Comments on: Windows 8 Launch Slated for October http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/Windows-7/windows-8-launch-slated-for-october/ Tony Bradley's insights on trends in technology, and analysis of what they mean for businesses. Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:16:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: S3kur3 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/Windows-7/windows-8-launch-slated-for-october/#comment-190 S3kur3 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:01:18 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/Windows-7/windows-8-launch-slated-for-october/#comment-190 [B]@Fidoliedo[/B] – No. Not at all. Obviously, I want people like you to read my posts, but I have no vested interest one way or the other in the success or failure of Windows 8, or even Microsoft itself. Why should I care if you love Windows 8 or hate it?

For the record, this isn’t a “review” at all. It is a simple blog post revealing information that we can expect Windows 8 to be officially available in October. But, to the extent this is an assessment of Windows 8 at all, I wouldn’t call this a rave review. Most of this post is dedicated to explaining things I don’t like about Windows 8, and why I prefer Windows 7 so far.

I do disagree with you in respect to the OSs slowing down over time, and the failure of Vista was a marketing failure more than a failure of the OS. I definitely agree with you on the diversity of product offerings. I’ll go one further and say there should only be one. Arguably, the home users need security features more than the enterprise, yet they’re always stripped from the home versions. Just make Ultimate for everyone.

Windows 7 is awesome. I’m just not sure Windows 8 has what it takes to usurp the throne from Windows 7.

]]> By: Fidoliedo http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/Windows-7/windows-8-launch-slated-for-october/#comment-188 Fidoliedo Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:09:28 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/Windows-7/windows-8-launch-slated-for-october/#comment-188 Every time Windows comes out with a new OS, it gets rave reviews inspite of the fact that down the line, it becomes bloated with updates, and is racked with holes and the constant updates are intrusive and annoying. But none of that is in your blog? Each beta release shows great promise, but the final is usually stripped down to almost nothing. And each progressive version is less and less customizable. When XP came out, it definitely was different, but the core didn’t change and out the gate ran quite well… but with subsequent updates, the OS got slower and slower to the point it was useless. And don’t even start with Vista which was a flash in the pan and quickly replaced with Win7. Not to mention the myriad of different versions, win7home, win7home premium, win7 profession, win7 basic, win7 ultimate… really now? What’s wrong with coming out with 2 products, one for home and one for corporate?
Sometimes I think the purpose of a review is not to accentuate the negative but to accentuate the positive….. After all, you are trying to sell something no?

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