www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/131244-Report-Windows-9-Being-Prepped-For-April-2015-Launch
Interesting quick article. It would explain why updates for Win 8 are not as often as previous Windows OS and with the "Even/Odd" curse being prevalent in Windows history I hope, if this is true, that they aren't doing Windows 9 just to get to an odd number.
Rumour: Windows 9 being prepped for 2015
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Posté 12 janvier 2014 - 12:43
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Well when it comes out I hope it's better than that travesty that windows 8 is. I had to spend ages downloading stuff off the internet to make it less ****.
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Posté 12 janvier 2014 - 01:04
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They'll do it right this time. I know it!
If Win XP (SP3) and 7 could run your hardware drivers, they're still good operation systems to use.
If Win XP (SP3) and 7 could run your hardware drivers, they're still good operation systems to use.
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Posté 12 janvier 2014 - 01:34
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Following Microsoft's trend of screwing up > getting it right > screwing up > getting it right, I have decent hopes for Windows 9.
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Posté 12 janvier 2014 - 02:39
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Dave of Canada wrote...
Following Microsoft's trend of screwing up > getting it right > screwing up > getting it right, I have decent hopes for Windows 9.
Relevent.
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Posté 12 janvier 2014 - 03:19
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Now we just need to superimpose the Star Trek movie graph and get a decent conspiracy going.
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Posté 12 janvier 2014 - 04:10
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Interesting.
Not that I am complaining about my current OS situation (got Win7 Home Premium with my PC which I am currently using and will upgrade my system to Win8.1 Pro, which I got for free this christmas, soon) but better is always ... well, better.
Not that I am complaining about my current OS situation (got Win7 Home Premium with my PC which I am currently using and will upgrade my system to Win8.1 Pro, which I got for free this christmas, soon) but better is always ... well, better.
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Posté 12 janvier 2014 - 04:44
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LOL micrololft, The operating system is decent it is just the software that comes with the system.Internet lelxplorer is god awful and if office does not have collaborative real time document editing, I think google docs is going to pass it soon.
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Dat selective memory.Liamv2 wrote...
Dave of Canada wrote...
Following Microsoft's trend of screwing up > getting it right > screwing up > getting it right, I have decent hopes for Windows 9.
Relevent.
Windows 98 was ****, Windows XP was hated for years (like Windows 8) and Windows 7 is awfully slow.
In the same way MS Paint passed Photoshop I guess.SylvuisTheSwag wrote...
I think google docs is going
to pass it soon.
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Posté 15 janvier 2014 - 05:10
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Well, my experience over the decades using Windows 3.1 up to Windows 7 Home Premium, I mostly agree with that graphic.
Windows 3.1 was good for business, I suppose, but as a gamer I did most of my gaming under DOS. It was during this time that 32-bit CPUs became popular and games started incorporating "DOS Extenders".
Windows 95 was different but, imo, an improvement, especially since I could now run games natively from the Desktop. Was playing "made for Windows" stuff like Diablo at the time.
Windows 98 improved on Windows 95 and I used it for a long time.
Skipped Windows ME; didn't offer anything I wanted.
Didn't get into Windows XP until the first service pack, and found it easy to revert the UI to a Windows 98 theme. Overall I don't recall too many things being different from a gaming point of view. The Program Install/Uninstall part of Control Panel still suffered from issues/bugs after a month or so of use.
Windows Vista was a bit of a PITA until the second service pack, and I quickly moved to Windows 7 when it came out.
Have been running Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit since then and have no complaints. Boots lightning-quick from an SSD and I rarely have to wait on anything. Thanks to emulators and DOSBox I can still run all my favorite games (some from the 80s).
Bottom line, I guess your view of the various OS depends on how you used them. I'm a lifetime gamer so that's my primary experience. As for work, I've used Windows XP almost exclusively (even today). It's okay but I'm always happy to return home to my Win7 gaming/movie machine.
Skipping Win8 thanks to feedback from gaming buddies. Win 9 might be interesting if it indeed happens, but with the trend toward mobile computing it might merely improve on Win8 rather than return to the desktop systems of Win7 and previous.
Windows 3.1 was good for business, I suppose, but as a gamer I did most of my gaming under DOS. It was during this time that 32-bit CPUs became popular and games started incorporating "DOS Extenders".
Windows 95 was different but, imo, an improvement, especially since I could now run games natively from the Desktop. Was playing "made for Windows" stuff like Diablo at the time.
Windows 98 improved on Windows 95 and I used it for a long time.
Skipped Windows ME; didn't offer anything I wanted.
Didn't get into Windows XP until the first service pack, and found it easy to revert the UI to a Windows 98 theme. Overall I don't recall too many things being different from a gaming point of view. The Program Install/Uninstall part of Control Panel still suffered from issues/bugs after a month or so of use.
Windows Vista was a bit of a PITA until the second service pack, and I quickly moved to Windows 7 when it came out.
Have been running Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit since then and have no complaints. Boots lightning-quick from an SSD and I rarely have to wait on anything. Thanks to emulators and DOSBox I can still run all my favorite games (some from the 80s).
Bottom line, I guess your view of the various OS depends on how you used them. I'm a lifetime gamer so that's my primary experience. As for work, I've used Windows XP almost exclusively (even today). It's okay but I'm always happy to return home to my Win7 gaming/movie machine.
Skipping Win8 thanks to feedback from gaming buddies. Win 9 might be interesting if it indeed happens, but with the trend toward mobile computing it might merely improve on Win8 rather than return to the desktop systems of Win7 and previous.
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Posté 17 janvier 2014 - 12:13
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The desktop on Windows 8 is better than 7.
It's also not slow as **** when compared to a modern Linux or Mavericks.
It's also not slow as **** when compared to a modern Linux or Mavericks.
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Posté 18 janvier 2014 - 04:27
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Developers, developers, developers, developers...
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Posté 18 janvier 2014 - 06:06
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Rubios wrote...
Dat selective memory.
Windows 98 was ****, Windows XP was hated for years (like Windows 8) and Windows 7 is awfully slow.
There were a couple of different versions of Windows 98. The og version was ****e but Windows 98 SE (second edition) was pretty good actually.
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Posté 18 janvier 2014 - 06:51
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frustratemyself wrote...
Rubios wrote...
Dat selective memory.
Windows 98 was ****, Windows XP was hated for years (like Windows 8) and Windows 7 is awfully slow.
There were a couple of different versions of Windows 98. The og version was ****e but Windows 98 SE (second edition) was pretty good actually.
Acknowledged.
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Posté 18 janvier 2014 - 06:54
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wait, what? I thought people liked Windows 95?Liamv2 wrote...
Dave of Canada wrote...
Following Microsoft's trend of screwing up > getting it right > screwing up > getting it right, I have decent hopes for Windows 9.
Relevent.
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Posté 18 janvier 2014 - 06:56
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Rubios wrote...
The desktop on Windows 8 is better than 7.
It's also not slow as **** when compared to a modern Linux or Mavericks.
Depends on the distro.
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Posté 18 janvier 2014 - 10:59
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bobobo878 wrote...
wait, what? I thought people liked Windows 95?Liamv2 wrote...
Dave of Canada wrote...
Following Microsoft's trend of screwing up > getting it right > screwing up > getting it right, I have decent hopes for Windows 9.
Relevent.
Yeah, that image is not right at all. 3.1 was unusable crap. 3.11 was barely usable crap, Win 95 was great - brilliantly magnificent even, compared to 3.x, We wouldn't even be using Windows PCs today if it weren't for 95.
And, yeah, it was then 98SE that was great, not 98.
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