Microsoft expected to unveil Windows 9 "Threshold" on September 30

Windows 8's UI was some half baked & poorly thought out design. No one claims it "stops" you from doing anythig you could do before, it simply slows people down because it's just not intuitive. I'm an IT professional and I still have to think about some things and I've been using Windows 8 since the Developer Preview released in 2011 (followed by the Consumer & Release previews). Something as simple as acccessing "Devices & Printers" or "Administrative Tools" has become a slower process. And why wasn't "Devices & Printers" added to the awkardly out of place right click context menu? I have to go to a silly charms bar and click "Devices". Things are either out of place or located in multiple areas causing redundancy. People have seameless moved from every version of Windows with no trouble navigating. Microsoft focused TOO much on getting into the tablet market and crippled the experience that everyone loved in the process. Metro should have been introduced as a "mode' instead of a start menu replacement and could have slowly progressed intmo more.
 
At home I use Win 8. My most frequently used programs are Office, steam, blizzard launcher, Chrome and Media Player Classic. I see zero difference from Win 7 and win8 desktop. Its like hating someone for the shape of their eyebrows.
 
Those who so staunchly defend win 8 obviously have no concept of productivity. Win 8 has reduced productivity to the degree that, popularity-wise, it's become another Vista. A prime example is the provided method of accessing the command prompt. Tedious and, well, *****ic. Click, click, click, click, click...

I think Win 8 has improved on Win 7 in some ways, but certainly, interface is not amongst those. But the reality is that MS is fast moving to the 'subscription phase'. Just as Adobe and so many others have done. It's all about fleecing the people, and they know that there are enough people out there who will eat it right up. It all sounds so familiar. It could easily be mistaken for certain currently prevalent political philosophies. And, as those of us with the slightest hint of common sense know, we all pay the price for rampant ignorance. But a bit of compassion is in order for those unable to think for themselves. We really can't expect common sense to prevail in such a climate.
 
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Those who so staunchly defend win 8 obviously have no concept of productivity. Win 8 has reduced productivity to the degree that, popularity-wise, it's become another Vista. A prime example is the provided method of accessing the command prompt. Tedious and, well, *****ic. Click, click, click, click, click....
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Get off your high horse. If you needed to access the command prompt frequently you'd have it set as a live tile on the Metro screen or you'd pin it to the taskbar for quicklaunch. You are creating a problem that doesn't exist.
 
Good News for some....I guess, but why all the secrets, If they are planing to release it by Sept 30Th.?
I.M.O., I'd wish for a Program that embraces the best of both Windows XP PRO & Windows 7 Pro.
I never could get along with Windows 8.
 
In the "old" days, back with DOS ruled the land, the user could customize their own menu via a bunch of launch-able batch files. Now, granted the graphics were pretty limited, but you learned a good deal about your computer, what made it tick and how to address darn near every problem. Is Microsoft so unaware that there are still plenty of people that could / would like to do that? There's really nothing that complicated about the front end interface so why don't they simply put together a few good examples, then toss in a toolkit to allow the user to play with it anyway they want? I mean seriously, in case you haven't checked lately, YOU are the one's putting money in their pockets, not the other way around. I certainly would like to see a few other start ups come up with some alternate operating systems just to stir things up and get Microsoft back on the idea of serving it's customers rather than the other way around! OK, I'll go back to my dinosaur cave now ..... LOL
 
andrew_C said:
Still looks like a mess to me. I'll be sticking with Win 7 for a loooong time
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Windows 7 worked out cheaper for me and does everything I need. Works well with my Haswell powered PC. Cannot see any reason to go with W8 or W9.
 
Ever since trying Win 8.1 & installed Start8 ($4.99 or the cost of a beer) for a start button, I've never looked back. Its win7 but with a speed increase and efficiency increase. Love it. I've never tried Win 8, only 8.1. Not sure what everyone's complaining about, get that Start8 and its exactly like win7 but much faster & more efficient!
 
Linux Mint Cinnamon edition is your friend. As a classic windows user it will feel familiar. There are other distros that look a lot more like Windows, but in my opinion they are not that mature. If you have not already, give it a spin inside VirtualBox, you may never look back again. At least it was an eyeopener to me
 
poohbear said:
Ever since trying Win 8.1 & installed Start8 ($4.99 or the cost of a beer) for a start button, I've never looked back. Its win7 but with a speed increase and efficiency increase. Love it. I've never tried Win 8, only 8.1. Not sure what everyone's complaining about, get that Start8 and its exactly like win7 but much faster & more efficient!
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At the time I purchased W7 it was £5 cheaper and no need to purchase an add on program. My PC is very fast so any performance gain over user-ability was not worth the extra cost. Had W8 been cheaper I may have gone for it. Now that MS is heading down the subscription model I am considering Linux for my next build.
 
Railman said:
poohbear said:
Ever since trying Win 8.1 & installed Start8 ($4.99 or the cost of a beer) for a start button, I've never looked back. Its win7 but with a speed increase and efficiency increase. Love it. I've never tried Win 8, only 8.1. Not sure what everyone's complaining about, get that Start8 and its exactly like win7 but much faster & more efficient!
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At the time I purchased W7 it was £5 cheaper and no need to purchase an add on program. My PC is very fast so any performance gain over user-ability was not worth the extra cost. Had W8 been cheaper I may have gone for it. Now that MS is heading down the subscription model I am considering Linux for my next build.
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"MS is headed down the subscription model"? First I've heard of that one. Maybe for applications but not an OS. Put the crack pipe down and wake up... Better yet, keep smoking the crack, download Linux and then tell us how great it is.
 
pmcardle said:
"MS is headed down the subscription model"? First I've heard of that one. Maybe for applications but not an OS. Put the crack pipe down and wake up... Better yet, keep smoking the crack, download Linux and then tell us how great it is.
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Well, with M$ setting up an "App store" and Adobe forcing a subscription model on its creative suite customers. It's hard to imagine that a subscription model for Windows isn't a possibility, although if you simply want to be humored, I'll go as far as saying it's an "improbability". In the case of Adobe's subscription model success or failure, I can't imagine M$ isn't at least monitoring it.

As far a Linux goes, I installed it recently and had it locked up within a 1/2 hour, just trying to use it in the manner I would Windows.

OTOH, just because somebody doesn't agree with everything you say, certainly doesn't mean they're, "smoking crack". Who the hell knows, . maybe you're the one smoking it.
 
Microsoft has been pretty consistent with every sub-par OS being followed by a good OS. I expect Windows 9 satisfy both Windows 7 and Windows 8 users. The same as XP was to ME, and 7 was to Vista. In all honesty though, I'm not sure I will change from Windows 7 on my gaming PC, unless they introduce something truly ground breaking. As for productivity, I'll stick with my customized Ubuntu installation on my work computer.

I'm actually using Windows 8 on this computer, however it isn't my computer. Essentially it feels like Windows 7 with a lot of bloat added to it. Similar to the feeling of Windows ME after upgrading from 98 SE.
 
pmcardle said:
"MS is headed down the subscription model"? First I've heard of that one. Maybe for applications but not an OS. Put the crack pipe down and wake up... Better yet, keep smoking the crack, download Linux and then tell us how great it is.
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Accusing people of smoking crack pipes is becoming a little bit repetitive. Can you not think of anything original?

Clearly you are out of touch with the future plans for MS so I have included a link to an article
http://www.zdnet.com/microsofts-windows-9-much-ado-about-little-given-cloud-shift-7000032858/

In the article mention is made of Window 10 could well be sold on a subscription basis.
 
Railman said:
In the article mention is made of Window 10 could well be sold on a subscription basis.
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I have no problem with the thought of Windows being sold on a subscription for those willing to make payments. I however am not. If Windows is ever sold as subscription only, they will be giving me no option but to look for alternatives. I will not pay for a subscription just for the potential of turning my PC on.
 
Railman said:
pmcardle said:
"MS is headed down the subscription model"? First I've heard of that one. Maybe for applications but not an OS. Put the crack pipe down and wake up... Better yet, keep smoking the crack, download Linux and then tell us how great it is.
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Accusing people of smoking crack pipes is becoming a little bit repetitive. Can you not think of anything original?....[ ]....
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Probably not until he runs out of money and people willing to sell him crack...

Methinks he doth protest too much

Anyway, let's all sing.......
 
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Railman said:
pmcardle said:
"MS is headed down the subscription model"? First I've heard of that one. Maybe for applications but not an OS. Put the crack pipe down and wake up... Better yet, keep smoking the crack, download Linux and then tell us how great it is.
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Accusing people of smoking crack pipes is becoming a little bit repetitive. Can you not think of anything original?....[ ]....
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Probably not until he runs out of money and people willing to sell him crack...

Methinks he doth protest too much

Anyway, let's all sing.......
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I am certainly not an expert on drugs (not yet seen Breaking Bad) as the only two drugs I partake of are real ale and tea.

Disappointed that your media link does not work.
 
Railman said:
It works now for me. Did you do a quick edit?
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I didn't do anything...:confused:
In fact, I loaded it on IE also to check whether it worked on that, and it did.

To recap: Little Jackie PAPER, loved that rascal PUFF. Obviously the song was written before the "Phillies Blunt" era. But it's a children's song, right? But then again you put "Puff", inside the "Paper(s)"

Moving on, "riding the dragon" has become slang for shooting heroine, and in the broader sense, smoking crack as well.

As a side note, "Puff the Magic Dragon", was also a nickname given to C-130 transport planes equipped with "mini-guns", the US used to spray the Ho-Chi Mihn Trail during the Viet Nam war.

Prior to that the AC-47 gunship, (military DC-3), got tagged with that moniker as well.

As off topic as this may be, I didn't start the "smoking crack" rant, I was trying to finish it off with a bit of humor.
 
Railman said:
pmcardle said:
"MS is headed down the subscription model"? First I've heard of that one. Maybe for applications but not an OS. Put the crack pipe down and wake up... Better yet, keep smoking the crack, download Linux and then tell us how great it is.
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Accusing people of smoking crack pipes is becoming a little bit repetitive. Can you not think of anything original?

Clearly you are out of touch with the future plans for MS so I have included a link to an article
http://www.zdnet.com/microsofts-windows-9-much-ado-about-little-given-cloud-shift-7000032858/

In the article mention is made of Window 10 could well be sold on a subscription basis.
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First off, the reference in the link is nothing but the authors opinion.
(hold please while I take hit off of the crack pipe)
Secondly, $20 per year, where do I sign up? That's a lot better than $120 for every two to three years.
 
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