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| Thread ID: 115069 | 2010-12-31 06:20:00 | Windows 8 Rumours | Bobh (5192) | PC World Chat |
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| 1165959 | 2010-12-31 20:20:00 | The problem with XP is it was around for too long. People became attached and the market was saturated with old hardware and software that could not support new things. To move on microsoft had to make big moves in order to get people away from XP, the move was vista. It was too big, people did not get the idea. Later came 7, it was great. It had enough to pull people on but left enough behind to wait for something better. In order to maintain market presence MS have to release a new piece of software, remember their revenue come from selling the OS. its like chips, if one company made one flavour of chips and made a massive batch, and that was it people would become bored of the flavour and soon the chips would become stale (like XP) The company has to release new flavours and batches to keep the market fresh and maintain market presence. It makes no sense to constantly promote an older OS in favour of a newer more capable one. Sure there are times when you need the older OS for compatibility or other reasons and that is acceptable, however trying to stay with XP as a viable business and consumer OS for more than 10 years is crazy. Yes they could "update" the XP OS (or a newer one like 7) to add new support and features but it comes back to the money thing. $ is made by selling the OS, yes you could charge for upgrades however the market then becomes fragmented with XP upgrade this and that |
The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1165960 | 2010-12-31 20:59:00 | Who gives a FF it is vapour ware until it is out. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1165961 | 2010-12-31 21:33:00 | Although no other OS I can think of uses years for versions - OS X Tiger, Ubuntu etc.Ubuntu does - they use a 'year.month' versioning scheme (e.g. 10.04 == April 2010 release). | Erayd (23) | ||
| 1165962 | 2011-01-02 07:00:00 | It would be nice if Microsoft tried just once for a change to produce secure, reliable, bug free Software instead of trying to stimulate sales by new versions of Windows that do not have the security and reliability problems ironed out. Microsoft is like the North American Aircraft Company ( builder of the F86 & F100 Sabres etc) No matter how long you build a runway, North American will come up with an aircraft that needs more concrete to get off the ground |
KenESmith (6287) | ||
| 1165963 | 2011-01-02 07:26:00 | It would be nice if Microsoft tried just once for a change to produce secure, reliable, bug free Software instead of trying to stimulate sales by new versions of Windows that do not have the security and reliability problems ironed out. In Microsoft's defence, it is incredibly difficult to find and fix every single bug in a piece of software as large as Windows, or even Linux. |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1165964 | 2011-01-02 19:39:00 | If you have too many bugs, even for Microsoft, sometimes it is better to view the problem from afar - possibly why they called it Vista. ;) | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1165965 | 2011-01-02 21:17:00 | I like Windows 7 as I am sure most of us on here do. Vista was a disaster mainly because it needed too much hardware and the drivers were not ready for it. Yes I can see that Microsoft need to bring out a new OS occassionally to keep revenue up. (But every new pc sold in toaster shops comes with the latest MS OS anyway) But it must be coming harder to add new useful wanted features. I also hope that they spend some time on making 7 or 8 a bit smaller and tighter. The less code lines the better. Does anyone know if the corporate world is upgrading from XP to 7 ? |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1165966 | 2011-01-02 21:33:00 | Expect to see some radical changes and new features (again) Ballmer says Windows 8 is a big risk for Microsoft ------- So what exactly that means is anyones guess. There are rumors all around, and no one knows for sure. Some of the more "expected ones" are: *64 & 128 bit -- no more 32bit, which would lead to Windows 9 being 128 fully capable/supportable. *Cloud computing will be a major part of it. *A feature currently called "My PC Knows Me," it will scan your face and log you in. *Instant on - 1-3 seconds. *A push-button reset , which would allow you to reinstall Windows without losing documents and applications. * One rumored change for Windows 8 is in the updating of key kernel OS files through the cloud servers. In doing so, Microsoft could ensure systems are updated (supposedly without reboot) with the enhanced files. Plus, this could help prevent piracy. In the event a connection with the Internet is broken, backup kernel files will be used until the Internet connection can be reestablished. Plus many more - all rumors of course, but its all possible. The thing is, some people get all upset over a new OS, got to have new hardware etc -- who says you have to upgrade to the latest -- if you want to, then be prepared to spend some $$ on hardware.-- fact of life. :rolleyes: |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1165967 | 2011-01-02 22:13:00 | I went from 32-bit to 64-bit in September last year and have never looked back. Looks like we now have 128-bit to look forward to. I look forward to features like 'My Computer Knows Me'. In 2004 Dick Smith sold me a fingerprint scanner which worked fine till a computer tech advised me to get rid of it. I can imagine me sitting at my desk in the morning and saying "Good morning Computer, can you get me information on ???????". I will more than likely buy the new operating systems and upgrade my hardware if I need to. |
Bobh (5192) | ||
| 1165968 | 2011-01-02 22:30:00 | IBut it must be coming harder to add new useful wanted features. It's all right they just shuffle things around to make you think it is the latest and greatest and have a new learning curve. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
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