Might Bee True wrote:
Win XP was okay
Win Vista was an Epic Disaster
Win 7 was okay
Win 8 is an Epic Disaster
Win 9 will be ________ (fill in the blank)
this is pretty dead on. Windows Millennium (ME) was pre XP and it was a pretty epic disaster too. I'm holding out for 9
Windows 8.1 is awesome on my Surface Pro 3. I like it in every way on that device. I haven't tried it on anything else, except in store at Best Buy.
I can see it not being a good experience if you don't use it with the Surface Pro, or have to use a mouse. So it makes sense that many companies are not deploying it on desktop systems.
Windows 9 is a very good at the end of the year of high and watch movies and the best. The only thing that could make it a lot more fun than the original version is the most important thing is that it was. There is a good time to go back and forth between the government.
Manchester wrote:
BTW I'm a Mac user and don't really care whether Windows or Linux is better. But I know horseshit opinions when I see them and this thread is chock full of them.
Mac is simply an overpriced version of Linux, which is free.
zzzz wrote:
Windows 8.1 is awesome on my Surface Pro 3. I like it in every way on that device. I haven't tried it on anything else, except in store at Best Buy.
I can see it not being a good experience if you don't use it with the Surface Pro, or have to use a mouse. So it makes sense that many companies are not deploying it on desktop systems.
+1
Windows 8.1 is actually very good. It really shines on touch devices. It works just as well on non-touch devices like desktops. You see less uptake because IT depts are slow and cheap and don't want to shell out the $$ for another version of Windows when they just finished deploying Win7.
Win8 packs some serious under the hood improvements. For example, it absolutely sails on SSDs. Loads in 5 seconds from cold boot to desktop whereas Windows 7 would boot in 10 seconds (all else being equal). Driver support on Windows 8 is unparalleled. It will work on almost any combo of hardware right out of the box.
Also, the metro interface is here to stay. If you've used a tablet or Windows Phone 8 device, you know how good the tile interface is. Fresh, fast, modern. Eventually Windows will get to a point where it can run natively on any device whether it be a phone, desktop, tablet, laptop etc. People are going to love it. A clean, consistent interface on all of their devices and all data/software/settings will be sync'd in real time.
The only real downsides to Win 8 are hiccups with all the UEFI motherboard stuff (overzealous security can make installing it tricky), and the fact that Windows Media Center is no longer included for free (as it was in Windows 7).
this guy gets it . . .
actually knows the truth wrote:
zzzz wrote:Windows 8.1 is awesome on my Surface Pro 3. I like it in every way on that device. I haven't tried it on anything else, except in store at Best Buy.
I can see it not being a good experience if you don't use it with the Surface Pro, or have to use a mouse. So it makes sense that many companies are not deploying it on desktop systems.
+1
Windows 8.1 is actually very good. It really shines on touch devices. It works just as well on non-touch devices like desktops. You see less uptake because IT depts are slow and cheap and don't want to shell out the $$ for another version of Windows when they just finished deploying Win7.
Win8 packs some serious under the hood improvements. For example, it absolutely sails on SSDs. Loads in 5 seconds from cold boot to desktop whereas Windows 7 would boot in 10 seconds (all else being equal). Driver support on Windows 8 is unparalleled. It will work on almost any combo of hardware right out of the box.
Also, the metro interface is here to stay. If you've used a tablet or Windows Phone 8 device, you know how good the tile interface is. Fresh, fast, modern. Eventually Windows will get to a point where it can run natively on any device whether it be a phone, desktop, tablet, laptop etc. People are going to love it. A clean, consistent interface on all of their devices and all data/software/settings will be sync'd in real time.
theSausageKing wrote:
this guy gets it . . .
Ummm, no he doesn't get it. . . .
malmo wrote:
Every other Windows release actually works. Windows 7 works. Windows 8 sucks. Windows 9 will work. Windows 10 won't.
I'm waiting for Windows 11.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sRhuh8Aphc
True - you missed out Windows XP and then the disastrous Vista!
I've used Windows since Windows 98 in every version. XP was - and is - so good MS are more or less paying people to come off it (gift vouchers and such). It STILL works. Vista wtf was that. Windows 7 is the OS I still use... because it's XP made prettier and more functional. Windows 8 lol lol lol. The only one I never used nor wanted to.
I'm no fanboy (use Macs at work - they're okay and get the job done) but MS are victims of their own success. Some OS versions are so good, any change is usually a detriment, but they have an entire business revolving around conceiving and implementing upgrades and changes. So we have the great/woeful/great/woeful cycle as they stray from the XP-style OS, then go back, stray, go back etc.
If Microsoft had the same standards applied to them as every other seller of consumer products, Bill Gates wouldn't be a billionaire. Name any other corporation (a de facto monopoly) that is able to get away with selling defective products? Think about it.
Joe Binks wrote:
True - you missed out Windows XP and then the disastrous Vista!
Yes, and Windows ME didn't work before XP came out.
"How many people want to interact with the operating system?"
Umm, ever heard of Theodore Twombly?
This just in, Windows 9 expected to be better than Windows 8, and in latest news, Windows 10, is expected to be better than Windows 9.
Yeah! I also can't wait for the release of '6 Hour Energy'.