Windows 8

sheldor · July 03, 2012, 03:16:13 PM

Quote from: Rico on July 03, 2012, 08:33:14 AM
Wow - only $39.99 to upgrade to Win 8 from Win XP - Win 7 current users. That's not a bad price - but I won't be adopting anytime soon. Offer will be good only until Jan. 31, 2013.

http://www.crn.com/news/applications-os/240003123/microsoft-to-offer-39-99-upgrade-to-windows-8.htm

I saw a price of $19 somewhere - think microcenter.

X · July 03, 2012, 03:27:24 PM

It's 15.99 to convert a new system to 8 if you buy it between a few weeks ago and jan 31, 2013

KingIsaacLinksr · July 03, 2012, 03:44:07 PM

This is a no-upgrade for me until I see any benefit of upgrading to this OS.

King

Rico · July 18, 2012, 02:43:16 PM

Releasing on October 26, 2012. And the tech community all goes - meh. :biggrin

http://www.slashgear.com/windows-8-release-date-finally-announced-18239231/

MARKO · July 18, 2012, 06:09:11 PM

Blah.......and meh

KingIsaacLinksr · July 18, 2012, 06:15:38 PM

I think Windows 8's biggest flaw is they aren't giving Enterprise businesses any reason to upgrade. Been having this discussion at my new job and they, the other IT co-workers, have no plans as they consider the touch interface a step back in productivity on desktops.

X · July 18, 2012, 08:11:42 PM

Quote from: KingIsaacLinksr on July 18, 2012, 06:15:38 PM
I think Windows 8's biggest flaw is they aren't giving Enterprise businesses any reason to upgrade. Been having this discussion at my new job and they, the other IT co-workers, have no plans as they consider the touch interface a step back in productivity on desktops.

People i've been talking to have the exact opposite opinion in terms of business. Many companies that I work with are excited about the cross platform application and the touch/ easy click features. Also since touch screen PCs are becoming more affordable, they see this as a boon.

Rico · July 19, 2012, 05:32:01 AM

The place I'm at now with about 550 people on site all still use Win XP!

billybob476 · July 19, 2012, 05:36:31 AM

Most larger organizations tend not to blanket upgrade operating systems until their current version hits end of life. Companies using Windows 7 will remain on it until MS stops providing support and updates for it.

Bromptonboy · July 19, 2012, 05:37:24 AM

Quote from: Rico on July 19, 2012, 05:32:01 AM
The place I'm at now with about 550 people on site all still use Win XP!

Same here - across the Enterprise it is XP. Although we are just now piloting Windows 7.
An interesting trend here is a move towards 'BYOD' - Bring Your Own Device - and then use it (almost any platform) to connect to a terminal \ Citrix session to run company apps.

X · July 19, 2012, 10:35:55 AM

Yeah, the companies that I'm working with are using more updated systems ... once they let go of XP. They have a lot of stuff invested in XP software, but when they find that most of it can run on 7 Pro, they start the transition. Expecially when the ones that don't run on 7 have new and better versions of what they are using.

Most of my business clients are small businesses, two dozen computers at the most, but they are excited.

KingIsaacLinksr · July 19, 2012, 10:58:12 AM

Quote from: X on July 19, 2012, 10:35:55 AM
Yeah, the companies that I'm working with are using more updated systems ... once they let go of XP. They have a lot of stuff invested in XP software, but when they find that most of it can run on 7 Pro, they start the transition. Expecially when the ones that don't run on 7 have new and better versions of what they are using.

Most of my business clients are small businesses, two dozen computers at the most, but they are excited.

Mmm, that's probably why. I work for the college and the need for cross platform devices is nill.

Rico · July 25, 2012, 04:22:28 PM

Seems Gabe Newell of Valve doesn't care for Windows 8 either.

http://www.slashgear.com/gabe-newell-of-valve-windows-8-a-catastrophe-25240280/

KingIsaacLinksr · July 25, 2012, 06:29:14 PM

Yeah that's a pretty hefty blast by him. I'm glad that Valve is starting to work on porting Steam over to Linux for gaming, I think more companies encouraging that would be great.

Ergh, thinking about it now, I don't want Microsoft to have an app store on the PC. Take a look at Games for Windows Live. That is some disastrously bad software right there...

X · July 25, 2012, 07:27:20 PM

Quote from: KingIsaacLinksr on July 25, 2012, 06:29:14 PM
Yeah that's a pretty hefty blast by him. I'm glad that Valve is starting to work on porting Steam over to Linux for gaming, I think more companies encouraging that would be great.

Ergh, thinking about it now, I don't want Microsoft to have an app store on the PC. Take a look at Games for Windows Live. That is some disastrously bad software right there...

It's going to have the app store and you can still purchase traditional software. I'm not seeing what the issue is. People get upset because windows is so fragmented and then they get upset when microsoft tries to solve the issue. I'm going to side with MS here only because I benefit from a less fragmented OS and love how it works on my systems thus far.

Everyone is out to make their money and I think Valve is just upset that MS is making a system where they can benefit from the sale of Apps. Valve is looking past the benefits and seeing the possible competition ... which there really wouldn't be if you spent 5 seconds thinking about it. If you want some simple game, you might go through the App store, but you'll still be going through Steam for all of the Valve games.