"Threshold" to be Called Windows 9, Ship in April 2015

Lady Fitzgerald said:

HAVOC said:

They need to release two versions.
Windows 9 Desktop and Windows 9 Touch
Until this happens, anything else will be crap.

It can even be one version with a choice of UI. But expecting one UI to work well with both desktop and touch is unrealistic.

I agree completely. I'm prepared to hold onto W7 as long as I can till they come out with a good OS. I hope it'll be W9.
It's going to have to go a ways to beat W7 though.

I don't see a reason up upgrade (or go for a later o/s) unless there's a feature or specific reason to do do so.

NT built in VB > XP > built in DotNet (notyet:))

Vista > all processors started by default (or nearly all)
Win7 > streamlined (worked out how to started the processors as needed)
Win8 > really cut back (more interested in pay per use)
Win8.1 > don't care win8.2 > still don't care.

Look at the kernel versions between all these...
Besides the pretty(or not so) graphics.

pbcopter said:

techtitan100 said:

hear we go again another operating system that wilkl be a big flop just like Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, not interested in either

I wonder how many said that when Microsoft announced Windows 7?

Win 8 & 8.1 were not flops, their problem was in the marketing, and start screen. other wise great OS.

LMiller7 said:

pbcopter said:

techtitan100 said:

hear we go again another operating system that wilkl be a big flop just like Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, not interested in either

I wonder how many said that when Microsoft announced Windows 7?

And not only Windows 7.

12 years later it is often forgotten that when XP was introduced it was far from being an overwhelming success. It was in fact much criticized by industry "experts", some of whom no doubt expected it to be a flop. See this article by Ed Bott for more:
Remembering Windows XP's early days | ZDNet

Yes wait for OS's to take hold before "Flop" is a statement case in point here.

Over the years there have been many predictions of which operating systems will succeed and which ones will fail. I care little for these predictions because I have lived long enough to see many expert predictions that have been very wrong. Pick any of the most successful operating systems and there were experts who predicted it would be a flop. Only time will tell. Until then it is all just guesses.

Lady Fitzgerald said:

sixwheeler2011 said:

pbcopter said:

I wonder how many said that when Microsoft announced Windows 7?

Win 8 & 8.1 were not flops, their problem was in the marketing, and start screen. other wise great OS.

Sales say something else, even if you don't adjust for all machines that were sold, then had Win 8-8.1 replaced with Win 7 or the machines with Win 8-8.1 that were returned. It doesn't matter how great you may feel something may be; if it doesn't sell, it's a flop.

I agree. It was designed and optimized for tablets, so it might be great for tablets, but not for desktops. W7 is great for desktops because that's what it was designed for.