Direct X 11.1 is Windows 8 exclusive, no plans to retrofit
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alexandros
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Paul Thurrott of Winsupersite has inside info that Windows 8 has tanked:
Meanwhile, a leading usability consultant slams Windows 8:
Fun times. At least most people have stopped pretending that Sinofsky stepped down voluntarily.
Meanwhile, a leading usability consultant slams Windows 8:
Fun times. At least most people have stopped pretending that Sinofsky stepped down voluntarily.
alexandros
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The sources are rock solid, but I will wait for official numbers before making a new thread. Many people are still in denial about this, no reason to rile them up just yet 
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s_mirage
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If true, will you have more faith in consumers next time
I wouldn't hold my breath. If Julie Larson-Green was largely responsible for Windows 8's most critically derided feature, the Metro interface, is she really going to be able to swallow her pride and scale back its use now that she is the Windows lead?
alexandros
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If true, will you have more faith in consumers next time
No, because in the end consumers still don't have a choice. Moving forward all new computers will come with Windows 8, it will be next to impossible to find some with Win 7. That's not a healthy market. Disappointing sales may make Microsoft reconsider some of their choices, but in the end they are still a practical monopoly and will sell tons of Win8 licences, just like with Vista.
Newegg's senior VP of product management admits that Windows 8 sales are 'slow going':
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/140839-windows-8-sales-are-slow-going-says-newegg
Paul Thurrott sources also say the surface is well above Microsofts loftiest projections.
Looks like Windows 8 will only sale 400 to 500 Million.
Dictator93
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I love all the updates you give and am quite grateful. But do you have an RSS feed entitled "Fuck Windows 8" or something?! Where do you find all this news so quickly
alexandros
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I just visit an assortment of gaming and tech news every other day or so, most news are recycled between them anyway so it's not that hard to keep up.
Do you guys even read the articles you post or are you happy enough to just selectively read headlines that satisfy your confirmation bias? I mean, Thurrott's own article - literally the only source of the "below projections" thing - points out that most of the best Windows 8 machines aren't even available to buy yet. Those that have been available since launch are mostly crap outside of the Acer Aspire S7 and the Yoga, and others are only slowly trickling in. Even those available since launch have had shoddy supply all the way too.
Considering that few people are actually going to buy PCs right before the holidays - especially when supply and variety is crappy - this isn't a surprise at all.
I'm not saying that customers aren't rejecting Windows 8, but there's certainly no compelling evidence that they are either.
I'm also dubious that Thurrott's source is actually valid, considering that few people within Microsoft would have access to projections, and even fewer would have access to both projections and sales numbers.
Considering that few people are actually going to buy PCs right before the holidays - especially when supply and variety is crappy - this isn't a surprise at all.
I'm not saying that customers aren't rejecting Windows 8, but there's certainly no compelling evidence that they are either.
I'm also dubious that Thurrott's source is actually valid, considering that few people within Microsoft would have access to projections, and even fewer would have access to both projections and sales numbers.
alexandros
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It's always prudent to wait for official numvers before drawing conclusions, however there shouldn't be any doubt that Windows 8 hasn't exactly set the world on fire, as both Thurrott's info and Newegg's data point to a rather lackluster launch. Maybe it picks up later, we'll see.
However, both Thurrott and Jacob Nielsen highlight important usability issues with Windows 8, issues that should have been apparent from the start. They're not 'fear of change', as the pro-W8 camp usually labels them. Instead of a true hybrid OS (which would have been great) it's just a tablet OS and a desktop OS awkwardly stapled together. And let's not even go back to the nasty 'Trojan Horse' aspect of it, with Microsoft's new walled-garden approach for Metro.
However, both Thurrott and Jacob Nielsen highlight important usability issues with Windows 8, issues that should have been apparent from the start. They're not 'fear of change', as the pro-W8 camp usually labels them. Instead of a true hybrid OS (which would have been great) it's just a tablet OS and a desktop OS awkwardly stapled together. And let's not even go back to the nasty 'Trojan Horse' aspect of it, with Microsoft's new walled-garden approach for Metro.
Green Biker Dude
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http://www.extremetech.com/computin...osofts-plan-to-release-new-windows-every-year
looks like they're slowly getting there
looks like they're slowly getting there