Windows 7 Why Windows 8 so fast?

[sirloyne]

Windows XP came out in October of 2001. Vista came out in January of 2007. 7 came out in November of 2009. If windows 7 is supposed to be the greatest thing on Earth, why is Windows 8 coming out already? I realize that there was only a 6 year delay between XP and Vista, and understandably only a little over 2 between Vista and 7. Is Windows 8 meant for the tablets and touch screens of the world and not for desktops and laptops? I won't lie, I'm still using XP. You can call me antiquated or whatever you like, but until Microsoft comes out with an OS that can group files and folders alphabetically (like XP) and not in very large chunks (like 7) and focuses more on function and less on form (I'm not as impressed by rounder corners and brighter blues as other folk) I wouldn't consider it an "upgrade". Doing less. but looking good doing it doesn't work for me. Anyway, I'm getting sidetracked here... Why is Windows 8 coming out already? I just read on Wikipedia that beta versions are coming out in February of 2012... that's next month! It seems that they (Microsoft) are trying to sweep 7 under the rug faster than Vista.

Another thing I just read at Wiki... under "New Features" for Windows 8...

"Windows 8 will come with Windows Store, an online marketplace for buying, selling, and advertising applications."

Now if that isn't worth upgrading, nothing is.

 

[Mike]

It is not acceptable to resort to personal attacks to resolve a grievance. Please keep it civil, ladies and gentlemen. Besides, Windows 8 is going to be released eventually. The free market will determine who is going to buy it and who isn't -- as well as what impact it has on technology and how far reaching that impact will be. One of the best ways to avoid such a conflict is to treat all members with respect, even if you do not agree with them. There is always going to be someone who dislikes a product or service and they will use this site (and if not this site than others) to vent their frustrations. We will not prevent such people from forming and expressing such opinions, even if they are not very popular or may not be based in sound logic.

 

[catilley1092]

Being that Windows 8 is being developed primarily for low powered computers, like tablets, and from what I've hard & read, Windows 8 will run quite easily on anything that was built to run Vista & up. Even many XP based computers can run it, if there's room (and power) for a dedicated GPU. Many cards can be bought for under $100 that will work perfectly fine. It doesn't have to be the bleeding edge type of card.

So I figure that my low spec HP MS214 AIO, specs here:

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Should run it quite well. It's ran everything that I've installed on it, from all versions of XP, including the 64 bit version, Vista SP2 x64, and it's primary OS is Win 7 Pro x64. I did upgrade the RAM to 4GB & the HDD to a 1TB Caviar Black. And this CPU will be a drop in replacement, it's about 20% more powerful.

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Mine is a 22 watt also. Going from 1.5GHz to 1.8GHz will be an improvement, as well as having a hyper-threaded CPU. The one that I have now is really neutered.

I feel that it should run Windows 8 quite nicely, once I evaluate it further, then I'll decide what to do. But one thing for sure, Windows 8 won't need as much resources as prior versions of Windows. And I also feel that the desktop is here to stay, no matter how many articles that we run across. Right now, tablets are the hot ticket. But although desktop sales have slid, there's many, many PC's in homes & offices all over the world. The economy has been bad, and many users have either kept what they have, and many, like myself, have upgraded what we have, and will continue to do so. The PC is far from dead.

When I bought this desktop, I said to myself, that it'll make it through 2 Windows releases, Windows 7 & whatever version is next. 6 to 7 years. When I buy another one, it'll be when the 128 bit CPU's come out, and it's certain that there will be one within another couple of years. Perhaps they're waiting for XP's support to end, so that we won't have tons of "what should I buy, 32, 64 or 128 bit?". That topic has settled down, but it will come up again at that point. Not having 32 bit to deal with any longer will help a lot.

Cat