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Has a paradigm shift in computing already made Microsoft irrelevant?

The company sure hopes not, on the eve of its launch of a major catch-up operating system, Windows 8. But most consumers and businesses can ignore the hype, and keep flicking through screens on their iPads.

Windows 8 will add some new functions, but its biggest change is a touch interface of tiles and images. It's snazzy and zippy and, quite frankly, much more attractive and flexible than anything Apple has offered to date (those rounded app squares are looking downright ancient by now). But Windows 8, which debuts October 26, is too late and ill-suited for many users.

Back in the pre-Web era, DOS 5.0 or Windows 3.1 were major processor-shaking introductions. New functions and features, easier to use software, and (perhaps more important) faster computers caused everyone to upgrade. But Windows 8 doesn't offer anything like this.

The first problem is that Windows 8 -- which the company wants to stretch across tablets (yes, a Windows tablet), smartphones, and eventually its game consoles -- is still essentially a humongous piece of software designed for desktop computers. The trouble is, no one is going to use a touch interface on a desktop. I've tried for years and have a touch screen on my desk, but I still use a mouse. Who sits that close to the screen? No one.

Furthermore, the desktop market is dying, so why bother upgrading? It's so bad that even counting this heavily advertised Windows introduction -- which should spawn PC sales -- iSupply predicts that PC sales will decline slightly this year.

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**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 129509 10-28-2012 10:47 PM

Because linux works better without as much gov surveillance crap built in.

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LoP Guest Wrote:

Because linux works better without as much gov surveillance crap built in.

I prefer Mac but thats a good reason I suppose.

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 129697 10-28-2012 10:51 PM

I┴∀NIW∩˥˥Iʞ Wrote:

LoP Guest Wrote:
Because linux works better without as much gov surveillance crap built in.

I prefer Mac but thats a good reason I suppose.

LOL or course.

**DirtyAnnie**

LoP Guest Wrote:

Because linux works better without as much gov surveillance crap built in.

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 129509 10-28-2012 11:50 PM

Yeah I noticed the gov gang stalking surveillance types also use Macs....

**Mr.Clean**

Actually, with a little bit of effort, You can have a standard desktop and start button funtionallity.

I am in no way saying anyone has to go to win 8, but if the only issues are tile interface and start button, then fear not.

Cheer

~~I┴∀NIW∩˥˥Iʞ~~

LoP Guest Wrote:

Yeah I noticed the gov gang stalking surveillance types also use Macs....

actually it was what I first used in the tech middle school I went so I prefer it over windows

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 129509 10-28-2012 11:59 PM

My sister got a BA degree in graphic art design- so she uses a Mac as well.
She's worked at a few newspapers and one company designing CD sleeves.

~~I┴∀NIW∩˥˥Iʞ~~ · (This post was last modified: 10-29-2012 12:01 AM by I┴∀NIW∩˥˥Iʞ.)

LoP Guest Wrote:

My sister got a BA degree in graphic art design- so she uses a Mac as well.
She's worked at a few newspapers and one company designing CD sleeves.

yeah all the labs at my school had nothing but macs in like 1995..........at that time the alternative was win 3.1 which i do like

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 101295 10-29-2012 12:15 AM

Ok I saw that tile interface...it just seems too confusing and spastic. Folders. It's a desktop. What to I have on my desk? Folders. Not tiles or sticky notes.

Plus, I haven't used a Windows machine regularly in a long time. I have Macs and iPads. I just love how I can go from one to the other and continue working. Now, eventually I will get an iPhone so I can tell Scotty to beam me up.

**molson**

Hmmm, doesn't look too interesting at all. Tablet shit.

I'll just stick with 7 ultimate.

~~I┴∀NIW∩˥˥Iʞ~~

molson Wrote:

Hmmm, doesn't look too interesting at all. Tablet shit.

I'll just stick with 7 ultimate.

yep i agree but people thought the same when win 95 came out so people will just get used to this as well

**Guitar Doctor**

Yes tablet and cellphone stuff, just like Ubuntu did from 11 onwards.
Desk top picture looks like a scene from NZ, we do our roads over here like that as well as having those kinds of Mountains everywhere.

**molson**

I┴∀NIW∩˥˥Iʞ Wrote:

molson Wrote:
Hmmm, doesn't look too interesting at all. Tablet shit.

I'll just stick with 7 ultimate.

yep i agree but people thought the same when win 95 came out so people will just get used to this as well

You are right. I installed 7 when XP Pro did everything i needed to do.

We are trained to believe that new = better, and it ain't always so.