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News Ballmer says to expect Windows 8 'next year'

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by arcticstoat, 24 May 2011.

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  1. Volund

    Volund Am I supposed to care?

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    I'll grab it via MSDNAA when it comes up, for testing at minimum, it might even become my main OS if it's up to snuff.... I'm not really holding my breath, but it might have enough new features without being a bloated pos....
     
    Volund, 25 May 2011
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  2. Pookeyhead

    Pookeyhead It's big, and it's clever.

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    I'll upgrade. What annoys me about this however is the interim period where there's no 3rd part support... no skins and themes, and theme patches. Little things like that, so you have to run vanilla for a while. I'll wait a couple of months after release, then order... unless there's a good pre-order deal like last time.
     
    Pookeyhead, 25 May 2011
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  3. Tattysnuc

    Tattysnuc Thinking about which mod to do 1st.

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    Hmmm. £100 for a piece of software that gives me no tangible benefits over the software that I have, and introduces new driver.software issues. No thanks. I've 4 machines to maintain at home, so I really cannot justify the expense.

    Especially when you include antivirus, office and Video editing software... It gets very expensive....
     
    Tattysnuc, 25 May 2011
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  4. bogie170

    bogie170 What's a Dremel?

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    Windows 8, Direct X v12.0, Windows Skype v7.0, Windows Live v27.365.2.1.45.76 etc.....
     
    bogie170, 25 May 2011
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  5. chrisb2e9

    chrisb2e9 Dont do that...

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    I'm running vista....
    I tried 7 on my girlfriends new laptop and didn't like it. But then I would *almost* rather use win95 because it let you do what you want...
     
    chrisb2e9, 25 May 2011
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  6. DragunovHUN

    DragunovHUN Modder

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    With the other software i guess it depends, but you can keep your old Office if you change to another Windows version.

    And who pays for antivirus when there's MSE (or free third party products if that's what strikes your fancy)...
     
    DragunovHUN, 25 May 2011
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  7. bobwya

    bobwya Custom PC Migrant

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    I'm not following the link to that drive-by Warez site ZSNet - no way man! You guys should know better!
     
    bobwya, 26 May 2011
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  8. ssj12

    ssj12 Minimodder

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    hopefully W7 SP2 adds and improves the OS
     
    ssj12, 26 May 2011
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  9. Bruners

    Bruners What's a Dremel?

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    I will continue to use GNU/Linux as my OS of choice, but obviously i will give any new releases from Microsoft a test drive
     
    Bruners, 26 May 2011
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  10. Kasius

    Kasius Bringin' the dremolition

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    Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers. Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers. :)
     
    Kasius, 27 May 2011
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  11. cowtc

    cowtc What's a Dremel?

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    seems to soon, people are still using win xp for work! Win 7 is only just about to catch on. Although everyone seems to be skipping Vista lol
     
    cowtc, 27 May 2011
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