Windows 8 is coming in 2012

[Steven72555]

Why do you guys even care when 8 is coming out?
I just know you haven't figured 7 completely out yet..

Says you.

So, you have it figured out, nice.
What does it NOT do for you that you already needy 8?

 

[Barman58]

There is a major difference between Need and Want

A lot of people who frequent these forums are used to working on the Bleeding Edge of operating system development - and they want to see what the next release of a Microsoft operating system will bring.

Many here have already been involved with the development of windows 7 from the days before beta testing. They want to be involved in the development of Windows 8 as they were with Win7

 

[Mercurial]

oh god another OS!? I need Windows Live Wave 4 for now D:....

lOl nah can't w8 for windows 8 !

 

[nithinr6]

Even if the release of Windows 8 is due on 2012 as long as the upgrade prices are low enough it may get a good reception. But if MS charges lots of $$$ people might stick with older versions or buy only major releases.

 

[catilley1092]

That's a long time away, I'll just enjoy Win 7 as long as it lasts. You don't have to upgrade if you don't want to.

 

[echrada]

As far as I am concerned the thrill of booting up a new (alpha, beta etc) o/s (and everything that goes before and after) is probably what most addicts feel when they use their drug of choice.

Computers = high for me! My drug of choice!!!!

 

[paliometoxo]

windows 8?! how long as 7 been released for and there is already talk of 8.. 7 is pretty sweet. i had the rc installed for ages on my test lap top but never really used it.. way to go ms on another sweet os

 

[johnwillyums]

Personally I can't wait to get my hands on it

But maybe I've been hanging around this site to long.
Another thought is that Google OS may radically change the landscape.
Bring it on I say

 

[paliometoxo]

for now we have windows 7... i have barely gotten used to 7 let alone waiting for 8 ;p

 

[Xanaduce]

I don't have a ton to add, except hope that M$ learned there lesson with windows vista again. >>

Also everyone pushing the 2012 bit you do realize that our calender could be + or - 5-17 years, right? And by that logic, Technicly the world could end right now. I'm still taking bets on that giant meteor heading toward us in 2029 personally, but have you fun laugh. When you laugh its a hoax after 2012 passes and something happens 2017-2029 I'll be laughing to death. I'd rather go with asmile than panic.

If you don't believe me somethign the size of a motorcycle can make a crater the size of a baseball stadium at 3000 mph on impact with our atmosphere.

Either way can't wait to fix yet another operating system for good money on the side. Gogo Windows 8

 

[paliometoxo]

what lesson with vista? vista was good to

 

[wkgbn]

can't wait for win8 - (smiling while eating my skyflakes) oooop's Antman around (just kidding)

 

[Abhishek Ghosh]

for now we have windows 7... i have barely gotten used to 7 let alone waiting for 8 ;p

The problem is that we are using Windows 7 for nearly a year... so...a new beta is needed for us.Unfortunately I dont have 128 bit laptop yet I think we will get them before beta is released .

 

[Xanaduce]

what lesson with vista? vista was good to

You do realize M$ spent a couple hundred thousand on a marketing scheme, paid for all windows XP machines to be sent back to manufacturers from stock so that only vista was a vailable prior to its bugs being worked out when you walked in a store. I'm not sure about your area, but the month after vista was released you couldn't walk in any store and pick up an xp machine for a good while. That's the lesson I talked about. Now you can downgrade all the way back to win 3.11 if you wanted to pursue that option. it was simply a horrible marketing snafu.

As far as my experiance with Vista, I love it; it makes me a ton of money. Thanks M$ for helping share the wealth to the tech from your consumers products. Everyone I know with a vista machine has paid me to work on it, unless they're in the industry themselves.

 

[DarkDavil]

release date 12/20/12 end of life on the planet 12/21/12.

Lol no But im really excited to see all of the riots and window-smashings ^^
But, isnt 3 years kinda long? Atleast if they're only making "small fixes/add-ons"
ANd btw, there will be NO 128-bit structure, though AMD has a chiip (BullDozer) that can handle, if fully upgraded, to 588-bit. I think its normally a 128-bit chip.
But nvm abt that, Wasnt the "time" problem the issue with MS and Vista, they had set a certain time for Vista, and to meet their schedule, they released it and...boom! Fail. They didnt fully test, nor had the "time" to fix there buggs.
So, if Windows 8 is going to be as big of a re-write as i kinda hope it is, i do hope that they take their sweeet time making it. And im very excited to see how its "futuristic" GUI will be looking. If anyone saw the contest of the Win 8 design on Deviant some of those pages i wouldnt mind as having an os lol.

 

[Win7User512]

release date 12/20/12 end of life on the planet 12/21/12.

Lol no But im really excited to see all of the riots and window-smashings ^^
But, isnt 3 years kinda long? Atleast if they're only making "small fixes/add-ons"
ANd btw, there will be NO 128-bit structure, though AMD has a chiip (BullDozer) that can handle, if fully upgraded, to 588-bit. I think its normally a 128-bit chip.
But nvm abt that, Wasnt the "time" problem the issue with MS and Vista, they had set a certain time for Vista, and to meet their schedule, they released it and...boom! Fail. They didnt fully test, nor had the "time" to fix there buggs.
So, if Windows 8 is going to be as big of a re-write as i kinda hope it is, i do hope that they take their sweeet time making it. And im very excited to see how its "futuristic" GUI will be looking. If anyone saw the contest of the Win 8 design on Deviant some of those pages i wouldnt mind as having an os lol.

588? Seems a rather odd number...

 

[Dom]

release date 12/20/12 end of life on the planet 12/21/12.

Lol no But im really excited to see all of the riots and window-smashings ^^
But, isnt 3 years kinda long? Atleast if they're only making "small fixes/add-ons"
ANd btw, there will be NO 128-bit structure, though AMD has a chiip (BullDozer) that can handle, if fully upgraded, to 588-bit. I think its normally a 128-bit chip.
But nvm abt that, Wasnt the "time" problem the issue with MS and Vista, they had set a certain time for Vista, and to meet their schedule, they released it and...boom! Fail. They didnt fully test, nor had the "time" to fix there buggs.
So, if Windows 8 is going to be as big of a re-write as i kinda hope it is, i do hope that they take their sweeet time making it. And im very excited to see how its "futuristic" GUI will be looking. If anyone saw the contest of the Win 8 design on Deviant some of those pages i wouldnt mind as having an os lol.

588? Seems a rather odd number...

Shouldn't it be 512-bit?

 

[Win7User512]

Lol no But im really excited to see all of the riots and window-smashings ^^
But, isnt 3 years kinda long? Atleast if they're only making "small fixes/add-ons"
ANd btw, there will be NO 128-bit structure, though AMD has a chiip (BullDozer) that can handle, if fully upgraded, to 588-bit. I think its normally a 128-bit chip.
But nvm abt that, Wasnt the "time" problem the issue with MS and Vista, they had set a certain time for Vista, and to meet their schedule, they released it and...boom! Fail. They didnt fully test, nor had the "time" to fix there buggs.
So, if Windows 8 is going to be as big of a re-write as i kinda hope it is, i do hope that they take their sweeet time making it. And im very excited to see how its "futuristic" GUI will be looking. If anyone saw the contest of the Win 8 design on Deviant some of those pages i wouldnt mind as having an os lol.

588? Seems a rather odd number...

Shouldn't it be 512-bit?

My thoughts exactly.

 

[lavardo]

Windows 7

Well, I'm still waiting on a Windows 7 update. Maybe Windows 7 Service Pack or maybe even a release 2?

 

[Martin]

Well I need my doses for new builds every week