Windows 8?

[Daedric]

Win 8 is neat. That is the nerd in me talking. The IT guy in me doesn't much like it. I like my desktop. I like my GUI and my CLI. I do not like touchscreens for PCs.

With Win 8 and 9 they're trying to unify down to a signal OS that spans all their fancy little devices. Supposedly that is the way of the future. We'll see how that works out. Apple and Google are also traveling that path.

My prediction is that they sell Win 7 and 8 concoruently. Win 8 doesn't function as a good OS for a business and M$ makes its billions off the backs of other businesses.

Problem for M$, and this has always been their achilles heel, is that Windows is sold to anyone and everyone and M$ doesn't care what you install it on. Thus, they have to try and support their OS on an infinite number of hardware configurations. As opposed to Apple who tailors their OS to a specific hardware configuration and still does a rather crappy job at supporting those configurations. Different mindsets.

Right now, Windows is supported on an infinite number of PC configs. With 8, 9 and the future (as they claim) they'll have to add in support for tons of mobile phones, tablets, etc etc also. Makes my head hurt to think about it.

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