OS inner workings are a genuine improvement. If Win9 can simply put the 7 GUI on to 8 without 3rd party tools then I'll be happy.
I am a bit concerned though that they need one OS across all their systems - I think it'll get messy
Win8.1 has a lot going for it admittedly, unfortunately functionality isn't among that. Logging into another computer connected via LAN twice and with significant delay? No go. Fake writing .wim files? No go. Maybe I should have spent time figuring out why Win8.1 behaved like it did, but the incentive to do so was practically non-existent when Win7 is just a reinstall away.