New Windows 9 screenshots give us a closer look at the desktop, start menu and taskbar

[@bsant54]

Great news! This will hasten the demise of that self serving, self absorbed and self entitled don't give a damn about the users outfit (a.k.a. Microsoft).

I welcome a world of just Chrome and iOS where they actually add features users value. I mean, who uses Internet Explorer anymore (a.k.a., nagware where it thinks you are stupid and keeps asking you if you want really want to do something in it - arrogant piece of crap software)?

I teach software, am a Prof and I am ELATED at Windows 9!

 

[Guest]

Modern OSes are so ****ed up because people responsible for that currently are even more ****ed up.

 

[Whack Tack]

What is new in this W9 against W8?
What is new in W8 against W7?

This is the main problem ... nothing spectacular but another nightmare for all advanced users to adopt that all shall work on new OS.
Sorry

 

[SNGX1275]

The virtual desktops seem pretty nifty.

And that was available as a free PowerToy add on from Microsoft for XP.

I'm not real crazy about the UI either - lots of people bitched about the UI in XP too, saying it looked like it was made by Fisher Price.

 

[demonlord721]

Honestly it looks like it fixes some of the issues I had with Windows 8. I didn't like how they differentiated between "Apps" and Applications. The fact that it looks like apps have full min max close title bars helps. The returned start bar looks like garbage with the "App" tiles but as long as I can map programs I like and use to it and it will scale like what they showed I'd be happy with that.

That being said does it warrant a new OS? These seem to be features that should be free to download and shouldn't demand a premium. It's what the consumers want and what many of the people who payed for windows 8 were expecting.

 

[SNGX1275]

@demonlord721 - Has there been any information about pricing? I think that since there aren't any great improvements being talked about, they might release it as a free OS or charge some minimal amount for it.

 

[jonny702]

There is more to Windows 8 than live tiles. But even better for you and many others, get Windows 9 and unpin the Live Tiles from Windows 9 --- boom, you have the fucntionality of Windows 7 and the new features of Windows 8 & Windows 9 --- fast boot, system refresh, XBOX Music, PC settings backed up to OneDrive, updated File Explorer, Storage Spaces just from Windows 8 alone. Windows 7 is great, but there is much to like about 8 and so far 9 (notifications, virutal desktops). Microsoft appears to be giving you the option to use or see Live Tiles now.

Nah, he probably won't like any of that....

 

[AHS0US]

What a mess! An awful, disjointed, unattractive and tacky interface. No way would I want this showing on my monitor. I can live with w8 or 8.1 using classic shell to give another option but I don't even want to know about this one!! The Microsoft store seems to be getting more intrusive too. I don't want a shop, I want an OS!

I agree. Very well said.
IMO, app store = USELESS on a PC (there is already the whole internet, why would one want to restrict himself to an app store.....) I'd find it more restricting than anything.
Desktop users do not need to have modern apps in Desktop environment. Please consider an option to disable or remove having modern UI apps or Windows Store apps in Desktop environment.

Metro apps, Metro UI and the app store are completely useless on a production machine, if you intend to do anything serious on it. A single-window, low density user interface is not appropriate for complex tasks such as photo or video editing, development, CGI, etc. It’s only useful for casual users.
It should be an option to disable it altogether if one doesn’t plan to use it, to save disk space.