Title: Windows 8: The Animated Evaluation (Excellent presentation!) Source:
[None] URL Source:[None] Published:Dec 22, 2012 Author:. Post Date:2012-12-22 02:30:01 by James Deffenbach Keywords:None Views:1460 Comments:55
Microsoft tried to get people to rush over to W8 by offering clock-ticking bargain conversions like that.
But I was serious about waiting a year before switching to a new operating system. Think about all the short-lived computer systems that we've seen come and go: Windows Vista, Windows ME, Apple Lisa, PC Jr., Commodore Plus 4, etc.
The hardware - specifically the microchips - have a working life of about 5 or 6 years. Manufacturers who come out with upgrades before the machines of the previous system begin to die of old age have a serious problem getting enough customers.
Think about all the short-lived computer systems that we've seen come and go: Windows Vista, Windows ME...
You are thinking wrong. Windows Vista and Windows ME are not computer systems, they are operating systems, and Vista is still very much around and although slow, still functional. Windows 7 is basically windows Vista without all the security checks and better memory management. Vista however is still usable and supported by Microsoft. ME probably isn't usable on today's hardware and is not supported by anyone.
Not very well. They do not have a good track record with making software reliable and secure. Windows 7 is close to being reliable, but look how long it took them to finally get something decent. Way too long!
All that they seem to support is selling new crap to us.
Where are the Stones on all this new stuff?
Who's lining up at midnight to get the new OS?
Snooooooooze.
It's lame.
Most of them were in line for the new iPhone and iPad. Microsoft’s days of people waiting in line for their stuff is over and isn't coming back. Apple will fall too, but not any time soon, they have too many loyal customers due to their quality hardware and software to fall any time soon. Most people don't know that Android is another version of Linux. Linux is taking over, the next version of Ubuntu is made to work on Google's Nexus 7, so now there will be more than one major Linux version that runs on tablets. Soon the smart phone world will also be dominated by different versions of Linux too. It won't take long after that until Linux finally takes over the desktop as well as dinosaurs like Microsoft die out.