Windows 8 coming in July 2011


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I think they are moving too fast. Seven will still be fresh by the time 8 arrives. Would seem a little silly to switch after 1 year 6 months.

not really, i mean im already bored with windows 7, i love it but im bored. most people are like this too after lets say 6 months time. we want something new to play with. i wonder when a alpha or beta of 8 would start to emerge? maybe by the end of this year?

I'm all for them going with a more regular release schedule :).

But I think they need to lower their upgrade license costs to something more affordable. More along the lines of Snow Leopard upgrade which was for $35 IIRC.

Edit: But I guess I did get my Windows 7 upgrade for $30. But I got a discount. It should just be priced that way.

Dont see the problem.

It's only too soon for people who have bought Win 7. In that case they might not need or buy 8 on release but might do another year down the line.

For people using vista or who got machines say a year before Win 7 came along, then it's a reasonable time to think about upgrading.

The point is not everyone is at the same stage with their equipment or requirements so blanket statements about it being too soon or too late become irrelevant. If it's a useful product and offers advantages or improvements and can be shown to be stable then that's reason enough to release it.

To soon in my opinion, I'd say 3 years would be better overall. I am all about new stuff to play with but if this holds true for instance where I work (US Gov) we will still be running Windows XP when this is released. A prime example that businesses will keep what works and instead of waiting for a service pack of an OS they will wait for a service pack and upgrade every other OS release.

Sh*t, I just purchased a copy of Win7 Pro... any news on what to expect with Windows 8? More importantly, will Windows 8 be it's name? I'm sort of getting tired of the numbers... Windows 7 is an inept name for an OS especially one of Windows 7's caliber in comparison to its predecessor (Vista).

Sh*t, I just purchased a copy of Win7 Pro... any news on what to expect with Windows 8? More importantly, will Windows 8 be it's name? I'm sort of getting tired of the numbers... Windows 7 is an inept name for an OS especially one of Windows 7's caliber in comparison to its predecessor (Vista).

no , Windows 8 is just a referance

there is no telling at this point who it would look like

but i would say Windows 7 +1

I can't believe how quick people forget. This is the usual release cycle for Windows. They just screwed up after XP and basically wasted two years. Look at everything from 95 to XP and then Vista to 7. 2-3 years is usual.

And going by the home product releases:

95 (Good), 98 (Bad starting off), 98SE (Good), ME (Bad), XP (Good), Vista (Bad starting off), and Windows 7 (Good)

We can pretty much expect the next one to be bad. They should probably go to 4-6 year releases unless Windows 7 is going to give them a good and non-Fisher Price UI to build off of.

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