This offers some insight into what makes Windows 10 a significant departure from the past and a significant progression to the future.
As has been said, UI is the tip of the iceberg.
Cheers,
Drew
PS: Please, don't bother giving me grief. Just sharing the article, did not write it!
"And now for something completely different"
Does this apply to what Microsoft knew they were giving people w/ Windows 8.
OR
Does it apply to what people thought Microsoft was giving them w/ Windows 8?
OR
Does it apply to Windows 10?
Windows 8 was different from the past and a window to the...
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Peter Hortensius, the head of technology for Lenovo, the world's biggest PC maker, talks to the Mercury News about the future of computing.
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This question has been hanging in my head for a bit and want a windows users perspective on it.
With support for XP now finally gone and with the failures of Windows Vista and 8 I think its time for Microsoft to re evaluate its current stance on windows 7.
As of October sales of windows 7 have...
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Here's a current list of Games For Windows Live Games that will & won't be supported elsewhere. Here's the article link : http://www.joystiq.com/2014/01/17/games-for-windows-live-is-dying-we-check-the-life-support-of-ga/
Paul Thurrott blogs about the future for Windows and what's likely to happen in the coming months:
Reference:
http://winsupersite.com/windows-8/threshold-be-called-windows-9-ship-april-2015
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Zdnet.com are running an article by Simon Bisset which details recent events around the Windows Blue/8.1 release. The article also goes on to outline what the 8.1 release means for the future development of Windows:
Well worth a read if you want to know how Microsoft is changing and why.
The...
In another forum someone asked what people felt about Windows 8. This is what I had to say:
Ok, well, to the OP I will offer my comments & promise to not be overly techy. Many folks who have spent a bit of time @ this forum, already, know my feelings but, that's ok...
I have been using...
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Many of us think that by the time Windows 9 or 10 arrives the desktop would disappear. But according to the following MSDN blog, Microsoft considers desktop important and intends to keep desktop for the foreseeable future:
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But this blog is an year old and within an year we...
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POST = Power On Self Test, right?
Apparently not any longer. The word is now being used to describe the future of computing, as in POST PC World.
Which sounds to me like Microsoft intends to leave we desktop users and apparently some of if not most of its' long time valued partners to our own...
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I'm not sure if I would be welcomed in the Skype Webcast. There are other issues I have heard about but here is my issue. I leave it here for you to discuss or ignore.
With the risk of receiving another infraction over the same topic, I present the main reason behind why I quit visiting...
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The technological revolution of the 1990s, which traces its origins to research and development that took place in the 1960s and earlier here in the United States has changed our world. But, the world, itself, is changing too. As a small business owner, I struggle with priorities to keep my...
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I read this article today and just wondered what others thought? Do you agree with the sentiments given in the article or no?
Personally I feel that this guy sat down and used Windows 8 for around a minute and a half. Anyone who has explored the new interface knows that it can easily be...
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Y'all are making far too big a deal over the Start screen. I used the DP for months; now the Beta non-stop since 29/2. Hardly ever visit Start. The lack of the old Start Menu & Windows orb is completely meaningless. The OS works just fine, as is. Between the following, there is noise & a...
Microsoft's future riding on Windows 8 Associated Press Copyright 2012 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 09:19*a.m., Tuesday, February 28, 2012 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft is scrambling to preserve what's...