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Windows Blue: How It Could Reinvent Windows (or Sink Windows 8)
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Posted 30 November 2012 - 09:37 AM
I can't wait to not buy this.
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Posted 30 November 2012 - 09:43 AM
The only way Windows can survive is by using Android !
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Posted 30 November 2012 - 10:42 AM
I know I cannot be the only person who doesn't want a new OS every year. Every 3 years is fine, most people can live with this, but yearly updates are insane.
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'" -- Isaac Asimov
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Posted 30 November 2012 - 11:27 AM
Windows BLUE Screen of Death Edition?!
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Posted 30 November 2012 - 11:44 AM
If this is true, it's going to make working in IT a nightmare. We manage about 50 different companies and yearly updates have the potential to really fragment that customer base, causing nothing but headaches for us. Sure, we can recommend they stick with one OS, but we're just consultants. They can go out and buy whatever they feel and we're stuck with fixing it. For example, today I'm dealing with adding a Windows 8 machine to a business environment because the guy decided he didn't want to buy a Windows 7 from us.
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Posted 30 November 2012 - 12:02 PM
Let me put things in perspective, Windows 8 was launched before all the features planned for it were available. Windows Blue changes will be incremental, in other words they will be small increases to security along with added features. It takes time to develop even small features, so Microsoft's plan should not come as surprise to anyone. Unless your not really interested in Windows. Competitor OS fan boys will of course provide negative comments, but the millions of Windows users will welcome the added features.
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Posted 30 November 2012 - 12:18 PM
You know I personally care what my phone and desktop look like and that I feel comfortable ........These new windows designs>> for me just does not get it...It looks cheep..like a hamburger store front !!!......So I guess I will do anything else to stay away from the new window design.....I can live with the Windows7...but not this new kid like design........as for my phone >>android is cutting edge..all my opinion....
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Posted 30 November 2012 - 01:22 PM
What an article? based on what? gossip? based from apple fanboys or android fanboys? mobile computing yes can now do a lot of things for consuming but we still have the mac and windows PC and Linux to do SERIOUS computing with powerful desktop grade processors. All these 3 will still exist and that include windows as well....
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Posted 30 November 2012 - 01:28 PM
Developers should always have a layer to abstract the insanity! Hardcoders...
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Posted 30 November 2012 - 01:47 PM
If we want to compare it to Android... You have to buy a flagship device like a Nexus or a Galaxy if you want "official" updates to the OS during the two years you'll have the phone on contract. Otherwise, you get updates if both your manufacturer and carrier feel like it. Case in point, my phone from last summer that will be on Gingerbread until I root it because T-Mobile and HTC can't be bothered.
On the other side is Apple. They release a major version of OS X about every 18 months and iOS is on about a yearly schedule. And because Apple controls the hardware, anyone with an Apple device less than X generations old can update to the latest and greatest version of the OS.
The downside of Apple is that in their device realm you can't sideload apps without rooting your device and in terms of hardware, you'll take what you're given and like it.
I hope that Microsoft finds a happy medium between the two... giving people enough freedom to have real choices without leaving them at the mercy of OEMs for OS updates.
On the other side is Apple. They release a major version of OS X about every 18 months and iOS is on about a yearly schedule. And because Apple controls the hardware, anyone with an Apple device less than X generations old can update to the latest and greatest version of the OS.
The downside of Apple is that in their device realm you can't sideload apps without rooting your device and in terms of hardware, you'll take what you're given and like it.
I hope that Microsoft finds a happy medium between the two... giving people enough freedom to have real choices without leaving them at the mercy of OEMs for OS updates.
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Posted 30 November 2012 - 05:02 PM
Microsoft is taking risks... and I like it. Love it, really. I just received my Lumia with Windows Phone 8 today and I absolutely love it. They've designed something unique. Not everyone will love it, I suppose. But for those who aren't fanboys, I think Microsoft may finally break through in mobile.
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Posted 30 November 2012 - 06:08 PM
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If this is true, it's going to make working in IT a nightmare. We manage about 50 different companies and yearly updates have the potential to really fragment that customer base, causing nothing but headaches for us. Sure, we can recommend they stick with one OS, but we're just consultants. They can go out and buy whatever they feel and we're stuck with fixing it. For example, today I'm dealing with adding a Windows 8 machine to a business environment because the guy decided he didn't want to buy a Windows 7 from us.
That shouldn't be a problem for you. He has to use it.
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Posted 30 November 2012 - 08:48 PM
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Microsoft is taking risks... and I like it. Love it, really. I just received my Lumia with Windows Phone 8 today and I absolutely love it. They've designed something unique. Not everyone will love it, I suppose. But for those who aren't fanboys, I think Microsoft may finally break through in mobile.
I hate windows phone's strategy, they only released one model with mango in japan, basically they are letting apple eat the cake.
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Posted 01 December 2012 - 08:34 AM
It's about time someone lit a fire under IT support groups. I think it's great that Microsoft is going to make changes in the platform on a regular basis each year. It will get people used to a constant rate of change instead of a constant sameness. Maybe it will reduce some of the resistance to innovation we so often see.
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Posted 01 December 2012 - 08:36 AM
"will continue the seismic sea changes started in Windows 8."
Don't even have to read the rest of the story to hope it fails. I tried 8 for a few moments and decided that I don't want to learn to like it at all.
Don't even have to read the rest of the story to hope it fails. I tried 8 for a few moments and decided that I don't want to learn to like it at all.
