Posted on 08/08/2014 10:17:45 AM PDT by Signalman
Windows 9 is going to strip out even more of Windows 8 than we thought: It will kill the Charms Bar. Considering that it will also add back the Start menu, and allow Metro apps to run as windows apps on the desktop, when it's done it may be an operating system you can love.
WinBeta reports that in Windows 9, currently code-named Threshold, the Charms Bar is going to be killed, as least on traditional PCs. That's good news. Although Charms works fine on tablets, on traditional PCs it's always been confusing and awkward to use. It's one more sign that Microsoft will be aiming Windows 9 more at desktops and laptops rather than at tablets.
Combine this with the ability to run Metro apps in their own windows on the desktop, have Metro apps include title bars and controls like traditional desktop apps, and boot directly into the desktop, and you have a version of Windows that looks and works more like Windows 7 than Windows 8.
The other news about Windows 9, according to Neowin, is that Windows 9 will have virtual desktops, which are available on Mac OS X and Ubuntu, as well as via some Windows third-party software. With virtual desktops, you create desktop different environments and can switch among them. So, for example, you might create one desktop for when you're working remotely with a work VPN, your company's enterprise apps, and so on; another for gaming; and others as well, and then switch instantly among them.
Virtual desktops aren't nearly as important as the other changes, which are all pointed at making Windows 9 an operating system designed for traditional PCs rather than tablets.
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.computerworld.com ...
The business world hasn’t accepted it largely because touch technology is not mainstream as of yet. For touch technology systems it is great.
Windows:
DOS6.22: AWESOME.
3.0: crap
3.1 sorta fair
3.11WFWG: good, but not anywhere near OS/2 WARP.
95: crap.
95 950B: sorta good, maybe...
98: better than 95, but really just 950B sommore... Ooh, look! a value pack!
98SE: better than 98, DOS 7.10 - AWESOME w/ LFN and DMA and FAT32
ME: crap. So utterly disappointing... DOS purposefully broken.
2000: good, but crap from virii, no drivers, no boot disk, no way to access NTFS if the system is dead w/o a test bench.
2000 SP3+: good, still no boot disk
XP: totally owned by virii, still no boot disk - Is a boot disk so hard? You know, with a boot disk and a cmdline anti-virus, I could have a leg up on all these bugs I get every_friggin_day...
XP SP2+: Good. REALLY good. Still no boot disk. It’s been like, a decade now... a boot disk would be nice one of these days...
Vista: good, but fat and meh. Still no boot disk. My scanner is a doorstop. So is my printer.
Win 7: REALLY good... holy crap! look! it’s got a boot disk! Not a very good boot disk though - One would think a file manager might be a good feature for a boot disk... Really? WTF good is a boot disk without a friggin file manager so I can get my crap off the stupid system? Oh, this is just disgusting... you did this on purpose, just to piss me off. What a crappy boot disk.
Win 8: crap. YOU SUCK.
Win 8.1 crap w/ sprinkles and a dusting of powdered sugar. I hate you.
Win 9: ?
Oh okay and the desktop market is not saturated???
You are also assuming that everyone leaving their old Windows XP Desktops will not upgrade to a Laptop or Tablet.
You mentioned your son purchasing a desktop. I bet if you go to his school that most of his fellow students all have laptops, smart phones and tablets.
I don’t know who gave you that information about Desktops sales. Sorry but it made me laugh. Here is a highly respected firm that researches sales of PCs, Laptops, Tablets and Smart Phones.
Just scroll down to the graphs.
http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS24314413
Here is a recent article from Forbes too. Predicting the next 3 years.
“CHART OF THE DAY: The Number Of Smartphones In Use Is About To Pass The Number Of PCs”
http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-number-of-smartphones-tablets-and-pcs-2013-12
“Tablets to outsell PCs for the first time this year
Sales of tablets such as Apple’s iPad and Samsung’s Galaxy are expected to outsell desktop computers for the first time this year.”
Laptops are not going away anytime soon.
I LOVED DOS! The worst thing MS ever did was make the OS dependent upon the windowing system. Can you imagine NTCMD and all it can do if you could boot directly to it?
I agree... See post #71
I have a laptop and a tablet, but I rarely use the tablet.....I need a good keyboard, and tablets just don’t cut it.
I have both a Laptop and a Tablet. I use both equally.
I know what you mean about the keyboard. It took me some time to get use to it, but I’m comfortable with it now.
Gee. Maybe they will get it right this time.
The only problem I had with configuring Mint was with getting Bluetooth to work properly (I have a set of Bluetooth headphones that I use so as to not subject family to the sounds of Talk Radio constantly).
There are a bunch of neat toys to install (by the way):
gpodder — allows me to automatically download and manage Levin podcasts (as well as others).
radiotray — nice and simple way to listen to Internet radio. Lightweight and simple.
copyq — a FANTASTIC clipboard manager that allows for tabbed storage of clips (so you can keep your ping list readily available, for example), as well as editing clips.
There are others, but those are the ones I use the most.
I presume that all of this can be yours for a low, low price! Right?
/s
Thank you very much.
That was more answer than I expected, and probably more time than I should have taken from you.
Much appreciated, best Fregards to you.
I remember CE ME NT
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.