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[SamDovels]

I hope that all PC manufacturers will give buyers the option to customize their PC's with the "OLD" Windows 7, at least until an improved Windows 9 comes out......

[chances14]

windows 8 is going to be the next vista

[compnovo]

I have mixed feeings on this one. While I'm looking forward to having a tablet with Win8RT I haven't seen enough yet to convince me to upgrade my desktops, Win7 is that good. I reserve the right to change my mind.

This post has been edited by compnovo: 13 June 2012 - 10:42 AM

[RickDobbelmannqbtt]

Windows 7 is Windows XP, So is Windows 8.. They are just service packs based on the same flawed NT kernel.

XP is kernel 5.0 and Vista, Win7 and now Win8 fall in to the NT 6.x kernel

There are far superior OS's to Windows available right now..

This post has been edited by RickDobbelmannqbtt: 13 June 2012 - 10:43 AM

[pcworldreader1]

I'm sticking with XP and Office 2003... both boost my employees productivity... Neither Win7, Win8, nor Office 2010 offer any improvement.

[wnclee]

I think Windows 7 is for those who want and need to get things done, Windows 8 for those who just want to "play"...

[MleB]

....and those still on XP (like the millions of netbooks that Microsoft loaded up before Win7 Basic) will stay there and give a pass to both Win7 and 8.

XP will become the 'New DOS' - you know there are companies still running this, admit it - and when they do eventually leap, it might just be to Apple OS on a new machine.

[txfeinbergs]

I am definitely not moving. I think the Metro interface is an incredibly dumbed down interface for people who get easily confused.

[MleB]

chances14, on 13 June 2012 - 10:40 AM, said:

windows 8 is going to be the next vista

Yeah - WinME Vista Basic 2012...

[MikeYostjodt]

RickDobbelmannqbtt, on 13 June 2012 - 10:42 AM, said:

Windows 7 is Windows XP, So is Windows 8.. They are just service packs based on the same flawed NT kernel.

XP is kernel 5.0 and Vista, Win7 and now Win8 fall in to the NT 6.x kernel

There are far superior OS's to Windows available right now..

Let me know when I can play steam games on Ubuntu with only installing steam and the game from fresh installing the OS.

[PCCoder]

txfeinbergs, on 13 June 2012 - 11:27 AM, said:

I am definitely not moving. I think the Metro interface is an incredibly dumbed down interface for people who get easily confused.

'Dumbed down interface for people who get easily confused' is an oxymoron.

[PCCoder]

pcworldreader1, on 13 June 2012 - 10:47 AM, said:

I'm sticking with XP and Office 2003... both boost my employees productivity... Neither Win7, Win8, nor Office 2010 offer any improvement.

They offer improvements in speed, reliability and security.

[Scree]

"...my guess is that people will stay away from the new version..." -- You'd be correct, sir!

[KeithGatewood]

Comparing Windows 7 to Windows XP is like comparing "Apples" and "Zebras". Businesses will continue to run XP until it is pried from their cold, dead fingers.

[JTF243]

Over the years, I have learned how lucky I have been with the OSes on my systems. In the early 90's, the company I worked for was using 3.1 and UPS was using 3.11 for Workgroups. The company later upgraded to 95 (YUK) and I got to use it until I got my own home PC in 98 (w/98).
Some friends and neighbors used ME and I saw/heard about the problems they had with it.
My current desktop is 7 years old and running XP Pro as is my laptop and both are working well.
It APPEARS that by "leapfrogging" over the other OSes (95, ME, Vista) lets people get the best that MS has to offer. If that continues to follow the same pattern, Windows 7 will be a better (and safer) bet than Win. 8.

[JBENZ]

Heh...I skipped Vista and I would have skipped 7 but that I had to replace a dead desktop and all there were on the market were WIN7 machines. The endless learning curve, ridiculous changes for the sake of changes (how long did it take YOU to find out where they hid "Add/Remove Programs"), and the time consuming and expensive upgrades just to get my machine to work as the old one did were more than enough to give up on Microsoft altogether.

WIN8 looks like more of the same: gimmicks, kiddie toys, meaningless changes and, probably, a whole new set of incompatibilities. No Thank You.

BTW: the "wild popularity" of WIN7 is more the result of "they won't sell you anything else on a new machine". If XP were still available the WIN7 numbers would be in the crapper.

[porcupins]

I wish they would do something to make the shutdown button easier to access in win8.

[porcupins]

JBENZ, on 13 June 2012 - 01:32 PM, said:

Heh...I skipped Vista and I would have skipped 7 but that I had to replace a dead desktop and all there were on the market were WIN7 machines. The endless learning curve, ridiculous changes for the sake of changes (how long did it take YOU to find out where they hid "Add/Remove Programs"), and the time consuming and expensive upgrades just to get my machine to work as the old one did were more than enough to give up on Microsoft altogether.

About 2 minutes.

[ronin7752]

Vista was a bomb in spite of the fact that it was widely stoked and anticipated as a "great" new operating system. At the time, I told my customers "maybe, let's wait and see" -- and most other service techs (like me) told their customers the same thing.

However, I'm already warning customers to stay away from Win 8, and advising them to upgrade to a Win 7 system ASAP. I also tell them that it is the next -- and possibly the last -- "as good as XP OS from M$".

If history remains consistent, Win 8 will be a faster and bigger flop than Vista.