Windows 8 dead on arrival.

[Magnum]

It makes sense from a profit making angle.

If you intentionally make a program doesn't run on an O.S., customers have to either upgrade the O.S., use an older version or they may discover that bigger aren't necessary. :-)

Andy

Some bozo from a computer magazine said that XP was full of vulnerabilities and that if you are surfing the net or reading email you are an accident waiting to happen.

[sinsi]

heh, I can cherry pick links too 4.5 out of 5

From http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-33642_7-57560912-292/windows-8-wrestles-with-pcs-legacy/

Let me close on a positive note, though. I like Windows 8. It's faster than Windows 7 on my Dell and more stable. That's good enough for me.
And Microsoft should spend more time pitching these straightforward Windows 8 merits until touch becomes mainstream.

That's my point in the last sentence of that quote. Too much emphasis on 'metro' and the start button.

I don't like the flat desktop, guess I got used to aero.
I do like the iso mount option, only took 10 years...
For me, it's an evolution of vista, since I don't use apps. Everything is on the desktop. No difference to windows 95. Icon->clickety.

[Bill Cravener]

heh, I can cherry pick links too 4.5 out of 5

Now sinsi I'm a "facts" man, and the facts are growing that Windows 8 is doomed to fail!

A troubling pattern has emerged for Microsoft and Windows 8. Asian PC makers are saying initial demand is not good for the new tile-based operating system.

Business Insider: Another Bad Windows 8 Report

It looks like most consumers are having the same apprehensions, as the next-gen, touch-optimized OS from Microsoft has had a bad uptake when compared to Windows Vista. Windows 8's uptake has now fallen behind Vista's in the same point in it's release according to Net Applications' data.

Windows 8 is currently doing worse than Vista did at launch

[jj2007]

Windows 8 is currently doing worse than Vista did at launch

The next version is already in the pipeline

[sinsi]

For a limited time, get Windows 8 Media Center Pack for free

[Gunther]

Hi Jochen,

The next version is already in the pipeline

that's really funny.   :t

Gunther

[sinsi]

Now sinsi I'm a "facts" man, and the facts are growing that Windows 8 is doomed to fail!

Facts? Here's a fact: since I have installed win8 I have booted into win7 twice...to do some risky browsing 
I've actually had fewer programs not work in win8, never had a bsod, never had a boot problem.

Just read the whole thread and it sounds like that end-of-the-world reverend  :P

[greenozon]

RIP of Windows 8/8.1 tomorrow!

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-8-1-support-will-end-on-january-10-2023-3cfd4cde-f611-496a-8057-923fba401e93
https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2022/12/09/microsoft-edge-and-webview2-ending-support-for-windows-7-and-windows-8-8-1/

[NoCforMe]

Oh god, here I am typing on Windows 7, and I'm shaking in my boots.

Not.

[zedd151]

RIP of Windows 8/8.1 tomorrow!

Good riddance.