Microsoft’s Windows 9 Unveil Said To Be Coming September 30

TechCrunch ^ | August 21, 2014 | Darrell Etherington

[ConservingFreedom]

Windows 9 has been leaked, and seems to show a backing away from the aggressively touch-focused Windows 8, with a mini start menu and dropping of the Charms bar, but we’ll get a better look September 30, according to the Verge. The blog reports Microsoft is planning an official unveiling of what’s next for its desktop OS for that date, with a technology preview available for early adopters following quickly after that.

The upcoming Windows 9 release is codenamed ‘Threshold,’ and expectations are that we’ll see it arrive for the general public as a stable release sometime early next year. Previously, we covered what might be happening with the new release, which suggests that the desktop might be getting a return to glory in the new version – think more Windows 7 in your Windows 8 experience. Expectations are that Modern Windows (aka Metro) will still exist in the next generation, but it’ll be more closely integrated with the desktop side, with apps running in windowed mode instead of requiring you to switch between the two environments.

As a fairly frequent Windows user, but mostly on a desktop gaming PC, I’m excited about the new (old) direction Microsoft’s OS is apparently headed in – let’s hope they don’t go in a different direction what they actually unveil in late September.

[oh8eleven]

Not enough to matter.
Time matters ...

http://www.networksteve.com/?p=921 (one man's test).

[Secret Agent Man]

the whole idea that anytime a new o/s version gets released you just have to get it, when the current o/s is working fine for most people, is ridiculous. it’s not necesary for most people to have to get the latest just b/c the latest, exists.

[Secret Agent Man]

problem is most large businesses have contracts w/ msquish for licensing b/c of their special deployment setups, and in those contracts are requirements that they buy future o/s upgrades within a certin period after they are released.

[KoRn]

Was just speaking in a general, overall/high level way. Wasn’t speaking of any specific UI or performance differences.

[mykroar]

Windows 9, now with less 8.

[webheart]

I’ve had my imac less than a month and it already got stuck in “your computer had to restart due to a software issue” loop.... wouldn’t go into safe mode.

Fixing it is probably pretty easy, but it requires another Mac to do it. Use a lightning cable to connect the two together, boot the sick machine in target disk mode, and it mounts on the other machine as an external drive. You can do anything to it then,

[Fledermaus]

LOL

[KC_Lion]

Oh No.... This is an Evolution, if you will, of Microsoft.

[Age of Reason]

MS could achieve hero status if the next release were “XP” with “2015” tacked on at the end. Just bring ‘er back and everyone wins.

Good point. XP was the best of the worst.

[hoosierham]

Our whole society is built on the consumer discarding perfectly good “fill-in-the-blank” for the NEW and IMPROVED ! Why ,without that the economy would collapse.You expect companies to profit if people drive the same car for a decade,actually wear clothes from last year, or stay with the same “ significant other” ?

[adorno]

Ah, the Yugo of software steps up to the plate again.

I don't recall Yugos ever selling over 200 million copies.

Perhaps you meant, Macs instead of Yugos.

[adorno]

The Windows 7 desktop still exists in Windows 8. I hardly ever see the Windows 8 start screen, and my Windows 8 machines boot directly into a Windows7-like desktop mode.

So, you’re argument is specious at best.

[adorno]

ALL WINDOWS 8 and 8.1 PRODUCTS ARE DEAD.

Just like all Windows 7, and Windows XP products went dead when Windows 8 came along.

So, did that ever happen?

[adorno]

Pinto's blew up, Microsoft Windows "blows up."

For that to have ever been anywhere close to the truth, it would mean that the world would have stopped working, since, most of the world depends upon Windows machines to run, especially businesses.

[rarestia]

I frankly never understood why Microsoft introduced two completely conflicting UI paradigms in Windows 8.

I can answer this for you. I'm a Microsoft Certified Professional and speak with MS types quite a bit. Microsoft wanted a "fresh look" for Server 2012/Win 8 and opted for the flat look that is found almost everywhere on popular websites now. FoxNews, WeatherChannel, Yahoo, etc. have hopped on the "flat" or "2D" bandwagon, and Apple, with their release of the latest iOS revision did the same. Far be it for Microsoft to be left behind, so they did the same.

I can completely understand your side now that you mentioned the vision impairment. Microsoft tries to accommodate everyone, but I've noticed as well that oftentimes their default choices are appalling.

The Modern (nee Metro) interface was Microsoft's attempt at changing how people use their desktops. Once people realized they could just go to their old-school desktop, it's stopped being a big deal. I personally love how much more power you have by right-clicking on the Start button whereas before you had to right-click 'My Computer' > Manage, etc. For Windows "power users," Win8 is a great step.

[adorno]

If enough of us (big corporations) do it, eventually Microsoft has to listen or die.

Your company and others could try what Munich did, when they converted from Windows to LiMux (their own version of Linux).

Now, 10 years later, and years late, and plenty of dough over their initial cost estimates, and many complaints from their users, they are regretting the conversion, and are now thinking about coming back to Windows.

[adorno]

Same here, and I don’t ever remember what the BSOD looks like anymore.

[usconservative]

So, you’re argument is specious at best.

No it's not. Do you have an Aeroglass UI in Windows 8.x?

Answer: NO.

[usconservative]

You DO realize that post was intended to be humor, right?

[usconservative]

Your company and others could try what Munich did, when they converted from Windows to LiMux (their own version of Linux).

With the exception of Active Directory (for authentication) and File/Print services, the number of Linux servers FAR outweighs the number of our Windows Servers. So "already there" in the Server space.

Desktops will be an entirely different matter since that is what users actually TOUCH and USE to be productive.