Windows 8 unveiled, get ready for the: "OH NO WHAT HAVE THEY DONE?!"

[JU_88]

http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/01/m...et-prototypes/

First impressions? Looks like they want to transform the PC in to a GIANT IPAD.... NNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
It looks great for Touch screen Mobile devices and Tablet PCs etc, but on a conventional desktop or laptop? Errr ....I guess we wait to see this 'other' version that is mentioned in the article.
They say it will work great with keyboard and mouse, but looking at that demo I gotta admit it is pretty hard to see how.
Still Id like to think we can (somehow) trust MS not to screw this up.

Also i do wonder what all my legacy 'Pre Windows 8' apps & games will look like? maybe a a bunch of ugly white text boxes? mmmm all the "personality" of a shopping list!

Though they dont explicitly mention it, I can only assume they will try to emulate Apples business model too by opening an Appstore for the PC
If so thats a double edged sword I guess.

[Betonov]

A bit of patching, a bit of fixes and a lot of consumer feedback. And a touchscreen monitor that shouldn't be too expensive once this creates a high demand. Let's not be pesimistic (nor too optimistic).

Problem is, it will work with touchscreen laptops, but my PC monitor is almost a meter (3ft) away from me, touching the screen is useless

[Jimbuna]

Just leave W7 well alone...I haven't had it that long

[JU_88]

Originally Posted by Betonov

A bit of patching, a bit of fixes and a lot of consumer feedback. And a touchscreen monitor that shouldn't be too expensive once this creates a high demand. Let's not be pesimistic (nor too optimistic).

Problem is, it will work with touchscreen laptops, but my PC monitor is almost a meter (3ft) away from me, touching the screen is useless

Yep, touch screen and desktops dont mix, just for second lets pretend our monitor is a touch screen,

1) First move in closer so you can reach more easily, do your eyes hurt yet? Yes? Good -
2) now point around your screen with your finger for 1 minute and see how tired your arm gets.
3) Now imagine theres an on-screen keyboard...

Carple tunnel syndrome and blindness anyone?
The solution would be to lay the display flat on the table... oh wait now I have neck cramps and back pain
I can see the advertising campaign: "I am now crippled and Windows 8 was my Idea"

@Jimbo, Same here mate, Ive only had it year meself.

[papa_smurf]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Just leave W7 well alone...I haven't had it that long

Same here, though I remember when Windows vista was in development (called project Longhorn), and that took another 2 years for it to come out.

[TarJak]

Clearly they are responding to the iPad. Even Apple are not trying to mix the UI's. I'll reserve judgement until I can see it for real.



Looks like Windowsphone interface.

[joea]

Originally Posted by TarJak

Clearly they are responding to the iPad. Even Apple are not trying to mix the UI's. I'll reserve judgement until I can see it for real.



Looks like Windowsphone interface.

First thing that came to my mind.

[Betonov]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Just leave W7 well alone...I haven't had it that long

I have it for 2 months now.

The best thing would be, having two separate monitors, one laxing flat on the desk and the other for wieving. Or one touch-pad on the desk. Dont worry, the geeks will find a solution to it better then the people at MS

[the_tyrant]

i have an hp touchsmart laptop, and my mom has an gateway touch screen desktop

its better than you think, i love the touchscreen

[Skybird]

If they follow by their 2-2 rule (every second version of Windows is a good one, the inbetween versions are bad ones), after XP was good and Vista was bad and Windows 7 was good, Windows 8 may go bad again.

Tradition is tradition.

A touchscreen is nice for painting software, really, but else I do not understand the hype about it. but I also do not understand the hype over ipads, smartphones and the like, so maybe I am just living in the wrong age. I just think it is stupid to spend so much attention to things like this.

Windows 7 user over here since 3 months. And a very happy one. I refuse to bother myself with just another OS again that soon. Ask again in 8 years or so.

[JU_88]

Originally Posted by Skybird

If they follow by their 2-2 rule (every second version of Windows is a good one, the inbetween versions are bad ones), after XP was good and Vista was bad and Windows 7 was good, Windows 8 may go bad again.

Tradition is tradition.

A touchscreen is nice for painting software, really, but else I do not understand the hype about it. but I also do not understand the hype over ipads, smartphones and the like, so maybe I am just living in the wrong age. I just think it is stupid to spend so much attention to things like this.

Windows 7 user over here since 3 months. And a very happy one. I refuse to bother myself with just another OS again that soon. Ask again in 8 years or so.

Good observation that

[the_tyrant]

Originally Posted by Skybird

If they follow by their 2-2 rule (every second version of Windows is a good one, the inbetween versions are bad ones), after XP was good and Vista was bad and Windows 7 was good, Windows 8 may go bad again.

Tradition is tradition.

A touchscreen is nice for painting software, really, but else I do not understand the hype about it. but I also do not understand the hype over ipads, smartphones and the like, so maybe I am just living in the wrong age. I just think it is stupid to spend so much attention to things like this.

Windows 7 user over here since 3 months. And a very happy one. I refuse to bother myself with just another OS again that soon. Ask again in 8 years or so.

well you see, the theory behind that is, the first operating system of every major version is bad

from NT 4, there was 2000 (version 5) xp (version 5.1), vista (version 6), and 7 (which is actually version 6.1)

now we don't know yet if windows 8 will actually be version 6.2 or version 7
if its version 7, there is a good chance that it will be mediocre, with poor features and stability. however, if it's version 6.2, than it will probably be quite good

[NeonSamurai]

Microsoft has always been doing stuff like this. Every version comes with some good ideas, and a lot of asinine ideas and changes to existing stuff that no one wants.

Like Windows 7, it has several good innovations and several changes that make me wonder what the <censored> <censored> <censored> they were thinking.

[Raptor1]

Originally Posted by the_tyrant

well you see, the theory behind that is, the first operating system of every major version is bad

from NT 4, there was 2000 (version 5) xp (version 5.1), vista (version 6), and 7 (which is actually version 6.1)

now we don't know yet if windows 8 will actually be version 6.2 or version 7
if its version 7, there is a good chance that it will be mediocre, with poor features and stability. however, if it's version 7, than it will probably be quite good

If it's version 7 it will be mediocre, and if it is version 7 it will probably be quite good? Make up your bloody mind...

Anyway, Microsoft doesn't seem to be doing logical numbers. Every time they went beyond *.1 the numbers started going everywhere, like with NT 3.5 and Windows Me (AKA Windows 4.9). I doubt we'll be seeing a straight forward version like Windows 6.2...Oh, does that mean we can start taking bets on the new version number?

Anyway, you're partially right, but every other Windows release has been terrible even if it's from the same series as the previously good ones (See Windows Me). I guess we'll see how bad this one turns out soon enough...

[Wolfehunter]

I was never interested in touchscreens. For home use I don't see any value. There are applications I can see its value to use that tech. But for me I have no need of it. I'm conferrable with keyboard and mouse.

When computers can understand voice commands better and responds with a simulated personality touchscreens will be obsolete.

Also screen is expensive to replace when damaged. Keyboards are cheap. Money will dictate what changes the market. Most business will use the tradition cheap method.