What Chance of Windows 8 being the new Vista?

Saxon

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As title really.

What are the chances of Windows 8 being to Windows 7 what Vista was to XP?

Everyone seems to be very happy with Windows 7 so do you not think that Windows 8 will flop and everyone will just keep with 7?
 

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Well, you have to go with the times. From the first reports, it is liable to look very different - especially in the UI ( Mosh). But that is the beauty, we will have a lot of new things to discover.
 

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System One

  • OS
    Vista and Win7
    System Manufacturer/Model
    2xHP, 2xGateway, 1xDell, 1xSony
    Hard Drives
    5 SSDs and 12 HDs
While the people at MS might not really be "up with the times", they surely recognize Vista was at the least handled badly, and at most a huge failure. they seemed to "get it" with W7, so one can assume they won't make the same mistakes. But a radical departure from 7, or just a bit of a polish with more cutting edge technologies (hopefully security amongst them). A Guy
 

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System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Home x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    INTEL Core i5-750
    Motherboard
    ASUS P7P55D
    Memory
    KINGSTON HyperX Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 1866Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA GTX750
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG 27MP33HQ 32" IPS LED
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 840 Evo 120 GB, 2 x SEAGATE 500GB Barracuda® 7200.12, SATA 3 Gb/s, 7200 RPM, 16MB cache
    PSU
    ANTEC TruePower New TP-550, 80 PLUS®, 550W
    Case
    ANTEC Three Hundred Illusion
    Cooling
    COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus, 3 x 120mm 1 x 140mm Case
    Internet Speed
    20 + Mbps
    Browser
    Vivaldi
    Antivirus
    Avast
One Millenium and one Vista are enough. I bet Win 8 will be a great OS :)
 

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System One

  • OS
    Windows 10.0.10122
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    My Build - Vorttex Ultimate
    CPU
    Core i7 @ 4500 MHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    Memory
    32GB DDR3 @ 1822 MHz (OC)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radeon R9 280X 3GB @ 1180 / 6800 MHz
    Sound Card
    7.1 HDA
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LCD LG 22" + CRT LG 17"
    Screen Resolution
    1760 x 1320 / 1280 x 960
    Hard Drives
    1 x 240 GB SSD (System)
    3 x 500 GB HDD (Data/Media)
    1 x 2000 GB e-HDD (Backup)
    PSU
    ThermalTake 1000W PSU
    Case
    Corsair Carbide R300
    Cooling
    Corsair H60 (Push-Pull)
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Wireless Keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Wireless Mouse
    Internet Speed
    60 Mbps (Down) 5 Mbps (Up)
    Browser
    IE, FF, Chrome
    Antivirus
    AVG Internet Security 2015
    Other Info
    Some wired stuff
By the look of things Windows 8 just looks like another version of Vista and 7, if it dose look like that I will stay with Windows 7, I have had no problems with 7 so far and I like it.
 

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System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Service Pack 1 (Build 6.1.7601)
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (G0 Kentsfield) LGA775 (FC-LGA6)
    Motherboard
    GIGABYTE GA-EP35C-DS3R (Rev. 2.1)
    Memory
    Corsair TW3X4G1333C9A 4GB PC-10600 (2x XMS3 2GB)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS nVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT (G92GT/D8P)
    Sound Card
    RealTek ALC885/889A/890
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ChiMei CMV CT-730D 17inch (LCD Monitor)
    Screen Resolution
    1280-1024 60Hertz (Ture Colour 32bit)
    Hard Drives
    2x Barracuda 7200.10 SATA 3.0Gb/s 160-GB Hard Drive ST3160815AS (AHCI)
    PSU
    SUPER FLOWER 500watt Plug in Leads 24pin ATX BLACK MODEL
    Case
    Thermaltake Shark (VA7000SWA ATX) Full Tower
    Cooling
    Front 120mm fan (1400 RPM) /Rear 120mm (1400 RPM) blue LED
    Keyboard
    Labtec Media Desktop Y-SAD65
    Mouse
    Razer DeathAdder 3G Infrared Sensor (1800DPI)
    Internet Speed
    Telstra BigPond Elite Liberty ADSL2+ 24Mbps/256kbps
    Other Info
    ASUS PCE-N13 802.11n Wireless LAN card
Hmmm, the thing making me paranoid is all this stuff about "the cloud(tm)" in the ads. I have a PC because I can do stuff even though it's not hooked to a server. OK these days it helps to have broadband, but I really don't want to use Remote Procedure Call for every function to get a return code from some MS server someplace. I keep seeing this impulse to try to turn things back to smart terminals. I don't want to pay $1000 for a terminal, smart or stupid.
 

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System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.0 x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Toshiba Satelite C55D-A Laptop
    CPU
    AMD EI 1200
    Memory
    4 gb DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Raedon 340 MB dedicated Ram
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Built in
    Screen Resolution
    1366 x 768
    Hard Drives
    640 GB (spinner) Sata II
    Keyboard
    Built in
    Mouse
    Touch pad
I agree. For us single users, the cloud does not make a lot of sense. But think of companies where many people work on the same project - maybe even in different locations around the world. For them it may be convenient to share things via the cloud.

Another area I see are the upcoming Tablets - or even Smartphones. They may not have the muscle or storage to run any and every application. The cloud may help there too.

PS: I would not want to on the cloud either. But it is creepng up on us. Just think of all the upload sites we use, or the Google translater, online AV file checking, etc.
 

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System One

  • OS
    Vista and Win7
    System Manufacturer/Model
    2xHP, 2xGateway, 1xDell, 1xSony
    Hard Drives
    5 SSDs and 12 HDs
The cloud makes tons of sense. I could see this happening without any warning:
[video=youtube;lm-Vnx58UYo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm-Vnx58UYo[/video]


Good thing we have the cloud!! :rolleyes:
 

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System One

  • OS
    Windows 7
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Vostro
    CPU
    AMD Sempron 3600+
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon Xpress 1150
    Screen Resolution
    1200 x 800
    Hard Drives
    WD Scorpio Blue 500 GB
The cloud makes tons of sense. I could see this happening without any warning:
Good thing we have the cloud!! :rolleyes:
That is how I test my builds.
If they survive then I plug them in.:tongue: :thumb:
 

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System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 64bit
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Self built
    CPU
    Intel Core i7-870 Lynnfield 2.93GHz LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core
    Motherboard
    ASUS P7P55D-E PRO
    Memory
    4x2GB Crucial Ballistix DDR3 1600
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ENGTX460 DirectCU/2DI/1GD5 1GB 256-bit GDDR5
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster 941BW
    Hard Drives
    Intel 320 120GB W8 installed
    Samsung 830 128GB W7 installed
    2x WD Caviar Black SATA 3.0Gbs
    PSU
    Cooler Master 850W
    Case
    HAF-932
    Cooling
    Scythe-Mugen
The irony is, we could have used the cloud when we had slow CPU's and 256k Ram. But now that multi core CPU's and 4+ Gigs ram are the norm, and faster and more powerful is coming every day, then having a PC running only in the cloud would only seem to be a benefit for businesses and portable devices. I guess it's also about what "age" you are, PC wise. Some , like me, prefer to have our "stuff" on our PC's. I'll backup online if I want to. And certainly I use "cloud like" things already, like web based email. But let me decide how I'll do my computing, don't decide for me the cloud is what it's going to be. A Guy
 

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System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Home x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    INTEL Core i5-750
    Motherboard
    ASUS P7P55D
    Memory
    KINGSTON HyperX Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 1866Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA GTX750
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG 27MP33HQ 32" IPS LED
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 840 Evo 120 GB, 2 x SEAGATE 500GB Barracuda® 7200.12, SATA 3 Gb/s, 7200 RPM, 16MB cache
    PSU
    ANTEC TruePower New TP-550, 80 PLUS®, 550W
    Case
    ANTEC Three Hundred Illusion
    Cooling
    COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus, 3 x 120mm 1 x 140mm Case
    Internet Speed
    20 + Mbps
    Browser
    Vivaldi
    Antivirus
    Avast
Some , like me, prefer to have our "stuff" on our PC's. I'll backup online if I want to. And certainly I use "cloud like" things already, like web based email. But let me decide how I'll do my computing, don't decide for me the cloud is what it's going to be. A Guy

100% agreed.
 

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System One

  • OS
    Windows 10.0.10122
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    My Build - Vorttex Ultimate
    CPU
    Core i7 @ 4500 MHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    Memory
    32GB DDR3 @ 1822 MHz (OC)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radeon R9 280X 3GB @ 1180 / 6800 MHz
    Sound Card
    7.1 HDA
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LCD LG 22" + CRT LG 17"
    Screen Resolution
    1760 x 1320 / 1280 x 960
    Hard Drives
    1 x 240 GB SSD (System)
    3 x 500 GB HDD (Data/Media)
    1 x 2000 GB e-HDD (Backup)
    PSU
    ThermalTake 1000W PSU
    Case
    Corsair Carbide R300
    Cooling
    Corsair H60 (Push-Pull)
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Wireless Keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Wireless Mouse
    Internet Speed
    60 Mbps (Down) 5 Mbps (Up)
    Browser
    IE, FF, Chrome
    Antivirus
    AVG Internet Security 2015
    Other Info
    Some wired stuff
Apart from todays capabilities to do everything on your own system, there is also the question of internet speed. Now, the upload/download speeds are the weakest link in the whole chain. I am just uploading a little video of 75MBs on my other machine. It is 22% complete and still has 23 minutes to go - and that with DSL 3000. I do not see myself sending my daily images of 22GBs to the cloud. It will probably not be done the next morning. So you would have to have a dedicated "cloud server" that does nothing but shove the data around.
 

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System One

  • OS
    Vista and Win7
    System Manufacturer/Model
    2xHP, 2xGateway, 1xDell, 1xSony
    Hard Drives
    5 SSDs and 12 HDs
Windows 7 is what Vista should have been. Windows 8 will be like Win7 sp3 + some of "the cloud". You probably will see Win7 sp2 late this year.
 

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System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Black Shadow
    CPU
    i7-4790K
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte Z97X-UD5H
    Memory
    8GB Trident X 2400mhz cas9
    Graphics Card(s)
    Asus GTX 970 Strix
    Sound Card
    X-FI Extreme Music
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell U2412M
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1200
    Hard Drives
    850 Pro 256GB / Vector 150 240GB / Evo 250GB
    PSU
    Seasonic SS-660XP2
    Case
    Fractal Design R4
    Cooling
    Noctua NH-U14S
Windows 7 is what Vista should have been. Windows 8 will be like Win7 sp3 + some of "the cloud". You probably will see Win7 sp2 late this year.

I do not think so. I think it will be more of a revolution than an evolution. Has to be, in the face of the developments in the portable devices and ARM market. Laptops will slowly disappear and be replaced by Tablets - even Smartphones a la Motorola Atrix. PCs will be for servers, gamers and people who need that extra power.
 

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System One

  • OS
    Vista and Win7
    System Manufacturer/Model
    2xHP, 2xGateway, 1xDell, 1xSony
    Hard Drives
    5 SSDs and 12 HDs
I tend to agree. Also it seems to me that Vista was necessary. It prepared the way for W7. It got us all thinking about upgrading our machines for a start. After the Service Pack I thought it was an excellent OS.
If W8 is to be anything more than an upgrade to W7 it needs to be as revolutionary as Vista was to XP. MS have got to give us a reason to buy it. J
 

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System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 Home Premium/Linux Mint 10
    System Manufacturer/Model
    own build
    CPU
    Intel Core i7 920
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte (EX58-UD5)
    Memory
    Corsair 6141mb
    Graphics Card(s)
    XFX 260 GTX Black Edition
    Sound Card
    none
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell 2408 WFP
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1200
    Hard Drives
    2 x Samsung 1TB (F2&F3) + 1 x Samsung 500Mb
    PSU
    Corsair AX850 Pro
    Case
    Cooler Master ATCS 840
    Cooling
    Noctua HSF +2 x Noctua 120mm fans, 1 x 200mm front intake, 2 x 200mm top exhausts, 4 x Akasa Apache
    Keyboard
    Enermax Aurora/ Logitech Wave
    Mouse
    Roccat Kone/ Logitech Trackman Ball
    Internet Speed
    supposed to be 8Mbps, usually 4 0r 5Mbps
    Other Info
    can't think of anything else right now.
I do not think so. I think it will be more of a revolution than an evolution. Has to be, in the face of the developments in the portable devices and ARM market. Laptops will slowly disappear and be replaced by Tablets - even Smartphones a la Motorola Atrix. PCs will be for servers, gamers and people who need that extra power.

I don't think laptops will disappear any time soon. There seems to be a growing trend to replace desktops at home and work with powerful laptops and external multi-terabyte hard drives. Also, based on my own observations of how people conduct their business at the local Starbucks, a lot of folks rely on their laptops' abilities to read and burn CDs and DVDs. I can't envision people carrying around external burners/readers to connect to their smart phones or tablets. Of course there's always "the Cloud".
 

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System One

  • OS
    Win 7 Pro x64
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Vostro 1520
    CPU
    Intel C2D T6670 2.20GHz
    Motherboard
    Dell 0T808J (U2E1)
    Memory
    4GB dual ch DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    nvidia 256GB GeForce 9300M GS
    Sound Card
    IDT Hi Def
    Hard Drives
    Seagate 320GB SATA
    Keyboard
    PS/2
    Mouse
    Dell Synaptic Touchpad
For me, CDs and DVDs have already been replaced by USB sticks. Who in this day and age uses disks - far too messy. And tablets have USB ports. Don't take the retarded iPad as an example. The portable devices are far more flexible for transport than laptops. My Sony Vaio with transport case, mouse, etc. weighs 12 pounds. Compare that to 1 pound for a tablet (which has a lot more function).
 

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System One

  • OS
    Vista and Win7
    System Manufacturer/Model
    2xHP, 2xGateway, 1xDell, 1xSony
    Hard Drives
    5 SSDs and 12 HDs
In the part of the world I live in, bandwidth is not only precious but also scarce . You cannot have it , even if you are ready to pay for it . So in such a situation, a cloud based OS would not be very easy to use , I think . Storage and RAMs are rather easily available .

So if windows 8 is really going to be cloud based, I am to think again and again before having it . It would be a real pain if I am to wait long for loading my stuff:rolleyes:
 

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Very good point Arc. We sometimes forget that not everyone has the bandwidth available. A Guy
 

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System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Home x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    INTEL Core i5-750
    Motherboard
    ASUS P7P55D
    Memory
    KINGSTON HyperX Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 1866Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA GTX750
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG 27MP33HQ 32" IPS LED
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 840 Evo 120 GB, 2 x SEAGATE 500GB Barracuda® 7200.12, SATA 3 Gb/s, 7200 RPM, 16MB cache
    PSU
    ANTEC TruePower New TP-550, 80 PLUS®, 550W
    Case
    ANTEC Three Hundred Illusion
    Cooling
    COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus, 3 x 120mm 1 x 140mm Case
    Internet Speed
    20 + Mbps
    Browser
    Vivaldi
    Antivirus
    Avast
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