This passage seems to ensure us that it is going to be more than just a UI update. Looking forward to 2015 more than ever now.
I really hope they finish up the homogenisation of the menus. Right now it's a bit of a horrible Frankenstein of redundant menus in some cases, often with different but overlapping features. Similarly, I hope they go back to the Win7 way of handling folder permissions, as well as the old over-write dialogue. Those are the things that make me feel all cosy when I go back to Win 7.
I'm confused about why an Internet of Things device would want to use Windows - given their limited functionality and typically very limited human interfacing, as well as the licensing costs, I can't think of a single instance when its use would be better than some uber lightweight linux distro with just exactly what the device needs.
so windows 9 was free to windows 8 users? and now we have windows 10 that I have to buy?
From Xbox 360 to Xbox One and Windows 8 to Windows 10
Microsoft cannot count worth shit
I like this. My iMac still has Windows XP installed. Need to upgrade to 7.
good
Great, we get to wait another year to get the Start Menu back, and they're still going to shoehorn some tiles into it.
Maybe by then Chrome OS will be a better alternative.
Great, we get to wait another year to get the Start Menu back, and they're still going to shoehorn some tiles into it.
Maybe by then Chrome OS will be a better alternative.
"Bay Windows"Shoulda copied Nintendo's naming scheme for even more comedy. "Microsoft announces New Windows"
Windows U"Bay Windows"
Could you try to explain how Chrome OS could possibly be any better? In a year, the only thing that will probably be different with Chrome OS will be Android apps running on it, aka mobile apps on a desktop OS. Sound familiar? Like another OS you already know that did this and failed at it?
I thought they announced that it would be a free upgrade to people on Windows 8.1?Free of users. Free of existence.
This is awesome.
Maybe they'll just call it Windows XP again.Windows X Professional
Windows 2000 > allThis is awesome.
So the free upgrade from Win8 wasn't true?
I'm confused about why an Internet of Things device would want to use Windows - given their limited functionality and typically very limited human interfacing, as well as the licensing costs, I can't think of a single instance when its use would be better than some uber lightweight linux distro with just exactly what the device needs.
This is awesome.
So I guess DirectX 12 will be exclusive to windows 9(8.2) & 10
They actually said that on stage..
"What should the name of the new Windows be?"
"It wouldn't be right to call it Windows 9."
"Windows One"
"But unfortunately, Windows 1 has been done."
good
Windows U
Seems XB1 UI will change again?