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Windows 8 Sales Below Projections
harrymcc writes "With early reports on Windows 8 sales indicating that the new operating system is off to a slow start, it's worth pondering what Microsoft could have done differently. Over at TIME.com, I considered several different scenarios, ranging from one in which it released a much more conventional Windows upgrade to one which would have been much like like the Windows 8 we got — except with the ability to boot directly into the desktop, complete with Start button."
obviously sales of Surface are cannibalizing Windows 8 sales.
bazinga!
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Seriously: what new "gotta have" features justifies the hassle and cost of going from Win7 to Win8?
It lets you run tablet apps on your desktop machine. Who could not want that? Particularly when there are so many tablet apps for Windows.
More commercials
"my wife has zero interest in something big."........
Good-bye
Microsoft: "What's that Money? Time to make everyone buy windows again so you can have more friends? Of course, anything for you Money."
They would have gone the "$50 patch every 3 months" route, but Apple has too many patents covering "Process for Regularly Milking Low-Intelligence Mammals, Using A Computer".
I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it!
... but it seems to me like you still need a keyboard/mouse or a touchscreen to use it effectively...
This just in! You need an input device in order to use a computer! More at 10!
Win 7 is a resource-sucking pile of goat clusters.
Everytime I am forced back to a Win desktop - XP or 7 - I'm astounded people put up with it!
I have been on Linux of various flavors and OSX for so long, I forgot about the Stockholm syndrome of Microsoft's captive audience.
Oooh! Oohh! I want to play the platform flame war, too!
*straps on the asbestos underwear*
You know, some of us can afford a computer faster than a 486/66, so we don't have to use a crappy OS that supports 20 year old hardware. Now, shave off that neck beard and learn how to use a goddam mouse, you communist hippy!!!!!!!!
*Wheeeeee!*
Thanks for that trip back to 1994, I forgot how much fun usenet was!
HA! I just wasted some of your bandwidth with a frivolous sig!
Though the amusing thing is that Microsoft was actually very early to the party. iPhone and Android turned up late and bagged all the hot chicks. Then Microsoft started trying to act cool and smoke and chug whiskey and ended up barfing on its shoes.
Ive been using the power switch to close Metro apps. Seems to be working awesome! Works best if you just leave it that way.
That's cool I've never heard of him.
21st Century Renaissance Man
I've been screaming at it. Doesn't work at all, but I feel better. Though it does make me think that if they were gonna add a human sense to Windows they should've added hearing, not touch.
He's coming from Vista - can you really blame him?
If you're on a desktop just hit start and type what you want and you'll see what you're after right away
I liked this feature better when it was called "MS-DOS Prompt."
Wow, so Win8 is really so much better at speech recognition that you can now have a five minute conversation with your PC while turning it off...
Excuse me, but please get off my Pennisetum Clandestinum, eh!