Steven Sinofsky, head of Microsoft's Windows division leaves the company

Wow....! Is Win 8 that bad?

Win 8 is a mess, instead of slapping a new UI on the same old code, they should have build the freakin OS from the ground up.

Selling a 32GB Surface RT tablet from which 24GB are reserved for the limited OS tells you that Win 8 is one bloated piece of... Fire Balmer! he's been driving MS into the ground since Bill left.

Maybe this guy left in frustration, because Microsoft spent a Billion or so in marketing without much explaining about the difference between Windows 8 RT and Windows 8 Pro. I'm constantly telling people that the Pro version is different to the RT in that it is a full COMPUTER. Something Apple cant directly compete with, unless they eventually release OSX on a tablet.

And so it begins...

Eureka! I knew Ballmer was teasing this one. So pissed..,

Still happy with Win XP pro 64bits

That says it all.

Thank God it's Tuesday X(...

Ever tried multiple monitors on metro - what a joke?!
How about doing anything but just have one stupid app open at once?

I got win8 for the "better" code behind the scenes but the new metro UI is a piece of JUNK for desktop use and should only be used on tablets. (When I get a popup "tap here to.." on my desktop I feel insulted)

I don't blame this guy for leaving tho, quit while you are ahead applies here for sure.

Amen.

What do you two dislike about how multiple monitors function? I run multiple monitors with Windows 8 and I have no problems interacting with the Modern UI and desktop UI seamlessly and they've added improvements such as each monitor getting a dedicated taskbar and natively allowing wallpapers to be spanned across two independent displays.

We will all pray for you and hope you get better soon.

Where's that pesky resume of mine...

OK Ladies, what's wrong with this picture?



Mr. Sinofsky isn't wearing jeans. Nor is he wearing a turtleneck
Nor is he working in front of a dramatic black background.
Nor is he holding a pristine white gadget of one sort or another.
Nor is he likely spewing forth a sales pitch in a monotonous baritone, in an attempt to hypnotize the audience into believing they will, "awake feeling refreshed, with an overwhelming desire to buy a Microsoft product"! (1*)

What he IS doing, is standing there looking like his mother dressed him for school, while holding the gayest pink tablet his board of directors could provide.

This looks more like an episode of "Punked", than an honest attempt at a sales presentation.....

(1*) Granted that Apple would likely sue him for "bullshit infringement", were he to do those things.

That still doesn't change the fact that they have no real purpose.

I don't blame the guy. Ballmer's probably the one pushing for that stupid flat Win 8 look and single screen "apps".

How many of you dislikers of Windows 8 actually spent more than an hour with it before drawing your conclusion? I Installed win 8 at the weekend and after about 2 maybe 3 hours I get the idea of the new ways productivity should flow. In fact, because of the fullscreen view, I find myself getting less distracted when typing and email or researching something.
Not to mention, MAN it's fast. wow. mine boots from the press of the switch to the desktop in 14 seconds (vertex4 128GB) .

I've used every prerelease version of it. Still have it loaded on a spare drive and forced myself to use it for 2 weeks. I hated metro can live without a start button because I installed start 8 but metro is awful.

I still dual boot into it just to test some apps from time to time but most of my time being productive is in windows 7 and that won't change anytime soon.

And all this OMG it boots in 10 seconds doesnt' mean much to me my computer is either in sleep mode or on. I'm lucky if I shut it down once a month.

I almost always hibernate my PC.