And none of this matters.
They’ve still lost my 65 YO mother, my 65 YO MIL and my FIL...
Nobody is considering the huge cohort of older people when they make these sweeping changes.
(honestly, I’m only 44 and I just bought a new computer with Windows 7... Can’t comprehend the stupid ‘tile’ thing.)
Windows 8 has been what kept us from upgrading. I am hoping it is back to being enough like Windows 7 that the change won’t be terrible.
My encounters with 8 were horrible. Microsoft seems to want everyone to actually type the name of any program you need that’s not in a square on your screen. I tried to help a neighbor with it, and after 45 minutes, apologized for not fixing her problem. If it was any version prior, it would have been a piece of cake.
Microsoft shot itself in the foot with 8/8.1. It’s utterly crazy to make the desktop harder to use than a phone (no one uses—Windows Mobile). Why do I have to type, “Solitaire” only to find it did or did not find it? How do I know what Microsoft called the “Device Manager” in this new version (as Microsoft always renames basic things differently between versions)? Start typing in the search bar and see if you can get lucky.
Absolutely stupid to the greatest degree, possible.
Sorry about the rant.
Lately, though, I have been totally stumped by cell phones, apps and SW applications. Either I've started to go into decline, or the high tech industry has decided that user friendliness is not so important.
It’s not welfare.
MS is under no obligation to retard their product development because old people think they are entitled to a static product or they have no desire to learn new features.
Like what company does this?
Windows 7 will be supported for a few more years, so, you don’t have to upgrade to Windows 10.
Meanwhile, I’ve been using Windows 8.1 with no problems at all, and in reality, it looks just like Windows 7 when I use it with the legacy desktop UI So, why can’t people just use the old desktop UI, and take advantage of all the new features and the faster speeds of their machines?
People have all kinds of excuses for why Windows 8/8.1 and Windows 10 are not for them, but none of those excuses make any sense.
BTW, there are alternatives to Windows, such as Linux and even OSX with Macs, and if you have no need for anything besides a glorified browser, then, Chromebooks will be ‘good enough’. But, whatever the alternatives, they just can’t match Windows for ease of use and number of available applications and compatibility with all makes and models of PCs and peripherals.
“Nobody is considering the huge cohort of older people when they make these sweeping changes.”
65 is YOUNG! I am 68.
As far as I’m aware, Windows 10 is not going to have the “tile” interface that Windows 8 has/had. At least not by default. It’s going to look a lot like Windows 7. Again as far as I understand.