Why Windows 8 isn't the monster hybrid some tout it as...

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A Desktop and touch interface. OK, the arguments are there that touch and Desktop DO NOT GO TOGETHER. There's the other argument that Windows 8 is covering too much ground and will loose too many users as it doesn't know what it is. A tablet and a Windows Desktop based operating system do not mix.

I beg to differ.

Now, I was pondering this and I thought of probably the BEST way to explain Windows 8: the iphone. Yes, the iphone. Before said device was released among the masses of consumers, the phone that people used were either flip phones or some iteration of slide or flip or even a simple candy bar shaped phone attached to a cord. Some years before that, a cell phone was what a phone is, you call people with it. You didn't send instant text messages, you didn't take pictures, you didn't listen to music, you didn't watch video, you didn't edit pictures, you didn't go on the internet, you didn't shop with it, you didn't make lists with it, you didn't take idiotic "artistic" pictures of food at an angle and instagram it and post it to facebook, you didn't facebook, you didn't twitter, you didn't IM, you didn't do social networking, you didn't use it as a flashlight, you didn't use it as a mirror, you didn't use it to check the weather, you didn't use it to look like a dolt and ask your phone if it's raining outside when you can clearly see from your window it is clearly raining outside, you didn't use it to check stocks, you didn't overclock the processor, you didn't dual boot operating systems, you didn't use it as a GPS, and most of all, you didn't use it to install apps to make up for your phone's inabilities. You didn't do much with them, just calling.

Moving on past the year 2000 :D, phones became flipable. Then, an itty bitty megapixel camera came onto them. And just before the iphone, music and video were able to be played on some higher end ones.

Then came the iphone. Say what you want about it (overhyped, featureless, bland, used by brainwashed masses), but it changed almost EVERYTHING about the way we use phones. Now, what you couldn't do before has become what EVERY phone, Windows Phone or android or iphone, has been trying to be: what it's not. A phone isn't a PC. It's not a desktop, laptop, tablet, whatever. A phone isn't used to run millions of different apps, run 9 apps at the same time, and it's not supposed to be used for everything that you would had used a PC before. You're not supposed to print from a phone, but now you can. You're not supposed to edit photos as you would on a PC on a phone. You just don't, but it's what literally a lot of people do everyday. It's the norm, it's the mainstream. Today, if you see someone with a flip phone, you assume they're on a pre-paid plan to save money or if you see a phone that doesn't have an app store; it must be used by your grandmother or someone's mother. Heck, the latest android "phones" have dual core processors, 1 gig of RAM and at least 32 gigs of storage and very soon to make some phones updatable to the next two versions of android; one in particular will have TWO gigs of RAM just to run apps and the OS. A bit later, we'll be seeing quad core phones and MORE RAM. I'll be personally waiting for a Nokia Lumia PureView phone simply for its camera that destroys the purpose of EVERY point-and-shoot digital camera and give some DSLR cameras a run for their money.

So what we have in use today that the mainstream uses everyday is a Frankenstein hybrid, a toaster and a refrigerator: a phone and a PC.

There you have it, and that's how the cookie crumbles.
 

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I believe they can both exist on the same device quite successfully.

MS has not implemented it as well as they might ( I am being generous ).

It is their first attempt.

There will be big changes in the next version.

Next version won't be 3 yrs, probably more like a year - perhaps less if this thing bombs really badly.
 

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The PC is on the way out, in about another 5 years or so it's going to be obsolete. Business will hang on to it longer than the average consumer but that's about it.

People now days are on the go all the time, want something that is portable, mobile, small and can address all their needs. Social networking and HD media of all kinds is becoming more popular by the minute.

Microsoft has realized this and is taking a step toward integrating their products into this consumer flow. Windows 8 is just the first step towards this, within two or 3 years when we have windows 9 or 10, I think it will be pretty slick.

I guess the question is right now, how many people want to exit their comfort zone in Windows 7 to be a guinea pig if you will for Windows 8, some people will accept this and some will not.

I have 3 desktops and a laptop in my home, I will certainly upgrade one of them to Windows 8, play around with it and if it passes that test, especially concerning networking and HD media streaming throughout the house then I will go full tilt Windows 8
 

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Nice thread /post Cokie! You're an absolute genius! Right on, Bro! :thumb:

I can see myself in the future with two devices once all problems of multitasking on these devices are worked out. A pocket-sized pad that will replace the phone via Bluetooth and something like the Surface Pro. What else would one need?
 

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Good post!

I've definitely warmed to W8 the more I have been using it and I can see the direction Microsoft is trying to take it. It makes sense really because things are changing. I don't think it's going to be the end of desktop computers it's just integration across all the different devices and tying all the services up. I have an Android tablet and use Splashtop Streamer to assess my PC remotely and I am able to use W8 as a touch screen device on there and I have to say it's pretty nifty and it has definitely wetted my apatite for a W8 tablet. But we will see how it pans out first.
 

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Nice thread /post Cokie! You're an absolute genius! Right on, Bro! :thumb:

I can see myself in the future with two devices once all problems of multitasking on these devices are worked out. A pocket-sized pad that will replace the phone via Bluetooth and something like the Surface Pro. What else would one need?

What else would one need? For me personally;
  • A device that I can add hard drives to, or substantial storage for videos, music, etc. Unsure yet on TB sized memory cards
  • A device that I can upgrade a video card on, so that as new video games come out that I want to play, that I have the ability to change my PC to keep up with the times.
  • A device that can support dual or triple monitors for more screen real estate. As I am often doing multiple things with my computer, having lots of screen real estate is important.
  • A full sized quality keyboard for many input tasks. I actually do invest money into my keyboards and they make a big difference when I am typing quite a lot.

For me, I think I have the portability that I need. I have my smartphone for always on the go, I have my tablet for other portability purposes, and I have my laptop/pc for most everything else. I don't feel that I need portability when it comes to video encoding or DVD ripping or video game playing. I don't always need to carry that stuff around with me.


I think for many people though, they use computers and technology a lot different than I do. They don't really need computers per se, they just need email, facebook, twitter and the web. For them, a tablet or smartphone is ideal.

And it's smart of Microsoft to try to scoop up this segment of the market and not avoid it. As usual, they are late to the game when it comes to new technology. Everybody else (mostly Apple) came to this tablet market and have established significant market dominance. Now, Microsoft is scrambling to try to create their own system as they clearly see the trend that more tablets are being sold each year than PC's. Since their phone system didn't take off at all, they are now going to use their established dominance on the desktop to try to force the issue on people. Time will tell if it's successful.
 

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Ok, Parks. I hear you. Different needs for different users. What if in the future we, lets say, e.a. -> take a device like the Surface Pro if equipped with enough USB ports to hook up all the peripherals one would like when one gets home or office? Sounds nutty, but possible. Of course they would have to run at low wattage, unless they had there own power source.

BTW, the large cards will come. In fact, sooner or later we will be buying flics, music albums, software, etc. on cards or downloading onto them. The disk will be a thing of the past. We'll throw cards around just as we did calculators years ago.

So far as changing guts, that is a problem, but not impossible.
 

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When a tablet can support a lot of screen real estate and hi-res graphics for games then I'll take it seriously.

I run 3 24" wide-screen monitors (Win7 x64) and about 1 TB of local storage on my desktop at the office and I love it. I have a 19" wide screen monitor and 2 GB graphics card on my home machine (along with two external 1 TB hard drives). It's going to take a heck of a tablet to match either of those.
 

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The PC is on the way out, in about another 5 years or so it's going to be obsolete. Business will hang on to it longer than the average consumer but that's about it.

People now days are on the go all the time, want something that is portable, mobile, small and can address all their needs. Social networking and HD media of all kinds is becoming more popular by the minute.

Microsoft has realized this and is taking a step toward integrating their products into this consumer flow. Windows 8 is just the first step towards this, within two or 3 years when we have windows 9 or 10, I think it will be pretty slick.

I guess the question is right now, how many people want to exit their comfort zone in Windows 7 to be a guinea pig if you will for Windows 8, some people will accept this and some will not.

I have 3 desktops and a laptop in my home, I will certainly upgrade one of them to Windows 8, play around with it and if it passes that test, especially concerning networking and HD media streaming throughout the house then I will go full tilt Windows 8


5 years, eh?

I sincerely doubt that.

The PC is not dead, and is not dying.

It's simply matured. Most who want one already have one. And most don't feel the need to buy
a new one every other week, just because the case-colour has changed. They buy on need, not
hype or 'fashion'.

So the proles have been suckered into thinking smartphones and tablets are the 'future'.

They're not. They are an accessory to a proper PC, not a substitute. And they are
also designed to be a constant slow-leak of your wallet, another good reason for not
wanting one.

And for those who like to use their machines to create content, rather than blindly suck
dubious pay-per-view content or hang about on Farce-book, they will always remain so.

I'd rather a useful tool than a toy or a fashion-accessory, any day. Tablets simply don't cut it.

The PC still rules, and will for many years. Certainly for 'serious' users and hardcore gamers.
 
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The PC is on the way out, in about another 5 years or so it's going to be obsolete. Business will hang on to it longer than the average consumer but that's about it.

People now days are on the go all the time, want something that is portable, mobile, small and can address all their needs. Social networking and HD media of all kinds is becoming more popular by the minute.

Microsoft has realized this and is taking a step toward integrating their products into this consumer flow. Windows 8 is just the first step towards this, within two or 3 years when we have windows 9 or 10, I think it will be pretty slick.

I guess the question is right now, how many people want to exit their comfort zone in Windows 7 to be a guinea pig if you will for Windows 8, some people will accept this and some will not.

I have 3 desktops and a laptop in my home, I will certainly upgrade one of them to Windows 8, play around with it and if it passes that test, especially concerning networking and HD media streaming throughout the house then I will go full tilt Windows 8


5 years, eh?

I sincerely doubt that.

The PC is not dead, and is not dying.

It's simply matured. Most who want one already have one. And most don't feel the need to buy
a new one every other week, just because the case-colour has changed. They buy on need, not
hype or 'fashion'.

So the proles have been suckered into thinking smartphones and tablets are the 'future'.

They're not. They are an accessory to a proper PC, not a substitute. And they are
also designed to be a constant slow-leak of your wallet, another good reason for not
wanting one.

And for those who like to use their machines to create content, rather than blindly suck
dubious pay-per-view content or hang about on Farce-book, they will always remain so.

I'd rather a useful tool than a toy or a fashion-accessory, any day. Tablets simply don't cut it.

The PC still rules, and will for many years. Certainly for 'serious' users and hardcore gamers.

Thanks Kat. You are spot on. And I think anyone that actually has a wide view of the situation knows that is dead on.

I'm SO tired of trying to knock some sense into the more narrow views here sometimes, I just get too flabbergasted by some of the er, downright ignorant threads and replies about how a phone and a tablet are all anyone will ever need in the future. I read this post and the first few replies and my eyes almost rolled out of my head at the laser beam narrowness of the thought process going on. I mean not even 20 years from now will that be true. 50? well who knows. But it's nothing worth banking on today.

And even if the likes of Apple and Microsoft deem it so, it is still not so, and the entire professional community will let them know it in short order...

I am a gadget freak, a consumer AND a professional computer user at work and at home and I have a 360 degree vision of the universe and *I* say that the world as a whole cannot even /begin/ to do without a desktop computer and an desktop OS and everything that that currently entails in, for example, Windows 7. Individual, casual, low requirement users, sure. Everyone? Not even close!
 

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Fseal and Kat,

I agree for me, the PC is going nowhere and is certainly not dead.

However, one cannot discount the fact that tablets and iPad's sell these days like crazy and people are forgoing the efficiencies and productive nature of a desktop or PC for the portability and the take it everywhere you go nature of a portable device. I think for a lot of people, tablets are a perfect fit substitute for what they actually do with a computer. So, I don't think these people are out of their minds when they say they don't see a computer in their future. Just as I don't think you guys are out of your minds for saying that you don't see the PC going away any time soon.

I've yet to see any business successfully swap out a desktop computer for a tablet for everyday office use. For a portable system, for traveling to a client site...yes. For everyday use, that would be a new one to me.
 

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To say the desktop PC is dead hardly warrants a response. All I'll say is: Watch and learn.

No doubt there is a relatively new burgeoning market, especially popular in the teen to early twenties, for devices with mobile access to music, games and social connectivity sites such as Face Book, Twitter, etc. And the preferred vehicle is smartfones/ipad followed not too closely by tablets. Hell if you're in high school and you haven't got a smartfone, you're socially dead in the water. But this doesn't replace desktops, it's just an added option.

Next step up to serious PC work is the laptop, and for really serious work, desktop. My son's girlfriend is a professor in the field of disabled children's communication and learning. To use up her grant she bought a tablet for a lecture tour in China. When she returned she gave the tablet to my son, and went back to work on her desktop. The tablet was a specific tool for a specific limited job, and when done, was not needed and discarded.

There are different motor vehicles for different purposes and no one group replaces the other. From a bus to a formula one racer, they all have a function to fulfill. To say mobile devices will eventually replace desktops is akin to saying stretch limos will one day replace off road 4 wheel drives.
 
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Fseal and Kat,

I agree for me, the PC is going nowhere and is certainly not dead.

However, one cannot discount the fact that tablets and iPad's sell these days like crazy and people are forgoing the efficiencies and productive nature of a desktop or PC for the portability and the take it everywhere you go nature of a portable device. I think for a lot of people, tablets are a perfect fit substitute for what they actually do with a computer. So, I don't think these people are out of their minds when they say they don't see a computer in their future. Just as I don't think you guys are out of your minds for saying that you don't see the PC going away any time soon.

I've yet to see any business successfully swap out a desktop computer for a tablet for everyday office use. For a portable system, for traveling to a client site...yes. For everyday use, that would be a new one to me.

Hi@pparks1

The new Ultrabooks are a thriving end to the PC market even in these economic times --but beware these are HIDEOUSLY expensive.

I just got mine this week -- and it's worth EVERY EUROCENT I paid for it. I7 processor, 8GB memory, 250 GGB SSD, USB3 slots etc and about as thin as a dollar coin and weighs about the same as my old trusty netbook.

These easily render any sort of "Desktop" obsolete unless you are an extreme gamer -- but beware they'll cost you upwards of 850 USD for decent ones.

It's amazing but this segment of the market is actually growing quite well.

This will be the last message I'll type from my old Netbook -- much as it has been fine --but the new laptop actually weighs less and with a decent I7 processor as well --there's no competition anymore. The Netbook I'm donating to a colleague.

These new Ultrabooks if you can afford them should blow away any tablet in the universe and they also have great looks too -- making the Ipad look positively "Old Fashioned".

Cheers
jimbo
 

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@Jimbo:

I'm actually thinking about investing in new laptop for personal use to replace the Dell Latitude E6400 that I carry with me everyday between home and work. I'm looking at the Lenovo X1 Carbon ultrabook. While it may run me $1,500+, its the one that I am most interested in. I just wished that it included an eSata port (that's what I use on my current desktop and E6400), an onboard Ethernet port for docking purposes (because wired on my gigabit network at home is just flat out FASTER), and I wish that it had a user replaceable battery. All in all though, a 14" screen, 1600x900 resolution, less than 3lbs, 3G support, SSD, great keyboard, high quality and extremely loud laptop speakers, a huge touchpad, and a battery that gets 80%+ charged in just 30 minutes.
 

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I've only had this laptop for about 6 months, and there is virtually nothing it can't do.

*See my System Specs*

Its only drawback is that it's far from being easily portable.

And I wouldn't swap it for anything (except an even more powerful one). :geek:

I have a smaller laptop if I need to take decent computing power with me.

For anything else, there's the Android phone. And it gets almost NO internet use.
 

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It's really about the integration of technologies. Yes, a tablet PC in the near future won't have a terabyte of storage but 10 years ago, not many desktop users did. Even still, an external hard drive and the Windows Libraries feature work great!

See, as of now, you can really regard the tablet sector as a genuine use and discard category. They're like smartphones, you use them for a bit and get a new one. A TABLET PC, is different. The other tablets are genuinely built off a stripped up smartphone OS, not an actual separate OS. I find that the tablet PC will be used like a laptop is used these days: as a user's main PC. Take a gander at a decent laptop and you'll find some things on them that makes them more desirable than the average desktop tower. It's got a nice color, :) has a kicking processor that is fast and efficient, buttload of RAM, SSD storage and even a combo of a terabyte hard drive and SSD. Sure, you can't upgrade much like a desktop, but for the user it's usually quite fine for at least 5 years. I've never really seen laptops discarded for a new one, usually practicality sets in and a new hard drive or SSD is all that it takes to make it last many years.


And then there's the desktop. Nope, it won't be gone, ESPECIALLY because of Windows 8. I shall explain. It's simple.



The VERY first PCs had a screen and the components built into one case with a keyboard right in front of the screen and a mouse along side it. They were more what you call an All-In-One PC. Today, the AIO form factor seems to be taking off more than ever before. They're more compact, have a decent screen size, and just look more attractive than a tower and screen. What's more is that they're being built more and more with a touch screen. What goes uber great with touch? Windows 8. I find that the AIO PC is the TRUEST form of desktop. It literally IS on top of your desk, a desktop. :) I've never looked inside of one, but I'd imagine it's more like a laptop but without the power efficiency of one. Or, I think they might be a cross in between but things are incredibly slim. I bet GPUs can't be easily upgraded though......


I personally am in the process of rebuilding my desktop case altogether. I finally got the bottom case fan hole cut out and I need another hard drive bay to strip down to build a new large one with. I'm going to have a pretty sleek looking case with connectors galore and wicked amounts of storage and processing power when all is said and done. But that's me. It's nice to have a smartphone, a Windows Phone even more, but it's more as a companion device to my PC. When I need to do PC style of work, I need a PC. I need a larger screen, and preferably a separate keyboard. A Windows Phone isn't a PC, nor is an iphone. An android maybe, but that's an OS that is trying to be a wolf when it's a sheep, it's trying too much to be a PC replacement than anything. The tablet PC has its place and its role. As technology develops and gets less costly, one day tablet PCs will be the new mainstream instead of the laptop.
 

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I find that the tablet PC will be used like a laptop is used these days: as a user's main PC.
I'm sorry, but I don't see a 7-10" screen as my main PC any time soon.

Take a gander at a decent laptop and you'll find some things on them that makes them more desirable than the average desktop tower. It's got a nice color, :) has a kicking processor that is fast and efficient, buttload of RAM, SSD storage and even a combo of a terabyte hard drive and SSD. Sure, you can't upgrade much like a desktop, but for the user it's usually quite fine for at least 5 years. I've never really seen laptops discarded for a new one, usually practicality sets in and a new hard drive or SSD is all that it takes to make it last many years.
Laptops are more desirable because they come in nice colors??? Are you freaking serious? My laptops are not colored and my PC cases have never been purchased for aesthetic reasons. No case windows, no led lighting. The only thing that you might consider "aesthetic" is a super clean wiring job...but I do that more for pride and cooling than anything else.

Laptops are not advantageous over a desktop because they are hard to work on. You cannot simply buy commodity parts to replace or repair them. They cannot be overclocked as the cooling systems are not upgradeable. And for gaming, unless you spend a ton, they just aren't suited well at all, and like above...cannot usually be upgraded. And last but not certainly not least, you cannot really buy the parts that you need and assemble exactly what you want. Might not matter one bit to you, but I dare say is important to many who visit this forum.

And people do frequently replace laptops. Mostly because they break and they aren't often times able to repaired for a low enough cost to justify the repair. And have you ever met a MacBook owner? They replace their laptops with some regularity simply because they aren't cool enough anymore.



The VERY first PCs had a screen and the components built into one case with a keyboard right in front of the screen and a mouse along side it. They were more what you call an All-In-One PC. Today, the AIO form factor seems to be taking off more than ever before. They're more compact, have a decent screen size, and just look more attractive than a tower and screen.
Gosh, you really are about how something looks rather than how it functions. With a nice "tower", one can buy parts over and over and over again and simply upgrade their existing PC's. These all-in-one small box, non-standard designs don't lend themselves to this at all.

I find that the AIO PC is the TRUEST form of desktop. It literally IS on top of your desk, a desktop. :) I've never looked inside of one, but I'd imagine it's more like a laptop but without the power efficiency of one. Or, I think they might be a cross in between but things are incredibly slim. I bet GPUs can't be easily upgraded though......
So, there you go. Today, useless for the gaming community as gaming boards are often as big as these entire "desktops" that you speak of. Maybe someday when video cards are external.
 

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Yes, a tablet PC in the near future won't have a terabyte of storage but 10 years ago, not many desktop users did. Even still, an external hard drive and the Windows Libraries feature work great!

In 10 years, the amount of information people will want to store will be staggering because of HD video, photos, 3D (maybe, I'm not sold on that yet) and whatever other improvements come down the pike. There better be a $#!%-load more storage available on everything you use. Cell towers are already clogged with people downloading, chatting, sending, receiving - doing all kinds of things besides talking. Portable devices are only going to mushroom, plus you'll start seeing more computers or computer-ish things integrated into your house, your car, etc.

What's happening now is just the tip of the iceberg, and I wonder what we're going to do with all this information because the amount of it just keeps piling up like crazy. In fact, I've always thought the way we're headed (as of now) isn't too smart. Human beings have more information available to them - and are creating more information - than at any point in history, yet the way we store it is so fragile. The Egyptians wrote on rocks that have lasted 5,000 years. We're writing 1s and 0s on flash drives and mechanical drives that can't even last a decade.
 

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Not sold on 3D huh? Me either, most due to the fact that I cannot see it. I had a wandering eye as a kid and this left me incapable of seeing any of the 3d movies and tv stuff.

It annoys me when all these new movies come out in 3D and they want to charge me extra. I should get some sort of medical card and pay the standard rate.
 

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You aren't missing much, pparks1, I assure you. I've been disappointed with so many alleged 3D movies in recent years I don't bother with them any more. Waste of money, as far as I'm concerned. A lot of these films aren't even filmed in true 3D, they're adapted, and as a result, suck.
 

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