@Leo Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fix-this! Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 +10000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason S. Global Moderator Posted September 14, 2011 Global Moderator Share Posted September 14, 2011 i just told my friend today that MS just went back to 1988 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vice Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 heh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buttus Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 LOL installing it tonight, i hope it's not like that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Veteran Posted September 14, 2011 Veteran Share Posted September 14, 2011 Except both look totally different, I understand you may not like Metro, but come on, it looks nothing like 1.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fix-this! Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 LOL installing it tonight, i hope it's not like that... well my friend it is like that to a tee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Veteran Posted September 14, 2011 Veteran Share Posted September 14, 2011 well my friend it is like that to a tee. No, it isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 :D Pretty much sums up how I feel about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted September 14, 2011 Administrators Share Posted September 14, 2011 I LOL'd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fix-this! Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 I LOL'd so what do you think about 8 neo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendrome Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Hopefully they can remove a ton of GUI options as well and make them all powershell... like they did with Exchange 2k7/2k10.... :whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancedar Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 I prefer Windows 1.0 in this comparison. Seriously, w7 phones look so tardy but as a main OS? I'll stick with 7, thanks. Is be embarrassed to be seen using 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted September 14, 2011 Administrators Share Posted September 14, 2011 so what do you think about 8 neo? I REALLY hope that Microsoft has only demonstrated what Windows 8 means to Tablets, and the rest comes later; because the desktop isn't dead yet and Microsoft have a history of being wrong about making bold predictions and assumptions like that. I have it on a Virtual Machine and it is far from useful for a desktop imo, I won't be using it as a "main OS" in it's current state anyway. I CAN see the appeal it will have on touch devices though. Basically sums up my little look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikh Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Haha I never looked at it this way, thats so true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Neo Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 I REALLY hope that Microsoft has only demonstrated what Windows 8 means to Tablets Microsoft made it very clear that what you people from Neowin keep calling the "tablet interface" will be the default interface across all devices, including traditional desktops and notebooks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdsams Veteran Posted September 14, 2011 Veteran Share Posted September 14, 2011 I came here for the pic and I received a lulz... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted September 14, 2011 Administrators Share Posted September 14, 2011 Microsoft made it very clear that what you people from Neowin keep calling the "tablet interface" will be the default interface across all devices, including traditional desktops and notebooks. The Start screen is designed with tablets (touch devices) in mind though, it isn't very good on a desktop point and click PC at all. It basically turns it into a giant Windows Phone 7? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@Leo Posted September 14, 2011 Author Share Posted September 14, 2011 I REALLY hope that Microsoft has only demonstrated what Windows 8 means to Tablets, and the rest comes later; because the desktop isn't dead yet and Microsoft have a history of being wrong about making bold predictions and assumptions like that. I have it on a Virtual Machine and it is far from useful for a desktop imo, I won't be using it as a "main OS" in it's current state anyway. I CAN see the appeal it will have on touch devices though. Basically sums up my little look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbuck Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 I REALLY hope that Microsoft has only demonstrated what Windows 8 means to Tablets, and the rest comes later; because the desktop isn't dead yet and Microsoft have a history of being wrong about making bold predictions and assumptions like that. I have it on a Virtual Machine and it is far from useful for a desktop imo, I won't be using it as a "main OS" in it's current state anyway. I CAN see the appeal it will have on touch devices though. Basically sums up my little look. I reluctantly admit to the title of 'MS fanboi', and even I agree with you. I like some of the visuals in Win8 (and I've loved Metro as a design concept ever since I first installed the Zune software), but I'm not seeing any real technical enhancement of the OS yet. Certainly not enough to merit a migration, and Sinofsky can tell us until he's blue in the face that "it works with a mouse and keyboard!", but that's not going to change the fact that for a conventional PC, while it might work, it doesn't improve anything. I'm not anti-progress. I've loved the ribbon interface since it appeared in Office 07, understand the design principles behind it, and agree that it improves navigation overall. Replacing the Start Menu completely for non-touch devices is a step backward, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sopharine Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 This picture is much more ironic when you compare Mac OS 6 (1988) with Mac OS X (2011). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i11usive Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Have you timed how fast it takes to boot from cold? Really impressive .... I do think it's not an intuitive interface for a desktop PC. It really is geared up for tablet / touch screen devices. I don't think what we're seeing with the dev preview is anywhere near what we'll see with Beta 1. There is going to have to be support for the standard desktop. But I'm mightily impressed with the speed of the OS in general - from install to general usage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efjay Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 I guess some would be happier if Microsoft just did nothing and let their market evaporate to their competition. Or should they have copied ios or android instead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detection Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 I have sort of begun understanding the tiles now Absent mindedly I wanted to open WINVER to check the timebomb, being used to how to open it on 7, I wasnt looking at the screen, I just clicked start > typed WINVER and hit enter And guess what, it did exactly the same thing 7 and Vista would do, opened WINVER So that kinda gave me the new mindset not to look at the tiles as "Uh Oh, a new UI to learn" but just that it is a huge start menu Clicking the Desktop Tile gives you everything 7 does, and clicking the start menu just opens a great bit massively advanced and customizable start menu Not a whole new UI Anyway, thats how I see it now, makes using 8 much easier now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sopharine Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 i just told my friend today that MS just went back to 1988 That's what I thought when they announced Windows Phone 7 back then/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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