Frank X. Shaw said:In this world where everyone is a publisher, there is a trend to the extreme – where those who want to stand out opt for sensationalism and hyperbole over nuanced analysis. In this world where page views are currency, heat is often more valued than light. Stark black-and-white caricatures are sometimes more valued than shades-of-gray reality.
It might be that as we want to understand his blog post both in a way that would support our different opinions, we interprete it totally differently. I read the sentence you quoted in a context of black and white versus shades-of-grey; those articles mentioned are really biased, clearly colored with the writer's own agendas.
It might be that as we want to understand his blog post both in a way that would support our different opinions, we interprete it totally differently
Either
1) MS are attempting some sort of misguided damage control. That indicates they are hurting, not a good impression to broadcast.
Or
2) MS do not understand the situation.
Unfortunately , there are some comments, notably from Miss Julie, which support the latter.
"There will be people who agree, strongly. There will be those who disagree, equally strongly. All good, all expected."
Hold on a sec. So it's still OK to disagree strongly with Microsoft's direction? And talk about it? Because a minute ago it sounded like he was saying that wasn't OK.
We'll spare you Shaw's link to a Microsoft marketing blog but we'll leave in his second link, which is his example of "more light." Specifically, it is a link to an editorial on Gizmodo.
Got that? The Financial Times, The Economist ... don't trust those shameless, muckraking charlatans! Stick with Gizmodo.
roflI thought it said "Freak Show" hahaha!
Yep, a considerable deed! In a short timespan effectively ruining years of amassed goodwill & recognition (W7).Windows 8 is already more "passe" than the desktop. And it was accomplished in an astonishing short amount of time.
From their side, they have a bunch of people who refuse to learn anything new of their new OS that they had to do in order to stay relevant in this time era of the desktop being passé. They're rebuilding their core product to modernize it for the 21st century, and if that means upsetting certain people, so be it. By certain people, it's more like the ones that follow technology which equates to a VERY small user base compared to the hundreds of millions of others.
This about how many clicks it takes to restart is once again one of those small shameless lies used to negate and bash Windows 8. By default it takes 3 clicks to restart Windows 7 and 3 clicks to restart Windows 8, two if you do Win + I first.
Before someone responses that "But in Windows 8 before you can make the first of those three clicks you must bring the pointer to the corner to open charms!", I just want to remind you that in Windows 7 you have to bring the pointer to a corner to be able to click Start.
I have not joined these discussions as I find it useless, like this well know imaginary gentleman from La Mancha fighting the windmills. Is there something wrong in me because I find Windows 8 both nice, fast and easy to use? Please keep in mind I have no touch screen devices except the mobile phone. No, I am talking about Windows 8 on a normal laptop or desktop. Also, I am not talking as a normal home user who needs PC and Windows only to surf the net, email and games. No, I am talking about my use of Windows 8 both as a heavy duty geek in private life and professional use of Windows 8 working in a company which among other things is developing tailor made Windows 8 in a stick (Windows ToGo) systems for business use.
It is so extremely easy to find anything on my PC now with Windows 8. For newbies I recommend you try to learn to use Win + Q, Win + W and Win + F keyboard shortcuts and learn their difference, and you have no more need to desperately seek your hard disks. Basically Windows 8 is nothing else than a revamped Seven; not counting the Start button, everything else is there. It runs same software PLUS additional Windows Apps, it can mount an ISO image natively, first time in PC history a normal OS includes an advanced virtualization platform with no additional cost (Hyper-V, available in Pro and Enterprise).
It is funny to read these comments about how a feature should be natively included in Windows 8, that it is a failure because this or that feature is only available through a third party tool. Most often these comments come from users who have Windows 7 filled with third party tools, Daemon or similar to mount ISOs, Rocketdock to get "nicer" buttons, Rainmeter skins because they are not happy with the default Windows themes, and so on.
I am 54 years old. I've done this all my adult life. I left the world of Windows mid 90's for Unix and Linux as I needed something Windows was not capable to give me. Windows XP brought my interest back, Seven took me totally back to Windows and Eight confirmed it: Windows is my operating system. Flexible, easy, fast, reliable.
Thank you Microsoft.
Kari
"Absolutely nobody want to use it even if free", "Nobody likes it", "Everybody hates it", "No business will ever use it"
From their side, they have a bunch of people who refuse to learn anything new of their new OS that they had to do in order to stay relevant in this time era of the desktop being passé. They're rebuilding their core product to modernize it for the 21st century, and if that means upsetting certain people, so be it. By certain people, it's more like the ones that follow technology which equates to a VERY small user base compared to the hundreds of millions of others.
Not really - I've offered to install it to several of my customers's PCs - Even when I offer it for FREE, swallowing the cost of the licence they Still refuse. Regular everyday Joe's, they just don't WANT it. This is what MS does not comprehend - The Regular Users are afraid of it, its not "learning to use a new thing" - It's too drastic of a change.
If MS were to account for all of the new machines were the drives were wiped and Windows 7 installed, this figment, this "100 Million" figure would become maybe 5 million.