[Psycho_Bunny]

Hmmmm. I have trouble believing that.

[Signalman]

Maybe Ballmer meant that Windows 8 puts a higher demand on computer hardware resources than does Windows 7.

[circlecity]

I even LIKE windows and I think this is pure BS. I don’t know anyone in the business world who is even considering looking at Windows 8.

[I cannot think of a name]

Hey Steve, here’s your real problem - ME, and millions more like me.

If all you do with a computer is business work, (Word, Excel, Visio, Project, etc), and when you’ve finished work the LAST thing you want to see is a computer, Microsoft already created the final operating system. It’s called XP. I have a desktop running XP, and a laptop running 7 (because it came with 7). And if you GAVE me 7, or 8 for that matter, I wouldn’t install it on my desktop. Between XP and 7, I cannot find ONE thing of sufficient value to justify the disruption and hassle of a system upgrade, even if the upgrade were free.

Now in the interest of full disclosure, I don’t have a Twitter or Facebook account, don’t really own any computer games, and have never used either computer to watch a movie (posting on FreeRepublic is the only thing I do that even remotely resembles ‘Social Media’). I realize that if you mess around with the newer social media, the features of the newer systems probably appeal to you. But for those of us like me that use computers for business and little more, I will probably go to my grave using XP.

[RegulatorCountry]

Ballmer was speaking at a San Francisco event where Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 hardware were being showcased.

A Ballmer phone, keep Obama in President, you know?

That explains the GUI looking like a cash register in McDonalds.

[RegulatorCountry]

Ballmer was speaking at a San Francisco event where Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 hardware were being showcased.

A Ballmer phone, keep Obama in President, you know?

That explains the GUI looking like a cash register in McDonalds.

[Yasmar]

Here is what Steve Ballmer said about the Apple iPhone when it was first announced.

“There’s no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance. It’s a $500 subsidized item.”

Steve Ballmer is a bit goofy.

[isthisnickcool]

He means that instead of the 10 people who wanted WIN7 11 wanted WIN8.

I use the best OS ever:

[the anti-liberal]

Win8 does take some getting used to, but it does load more quickly and runs just fine on my pc, which is about 5 yrs old.

It'll definitely be nice for touchscreens.