Windows 8's five biggest enemies

ZDNet ^ | 15 February 2012 | Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

[ShadowAce]

[ShadowAce]

[Poser]

Proofread! (the author didn't)

[Psycho_Bunny]

This guy really shouldn’t be writing about technology.

[ShadowAce]

He’s always been difficult for me to read. He *really* needs a better editor.

[ShadowAce]

He does make a good point, though, about the release cycle. Businesses are not going to migrate to 8 when many are just now getting to 7.

Add into that the new interface, and I see a tough road ahead for 8 adoption.

[q_an_a]

I suspect that more than a few companies that have rolled out 7 did so because they found out that it was going to lead to all the cool stuff that they want for their customers and their employees. They know that 8 will be easier to adopt if they are jumping form 7 to 8 instead of from XP to 8. The death of microsoft has been screamed for years...did not happen.

[US_MilitaryRules]

#1. The User.
#2. The User.
#3. The User.
#4. The User.
#5. The User.
You get the point. LOL

[ShadowAce]

The death of microsoft has been screamed for years...did not happen.

No one here--including the author--is saying MS is dead or dying.

I don't think it will be any easier to migrate to 8 from 7 rather than XP either.

It's also been my experience that companies don't care about "cool stuff." They care about getting their work done, using supported products. As long as 7 remains supported, and XP remains supported, 8 adoption will be slow.

[Westbrook]

Heh.

Then there’s the whole “Secure Boot” fiasco.

[TomGuy]

It's also been my experience that companies don't care about "cool stuff." They care about getting their work done, using supported products.

That was my apprehension with Win7 for home use since I am retired.

I finally did upgrade: I bought a Win7 laptop in late summer and desktop pc on CyberMonday 2011. It has taken me months, but I finally have them to 'workable' settings. The first two things I turned off were (1) Aero crap and (2) UAC crap. Nothing worked right until then.

The major advantage with Win7 is that it accesses more memory capabilities. The detriment with XP was webpages loading sluggishly because of heavy video and graphics.

I did lose a few software programs that just would not run under Win7, even in compatibility mode. I also lost the use of an older b/w laser desktop printer, as the drivers had never been updated for Win7-64bit. Luckily, most software program work (some after serious tweaking) and so did my scanner and color laser printer.

I have read nothing about Win8 that makes me want to jump at it.

Recently, I tried to do some data manipulation with the Win7 Word and Excel Starters. It go so frustrated with it that I installed Word and Excel 97, so I get the data manipulation done.

[martin_fierro]

[martin_fierro]

So, at the end of the day, besides all the other reasons I see for Windows 8’s forthcoming failure, I see Windows 8’s biggest rivals being the rise of Web-browser/cloud-based computers; it’s failure to keep up with Apple and Google on smartphones and tablets, but most of all, its own installed base is simply not ready to switch to Windows 8.

That sentence should be taken out and shot.

[GraceG]

[ Recently, I tried to do some data manipulation with the Win7 Word and Excel Starters. It go so frustrated with it that I installed Word and Excel 97, so I get the data manipulation done. ]

Have you tried Open Office?

[Scythian]

Windows 7 is the best OS Microsoft ever put out. There is no way we’re going to Windows 8, just like Vista, we sat with our XP until Windows 7 came out and totally skipped Vista, the same will be true for Windows 8, it’s a terrible idea that is destined to fail.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Folklore has it that every other MS OS is a flop - according to this Windoze 8 will be just that. We’ll see.

[aimhigh]

Windows 7 is the best OS Microsoft ever put out.

I agree. Every other upgrade is crap. I'll wait for Windows 9.

[TexasRepublic]

“Add into that the new interface, and I see a tough road ahead for 8 adoption.”

The same problem that Ubuntu has caused with its Unity interface. Why do those companies think people want to learn a completely new interface every few years? At least the Unity interface can be replaced on Ubuntu 11.10 with a more “traditional” XP-like interface.

[Tax-chick]

Ghastly. Semicolon abuse, on top of the other trauma.