Microsoft on the threshold of deleting ‘appalling’ Windows 8

[IdeasVacuum]

Seen this hinted a few times over the weekend - but they have not appointed a new CEO yet?
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/ ... 974439.ece

[idle]

They may as well call their new OS windows 9-2

[Tenaja]

I have win8 on a few systems, and still have yet to figure out why there is animosity with it. Every iteration has had differences--that is why they give it a new name--but it seems fine to me.

[Zach]

Can't read the whole article.

Thumbs down

[luis]

Can't read the whole article.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/wo ... 6801466263

[netmaestro]

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/wo ... 6801466263

Can't read any of it there. Have to login or subscribe to see anything at all.

[heartbone]

Thanks for posting this thread IdeasVacuum.
Looking at the headline on the page that luis linked:
Microsoft on the threshold of deleting 'appalling' Windows 8 software
I was thinking for a few seconds that it referred to a suite of apps,
but after reading it was apparent that the operating system may well indeed be slated for an undeserved quick death.
Yes it was stupid to release it as a desktop OS, but why kill it for touch tablets?
Stupid move after stupid move after stupid move?
Linux are a great free replacements that should get even better by the time that 9 is ready for release.
It seems that quietly M$ at some point backed off discouraging manufacturers from selling new Windows 7 machines.
I now see them advertised at Micro Center.
I hope that M$ does not perform a mercy killing, rather just create a more rational product line.
Their prime motivation needs to be the delivery of the optimal computing platform, not the maximization of profit.
But that's a pipe dream.

[PB]

Microsoft plans to cut its losses on Windows 8, the latest version of the software that runs the majority of the world’s computers, jettisoning the brand in an attempt to appease millions of disgruntled users.

Industry sources believe that the world’s biggest software company will announce a new operating system, codenamed "Threshold", at an event in April.

It is understood that ultimately Microsoft will call the system Windows 9 — a move, nonetheless, away from the Windows 8 brand that executives believe has become irreparably damaged by poor sales and scathing customer reviews.

PLEASE BE TRUE! I will never buy Windows 8, or even use it for free.

[luis]

Can't read any of it there. Have to login or subscribe to see anything at all.

Time passes. When Zach was lamenting his inability to read the original, previously accessible, this was still readable.

Anyway, there is no need to read that article since all it's saying it's based on this -> http://winsupersite.com/windows-8/thres ... april-2015, an update of what was previously linked here -> http://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtop ... 17&t=57689

Told you from the start Microsoft, next time write me an email and I'll save you some bucks and much embarrassment.

[utopiomania]

I have win 8.1 now, and it's the best so far, I use the start screen more and more over the desktop, the pc is much faster with 8 than any other Windows, so.. I love it, and I assume 9 will be even better..

[electrochrisso]

I have win 8.1 now, and it's the best so far, I use the start screen more and more over the desktop, the pc is much faster with 8 than any other Windows, so.. I love it, and I assume 9 will be even better..

I am with you utopiomania, can't see what all the fuss is about, 8.1 is working great for me too.

[c4s]

I am with you utopiomania, can't see what all the fuss is about, 8.1 is working great for me too.

Count me in!

[Poshu]

Even though I'm mostly using my osx and ubuntu partitions, window 8.1 feel pretty good to me too, especially when I got reed of the startscreen and installed a proper start menu (took me like 2 minutes, nothing big when you are installing a new OS). Maybe it's inability to correctly use a retina screen is the only real setback I can see.

[heartbone]

Even though I'm mostly using my osx and ubuntu partitions, window 8.1 feel pretty good to me too, especially when I got reed of the startscreen and installed a proper start menu (took me like 2 minutes, nothing big when you are installing a new OS).

After billions of dollars and millions of man hours, it had better 'feel pretty good'.

Maybe it's inability to correctly use a retina screen is the only real setback I can see.

How about the inability to work on perfectly good 2007 era hardware?
Windows 7 can work on it, why not 8???
A consumer/business computer OS provides an environment to run application software and hardware.
What can Windows 8 do that is useful for the desktop environment that Windows 7 can't?
The last time I checked, computers were binary digital, on or off.
Oh it can run the latest Direct X and IE all right,
but does Win 8.x introduce something fundamentally new technically for the desktop user?
Or does it represent new in a fluff sense to get your money?
If it is the latter, and I do believe that is the case here,
then the hyping of the fluff is the source of the animosity towards Windows 8.x.
If all of the improvements are hidden from the users and about supporting future standards then they may not appreciated.
Especially as these new standards seem to be about taking control away from the users.

UBUNTU user

[IdeasVacuum]

Overall, with the modern interface out of the way, the desktop interface is good - very similar to Win7, perhaps better in some ways. It should run on fairly old hardware, it is not the demanding CPU/GPU hog that the previous flop was (aka Vista).

new standards seem to be about taking control away from the users

That hits one of the nails on the head! The security measures are completely OTT and get in the way of productivity. Yet forcing those that want to work 'live' to use their MS Passport to login to their PC is less secure!

In my view, the perception of security risk is itself hyped - maybe one day WikiLeaks will reveal that many of the hyped-up viruses etc are a product of the anti-virus industry........