The last public test build of Windows 8 is done and delivered. So what's expected between now and when you can get your hands on a Windows 8 PC or tablet?
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The last public test build of Windows 8 is done and delivered. So what's expected between now and when you can get your hands on a Windows 8 PC or tablet?
Among the coming tweaks is the removal of the current Windows Aero interface, as Microsoft officials acknowledged in a blog post (buried toward the bottom) earlier this month. Another is an expected under-the-hood code change that will prevent users from adding third-party-developed Start Buttons or altering their systems to boot directly to the Desktop, avoiding the Metro Start Screen.
Among the coming tweaks is the removal of the current Windows Aero interface, as Microsoft officials acknowledged in a blog post (buried toward the bottom) earlier this month. Another is an expected under-the-hood code change that will prevent users from adding third-party-developed Start Buttons or altering their systems to boot directly to the Desktop, avoiding the Metro Start Screen.
Very interesting. Rumor is some of these changes preventing 3-party Start Buttons are in the CR. Did CR break anyone's Start Button add-ons??
Jim
Very interesting. Rumor is some of these changes preventing 3-party Start Buttons are in the CR. Did CR break anyone's Start Button add-ons??
Among the coming tweaks is the removal of the current Windows Aero interface, as Microsoft officials acknowledged in a blog post (buried toward the bottom) earlier this month. Another is an expected under-the-hood code change that will prevent users from adding third-party-developed Start Buttons or altering their systems to boot directly to the Desktop, avoiding the Metro Start Screen.
Very interesting. Rumor is some of these changes preventing 3-party Start Buttons are in the CR. Did CR break anyone's Start Button add-ons??
Jim
No one has asked this yet. What about Windows 9?
No one has asked this yet. What about Windows 9?
[Sarcasm] Clearly there will be no desktop mode at all. I mean everyone knows the PC is dead, by the time windows 9 comes out there wont be a single PC left in existance and all the work everyone did on them will be er... not needable any more! [/sarcasm]
No one has asked this yet. What about Windows 9?
There won't be one.
MS is trying to be the next RIM.
[Sarcasm] Clearly there will be no desktop mode at all. I mean everyone knows the PC is dead, by the time windows 9 comes out there wont be a single PC left in existance and all the work everyone did on them will be er... not needable any more! [/sarcasm]
That's exactly what the pro-Metro/Touch crowd actually think.
You are aware that laptops outsell desktops (and have for a few years), and for some time now iPads alone have outsold major hardware OEMs whole PC lines in certain quarters? The desktop is not dead, but it's not the future of what consumers really want either. Understanding Microsoft is going to make software for what people are clearly saying they want means things like Windows 8 are going to happen - it's designed for touch, and Microsoft (and OEM partners) are going to make software and hardware that make this work. Stuff we've all had for years isn't really the target.That's exactly what the pro-Metro/Touch crowd actually think.
I don't want Windows 8 on my desktop PC (or my old laptop without a multitouch pad), but I like it more on my slate and I would expect on a multitouch pad laptop that allows me to do the same things without touching the screen.
You are aware that laptops outsell desktops (and have for a few years), and for some time now iPads alone have outsold major hardware OEMs whole PC lines in certain quarters? The desktop is not dead, but it's not the future of what consumers really want either. Understanding Microsoft is going to make software for what people are clearly saying they want means things like Windows 8 are going to happen - it's designed for touch, and Microsoft (and OEM partners) are going to make software and hardware that make this work. Stuff we've all had for years isn't really the target.
Touch is the future, as long as the future doesn't include:
- Creating spreadsheets.
- Creating databases.
- CAD programs.
- Typing up giant reports, novels, etc..
- VMs.
- Editing audio, images and video.
- etc.
I don't want Windows 8 on my desktop PC (or my old laptop without a multitouch pad), but I like it more on my slate and I would expect on a multitouch pad laptop that allows me to do the same things without touching the screen.
MS is prepared to blow 1 billion existing user upgrades, to try and steal 100 million sales from Apple and Google.
IMO, most Apple and Google users aren't going to swap to MS.
Tablets are "new fangled" devices that sit between Smart phones and traditional laptops.
I don't actually think they are too long for this world either (might be in a minority of one but I'm sticking my neck out here -- that stupid agency "Gartners" thinks the PC will be obsolete in 2 years so I go to the opposite view-- well I'll bet that the tablet will pretty much have died by then or "Morphed" into a netbook with an attachable external keyboard and facilities for adding external USB devices -- I.e --you've guessed it -- a laptop. !!.
jimbo