I am waiting to see how they (Microsoft) are going to sell this crap to corporate users. Either as a Windows Vista II or Windows ME replacement or a way to lose even more productivity from staff who prefer to spend their whole working day on social networks.
That's the big question with this whole thing. Microsoft have insisted "oh, don't worry about it, we've got that covered, we're just not going to say how," but I rather doubt it - if they had something to allay business-user concerns, why would they
not be letting it out, if they plan to launch this thing
this fall? I honestly kind of suspect Windows 8 is going to make Vista look like a success...
I know of plenty of businesses that haven't even upgraded to Vista or 7 yet; I wonder how many skipped versions it will take before Microsoft gets the hint that people really just want the XP interface back, on top of better underlying OS versions?
On a final note - Am I the only one who believes that Windows 8 is like MS BOB? A dumb interface for idiots who don't deserve to own a computer.
No, sir, you are not. Not in the least.
Idea. Why don't they use a games console style GUI such as the one on the Xbox instead of trying to turn Windows into a smart phone?
Either way they'd be forcing an inapplicable UI paradigm onto desktop and laptop computers for no good reason...