Windows 8.2

[idle]

Windows 8-3 will sort it all out

[em_uk]

Windows 8-3, won't that be Windows 5?

[Foz]

Isn't windows 5 also known as XP?
And didn't that sort everything out?

[em_uk]

BRB - install Win XP!

[applePi]

the bootloader of win 8.1 are hostile and intrusive, it writes 200 MB of data on partition 0 even i have installed it on partition 3 replacing windows 7, the part 0 have windows xp my main os, if i choose xp from the boot menu (named as earlier version of windows) it restart and then going to the win xp.
also it does not detect zorin os linux,
i have tried to remove the win 8 bootloader by fixmbr but it does not have any effect on it. i hesitated to format win 8 partition (who knows how things works).
the only temporal choice it to use EasyBCD 2.2.0.182 community edition
i have installed it in windows xp, then from its menu we can change the Default OS. and now i can go to win xp without the restart from win 8 bootloader. but it seems i can't access linux since also its booloader are installed on partition 0 ( i should choose another place for the linux boot loader but i was not sure).

[heartbone]

Enron, 13 July 2014 - 18:22
"I was talking with Steve Ballmer yesterday and we came up with a great idea: get rid of the Start Menu and the Start Screen and force everyone to use Kinect for PC."

Cryton, 13 July 2014 - 19:39
"Do the Monster Mash to open the start menu, then jive to computer, double-thrust to open the context menu then do the splits to choose properties. Shamone!"

The above are comments about: New Start menu leaks in Windows build 9788


I hope that Enron is just kidding, but...
Ballmer is out right?

I still like the way that XP looks over the newer OSes, and Vista's Aero window border/taskbar/toolbar transparency stuff has no real user benefits, therefore it seems a rather unecessary addition.

But overall I have to give Microsoft's product research due credit.
Creating a "dumbed down" interface for the changing American population is probably a smart idea for the long term.

Desktop Operating System Market Share - June 2014: Windows XP @ 25.31% -4% from January
Windows 7 @ 50.55% +3% from January

I'll eventually get a refurbished Windows 7 desktop to replace my aging XP hardware.

[GeoTrail]

But at least they are doing something and acknowledging the original plan was faulty.

Great news!
But as you pointed out, too late.

I work in a computer store and no product has more dissatisfied customers, I actually feel sad for many of them (because their new laptop is often thought of as more hassle than useful or fun). As a salesman it is hard to sell.

I know what you mean JC.
I didn't like the interface either, and I still don't like to much.
But I have gotten used to it. Now I have Win8.1 on almost all my computers, apart from one with Windows 7 and one with XP. Windows 7 was really stable when it came out and got a few updates. Windows 8 is even more stable and seems to be more efficient in memory management. I haven't gotten a single bluescreen on any of my Win8 computers, apart from one that had a faulty USB connector that got soaked with cola.

[luis]

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/18 ... t-dead-yet

video -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--wgAsHWNRE#t=24

Good news: In Windows 9, it does indeed look like Desktop users won’t be thrust back into the full-screen Metro interface. Bad news: The Desktop interface now looks like it has been infected by Metro.

[skywalk]

Wow, that is a ridiculously busy interface

[TI-994A]

Sadly, after getting used to Windows 8, the metro-integration into the Windows 9 desktop seems cool. Especially for touchscreens.

[heartbone]

Sadly, after getting used to Windows 8, the metro-integration into the Windows 9 desktop seems cool. Especially for touchscreens.

Sadly indeed, because "seems cool" is the desired perception.
Wish there was something actually better for the desktop.
Oh yeah there is, and I'm already using it.
It seems that the Windows® XP+Windows® 7 juggernaut is slowly losing its chokehold on the desktop,
dropping a few percent to a tad over 75% in the latest numbers.
Surprise, surprise, right now it seems that Windows® 8 is the OS gaining users.
I'll be waiting with great anticipation to see if Windows® X introduces gradient icons!!!

But at this point I have no reason to change the method (a single click on a program icon)
that I use to launch the application programs such as Firefox, Thunderbird, GIMP, PureBasic,
VLC, and OpenOffice used most of the time on my XP or UBUNTU machine.

[TI-994A]

...Wish there was something actually better for the desktop.
Oh yeah there is, and I'm already using it.
It seems that the Windows® XP+Windows® 7 juggernaut is slowly losing its chokehold on the desktop,
dropping a few percent to a tad over 75% in the latest numbers.
Surprise, surprise, right now it seems that Windows® 8 is the OS gaining users...

Windows ME aside, the fact of the matter is, the adoption rates for the newer OS versions are usually slower because it takes time for their bootleg copies to become widely available. Even Windows 7 wasn't an instant hit, but now it's the holy grail.

As developers, we'd have to keep up or be left behind.