Microsoft: Windows 8 is about two years away

User Comments: 87

1. October 26, 2010 2:52 PM
   bakape said:

   Maybe it will be 'cloud' based, where if you don't have internet access you lose significant capabilities.

   Head in the cloud, huh? Yup! Sounds like Microsoft

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2. October 26, 2010 5:56 PM
   oasis789 said:

   but i just upgraded to 7! those buggers

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3. October 26, 2010 6:11 PM
   Guest said:

   They didn't reduce the price that much!!

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4. October 26, 2010 9:26 PM
   Eddo22 said:

   Given the success of Windows 7...Windows 8 this early seems dumb. I would expect it will be given the same treatment as Vista. Then again.. Windows 7 is basically what vista should have been when it was released...aka just an updated vista.

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5. October 26, 2010 9:53 PM
   medguydan said:

   I'd be more than happy to pay for Windows 8 provided they streamlined their code, and made the beast leaner and meaner. I appreciate the fact that code modules save a lot of time but some of that code is as old as the BIOS itself... I'm not asking them to start from scratch, but some areas could definitely be rewritten and simplified. Perhaps even something as simple as modular downloads or something akin? Ex: You purchase a stripped version of the OS for cheap (50-100$); you don't care a bit about making movies, so you don't download that module. But you do want a way to categorize photos and automate tasks, so you just download them for a couple bucks each from MS. A la carte operating systems?

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6. October 26, 2010 11:47 PM
   ruzveh said:

   Frankly i dint like the look and interface of Win 7 so dont know how win 8 would be?

   I still prefer fast and simple to use with old commands intant in Win XP. Win XP 64bit still a preferable choice for me. Simplicity and user-friendly with customization is the way to go. I still prefer the classic Programs menu, desktop, toolbars, quicklaunch bars and much more which gave us same feeling of Win98 in XP

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7. October 27, 2010 12:38 PM
   

   captaincranky, TechSpot Addict, said:

   Frankly i dint like the look and interface of Win 7 so dont know how win 8 would be?

   I still prefer fast and simple to use with old commands intant in Win XP. Win XP 64bit still a preferable choice for me. Simplicity and user-friendly with customization is the way to go. I still prefer the classic Programs menu, desktop, toolbars, quicklaunch bars and much more which gave us same feeling of Win98 in XP

   Jeez, I don't know why were still not using "M$DOS"! Now there was an operating system...!

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8. October 27, 2010 1:20 PM
   Guest said:

   if u are going to release windows 8 in the next 3yrs then i have two questions, one,wat will happen to the rest of the windows,and will the price the windows reduce that is the previous windows?

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9. October 27, 2010 2:15 PM
   

   B00kWyrm, TechSpot Paladin, said:

   @ captaincranky - rotflmaostc!

   command line interface all the way!

   forget this "apple-wanna-be" Gooey and Mouse business!

   (Apologies to Gene" Roddenberry, Wm Shatner and Deforest Kelley)

   Dammit Bill, I'm a computer not an entertainment center

   Just wouldn't make the neat fx in movies like Minority Report or series like Caprica.

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10. October 28, 2010 9:19 PM
    

    Blkm0nk3y92 said:

    Wow, how did I not see this a few days ago. Windows 7 was fantastic in my opinion. Windows 8 Id expect to be twice as good with the way they've been progressing. ;D

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11. October 29, 2010 9:33 PM
    

    princeton said:

    Well I hope they can make as many improvements as they did coming from vista to seven.

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12. October 30, 2010 3:26 AM
    satty said:

    countdown 10 9 8 7 vista xp..

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