[GraceG]

How about they leave the userinterface ALONE and just concentrate on the Kernel...?????

[Lets Roll NOW]

16 million Windows 8 users out of over 700 million.

That is an epic fail.

[BitWielder1]

Make the darn thing RELIABLE and fast first.
If you want to change the user interface, offer a "classic" mode for those who are not inclined to learn how to use a computer all over again.

[Teotwawki]

After Windows Vista, I put Microsoft behind me. I made the switch to Apple, not that i was really drawn to it, but I was just so frustrated with Microsoft. I haven’t really regretted the change.

[GeronL]

Windows 8.1 SP2 would be a more accurate name for it

[Alex Murphy]

After spending the past two years in damage control mode over Windows 8, Microsoft will officially begin a new era for its OS on Tuesday, when it’s expected to unveil a preview of Windows’ next major version during an event focused on enterprise customers.

Windows 8 is only two years old next month. Given the short timeframe between 8 and (the announcement of) 9, I fully expect 9 to be little more than 8.2 with an altered paintjob.

[4Runner]

I bought a very nice HP Pavilion laptop a year ago. It had Windows 8 pre-installed by the manufacturer, who had disabled Windows Defender in an effort to get me to purchase a McAfee security product. This OS is totally bullshit unstable, acts freakish all of the time, and never responds the same way twice to the same prompt. I hate it thoroughly. Our other computer, a sweet Gateway (Intel Core 13) desktop, came with Windows 7. It’s been a dream to operate.

[petro45acp]

Doesn’t matter, SkyNet is OS independent.......

They’ll be back.....

KYPD

[Enlightened1]

Apple, Amazon and Google are running circles around Microsoft.
Microsoft is going to have to adjust the way they release Windows.

The technology today is moving so fast that even the feds can't keep up with it.

[Pontiac]

After the success of Windows 7

After what?!

The last success MS had in my opinion was XP.

Windows 7 is a disaster.

I got my wife a Windows 8 machine for her birthday this year and she hates it.

[TomGuy]

I had to jerry-rig several XP software programs to get them to work with Win7. I have not found any comparable Win7 programs, so I have to stick with the old XP ones.

I already know that IE 10 and above kills by IE-based tabbed browser and productivity add-ons.

I also lost a laser printer when I went from XP to Win7, because there was not driver for the 64-bit Win7.

Unless there is something spectacular in Win9, I foresee no reason to upgrade.

[Fledermaus]

Let’s see - Windows 9 to replace the crappy 8 which replaced the worse 7 which replaced Vista which replaced XP (at least XP actually worked pretty well), which replaced the really, really bad Windows ME, etc, etc, etc.

They should have just gone back to 3.1 and make it workable for the 21st century.

[expat2]

Does that apply to phones, also, or is that just for PCs?

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Windows 95: Sucked
Windows 98: Kicked ass
Window Me: Sucked
Windows XP: Kicked ass (The best OS evah, IMO)
Windows Vista: Totally sucked
Windows 7: Kicked ass
Windows 8: Sucked (I have a desktop, why the Hell do I need an OS built for tablets and smartphones?)
Windows 9: It better kick ass!

[angryoldfatman]

That’s right, unscrew that pooch, Microsoft.

And to anybody who thinks that a radically new user interface is the best thing in the world, I want to tear the steering wheel and pedals out of your car and install a Nintendo Power Glove and see how long it takes you to wind up in a ditch. On fire.

[TexasRepublic]

Too bad Microsoft, I bailed out after Windows Vista arrived DOA, and I don’t expect to return. All of my Linux upgrades have been free.

[Secret Agent Man]

hell let’s just call 8.1 windows 9 and forget all about it now.

[SamAdams76]

"For those wondering...we are now working on Windows 10, which will definitely fix all the problems with Windows 9. You are going to just LOVE Windows 10!"