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Microsoft’s Windows 9 Unveil Said To Be Coming September 30
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| August 21, 2014
| Darrell Etherington
Posted on 08/21/2014 9:54:03 AM PDT by ConservingFreedom
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To: SWAMPSNIPER; ConservingFreedom
Not enough to matter.Time matters ...
http://www.networksteve.com/?p=921 (one man's test).
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posted on
08/21/2014 10:59:54 AM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: Gay State Conservative
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.
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posted on
08/21/2014 11:02:48 AM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: usconservative
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.
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posted on
08/21/2014 11:06:55 AM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: usconservative
Was just speaking in a general, overall/high level way. Wasn’t speaking of any specific UI or performance differences.
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posted on
08/21/2014 11:10:08 AM PDT
by
KoRn
(Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
To: ConservingFreedom
Windows 9, now with less 8.
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posted on
08/21/2014 11:15:58 AM PDT
by
mykroar
(This is an insult to the nation's intelligence and these days, that isn't easy.)
To: KneelBeforeZod
Ive had my imac less than a month and it already got stuck in your computer had to restart due to a software issue loop.... wouldnt 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,
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posted on
08/21/2014 11:18:08 AM PDT
by
webheart
(We are all pretty much living in a fiction.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
08/21/2014 11:18:53 AM PDT
by
Fledermaus
(Conservatives are all that's left to defend the Constitution. Dems hate it, and Repubs don't care.)
To: GraceG
Oh No.... This is an Evolution, if you will, of Microsoft.
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posted on
08/21/2014 11:21:11 AM PDT
by
KC_Lion
(Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.- Sarah Palin)
To: MayflowerMadam
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.
To: Secret Agent Man
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” ?
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posted on
08/21/2014 11:44:54 AM PDT
by
hoosierham
(Freedom isn't free)
To: Da Coyote
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.
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posted on
08/21/2014 11:46:45 AM PDT
by
adorno
(Y)
To: usconservative
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.
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posted on
08/21/2014 11:49:30 AM PDT
by
adorno
(Y)
To: SeekAndFind
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?
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posted on
08/21/2014 11:51:24 AM PDT
by
adorno
(Y)
To: usconservative
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.
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posted on
08/21/2014 11:55:16 AM PDT
by
adorno
(Y)
To: usconservative
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.
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posted on
08/21/2014 11:57:55 AM PDT
by
rarestia
(It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
To: usconservative
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.
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posted on
08/21/2014 12:01:32 PM PDT
by
adorno
(Y)
To: NorthMountain
Same here, and I don’t ever remember what the BSOD looks like anymore.
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posted on
08/21/2014 12:02:15 PM PDT
by
adorno
(Y)
To: adorno
So, youre argument is specious at best. No it's not. Do you have an Aeroglass UI in Windows 8.x?
Answer: NO.
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posted on
08/21/2014 12:05:15 PM PDT
by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: adorno
You DO realize that post was intended to be humor, right?
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posted on
08/21/2014 12:06:55 PM PDT
by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: adorno
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.
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posted on
08/21/2014 12:08:42 PM PDT
by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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