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Microsoft Announces Windows 10
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Technosteve
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i'm more excited by the OS X.X changes vs Windows X. I don't know what to feel, Windows 2000 was the best version of windows, everything else has been a giant fuck up except for 7 i liked 7
UnderWaterTree
Member
This going to be like Madden 25 isn't
Should be called "Real Windows 8" because that's what Microsoft should've released 2 years ago but didn't because the world biggest idiot who decided to shut his ears and ignore all the feedback from the technical preview users.
Hopefully this time they'll listen to the feedback before the release, in case there's something terrible in Windows 10.
Hopefully this time they'll listen to the feedback before the release, in case there's something terrible in Windows 10.
derExperte
Member
Same day as Windows 9.
Could be because we've supposedly seen very little of what the end consumer will get so far.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
I am basing this entirely on their design paradigms and what they've shown in the video. I haven't gone through some of the technical details yet, but I am thinking purely in terms of UI and design: They grafted the Metro onto the Desktop with 8, now they're renegotiating the relationship between Modern/Classic elements.... at this point they should be rethinking how desktop and modern elments look and work entirely, and design something that feels unified. It really just looks like another Frankenstein design grafted on top of 7.
If they have done work under the hood, that's appreciated, but everything on the surface looks half baked. More compromises between the legacies of 7 and 8... no original design thinking that unifies the two or does its own thing.
I think they've dug themself into a hole with Win 8 - now the market is forcing them back to Win 7 paradigms - so it's a design based on compromise after compromise between the two. This isn't a confidant new vision - it's an iterative retreat.
Bay Maximus
Banned
Exactly, it wouldn't be weird to call it Windows (name) or something but whatever. Microsoft gonna Microsoft.
Angelus Errare
Banned
I just want them to get rid of those fucking Vista icons.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
You're saying we can't have a conversation about skin care??
Regardless, there's been little differences between the early previews of previous Windows releases and the final build. I don't expect an overhaul of the aesthetics at all... just tweaks.
They made clear that it was a technical preview... but did they said that aesthetics didn't matter?
The look of the Windows Technical Preview a few years ago = The look of the Final Windows 8
And I'm pretty sure people were saying "don't worry, the Vista icons will be changed" back then too.
MarcoZombieCannon
Member
Well, they actually said that it would be coming this year, unlike the Windows 9 stuff. Whether they acknowledge that is another story.
killer rin
Member
They aren't releasing the start menu as a seperate update anymore. Instead you get Windows 10 for free.
MarcoZombieCannon
Member
Oh yeah, I know that. But with the hubbub that was made around the start menu for Windows 8 announcement, you can't be too surprised when people are still waiting for it that don't know that it got pushed back. Do we know for sure about getting W10 for free yet? I mean I guess the preview builds could count...
Iced_Eagle
Member
You're saying we can't have a conversation about skin care??
Regardless, there's been little differences between the early previews of previous Windows releases and the final build. I don't expect an overhaul of the aesthetics at all... just tweaks.
They made clear that it was a technical preview... but did they said that aesthetics didn't matter?
The look of the Windows Technical Preview a few years ago = The look of the Final Windows 8
And I'm pretty sure people were saying "don't worry, the Vista icons will be changed" back then too.
...What? This is factually wrong. Sure, the Consumer Preview or Release Candidates builds don't change dramatically between the final version, but this build is even earlier than those stages. Consumer preview probably won't be until early next year, which is when the near final UI will be in the builds.
Just as an example, here's what an early build of Windows 8 looked like.
This is what Windows 7 looked like early on.
You can do this for every Windows release going back to the beginning. The UI will almost definitely change before it releases next year.
killer rin
Member
Chill, settings have just been moved to a right click of the button instead of a left click... and that right click stores a hell of a lot more usefull settings. Everything else is already there
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It was already confirmed in a thread yesterdayOh yeah, I know that. But with the hubbub that was made around the start menu for Windows 8 announcement, you can't be too surprised when people are still waiting for it that don't know that it got pushed back. Do we know for sure about getting W10 for free yet? I mean I guess the preview builds could count...
Syphon Filter
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hah. They did for some,new file explorer and my computer icon along with desktop. The documents looks the same from what i can tell. Who knows how done they are though.
I must be getting old, but I hate auto-resizing.
I hope we can fix it and have one uniform straight menu bar with scroll function.
Syphon Filter
Member
What do you mean, it's the same as the old menu bar.
Is there any downside whatsoever for it being able to auto-resize?
You resize only if you want to. You can keep it in the default size.
For everyone that has a problem with what's being shown right now, this is literally what the preview program is for. They want feedback to make Windows 10 better before release. If you are seriously thinking about upgrading to 10 then use it and tell Microsoft what you like/don't like.
ComputerMKII
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By the way, what happened to SteamOS? I thought Gabe hated Windows and wanted to come up with his own OS.
Final version delayed to next year.
The reveal was for Enterprise. They can start negotiations now and provide feedback on what they want. Consumers can too, but the main reveal is in January. I believe it's a good time to reveal, considering how they're going to use feedback.
Poodlestrike
Banned
It's not so much hating windows as being terrified of the Windows Store. Gabe doesn't want steam to go the way of netscape.
Anyway, it's been delayed until next year, and considering the attitude towards security Valve demonstrated earlier this year, I for one have no plans of ever going anywhere near it.
Well it's so companies start incorporating it and widening the potential for bug finding.
Syphon Filter
Member
I thought it was out already?
As far as I know those version numbers were chosen primarily/mainly for app compatibility.
Hexa
Member
You know they're releasing a preview right. Like a preview you can install and use and give them feedback on. So it already is a real working product that you can use.
Not final.
I think you missed the part where they give access year before the release and give people chance to actually tell what they want and try things out. This also gives ms time to refine the os. This is how things should be done.
This is why I've yet to adopt Windows 8. Microsoft, just give me a goddamn desktop OS.
smokeandmirrors
Banned
copy/paste via keyboard in the command prompt? REVOLUTIONARY
Kssio_Aug
Member
I guess you're right. Also, I kind doubt my Surface RT (1st edition) can handle Windows 10 features. lol
Poodlestrike
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RT is dead as a doornail in any case. They're straight-up giving away Windows licenses to anyone making devices intended to sell for <250, they want out of the budget hardware market.
The Cowboy
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The only thing i'm a bit worried about is the new start screen setup, namely this.
I really hope there is an option to disable the taskbar (and have the current start button in the corner) when using start screen mode, and also not to have the small list on the left (i don't like the look of that at all on the start screen)./cdn1.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/2290824/VRG_1110.0.jpg)