Windows 8 to Sport New GUI Codenamed Wind, Reportedly

wds7 · 10 Dec 2010

Sounds nice ....but i can't wait for IE9 RTM to complete wds7 ..

jimbo45 · 11 Dec 2010

Hi there
IMO this is one of the things that I REALLY would like to see incorporated into Windows -- much more flexibility in the GUI-- Linux has had this ever since the X-server was ported from Unix to Linux ( for those without Linux experience the X server is the Video server ) -- the OS or user can customise almost an infinite choice of GUI's. The two most common GUI's are GNOME and KDE. KDE is the most "Windows like" but even this is highly customisabe.

Of course having a customisable gui would make operation in a Corporate environment more difficult but with a stable OS it should be doable.

The other thing that could be ported from Linux is a decent scripting system with good tools for scheduling jobs (like the CRONTAB).

One can do a certain amount already in Windows along these lines but its messy and not at all user friendly.

Cheers
jimbo

si8mon · 11 Dec 2010

Trucidation said:

Say, how much memory does Aero use up on average?

Not much apparently,have a look at this article.

Aero is part of dwm.exe, the process that controls all the fancy graphics of windows.

Vertex · 11 Dec 2010

I've been excited about Windows 8 a long time ago and the UI is one of the first things that came into my mind.

But first, I need to save money for that and maybe buy a new computer as well.

Nazzgull · 11 Dec 2010

Nice set of information :) Thanks for sharing :)

Dave76 · 11 Dec 2010

smarteyeball said:

Sounds good - although I hope 'Wind' and vNext' are truly just codenames... because they are bloody awful

z3r010 said:

Yeah, I can just see all the posts from people that have broken wind

Brink said:

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Had a good laugh when I found the article, can't beleive some of the things they come up with.

Mercurial · 12 Dec 2010

new generation in GPU computing

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Win7User512 · 14 Dec 2010

They could bring back the Windows 95 desktop look for the Cloud!

DustSailor · 14 Dec 2010

Win7User512 said:

They could bring back the Windows 95 desktop look for the Cloud!

Now that ^ is funny. Have an improved "Microsoft Windows WindCloud" Logo and you're set

Johnathan Lyman · 15 Dec 2010

Gornot said:

Wow, this sounds awesome. Nice read, thanks for this

So by the time Win8 comes out I'll need a new PC
Fair enough xD

By that time your hardware would be outdated anyways so why not kill two birds with one stone?

Or in this case... (puts on sunglasses)

ONE WINDOW

(WAAAAAAAAAAAA!)