The Windows 8 and other failed Microsoft products thread - Windows 8 "relaunches" Feb

[Mr Buckshot]

yah i already booted back into windows.

only good for tablet pcs.

don't insult real tablet PCs like the lenovo thinkpads with their awesome pens - which work much better on normal desktop UIs anyway.

it's only good for those "oversized smartphone" type of tablets which I absolutely have no use for. Tablet =/= tablet PC, just as finger =/= stylus

If we all work together (everyone, not just Modacity), maybe we can spread enough hate and bad news about Windows 8 to give it a terrible reputation before launch. Ballmer is rumored to retire after Windows 8's release. He thinks it's going to be successful so he'll leave on a high note, at which point Sinofsky will take over. Sinofsky is the bastard who destroyed Windows. Windows 8 basically NEEDS to be a collossal failure. If Windows 8 trips and falls flat on its face as it exits the gate, there may be enough pressure put on Microsoft by the press and its general customers to ditch the upper management and hire people who are actually competent.

You know you're missing your target when Mac users say:

"... and this is why I use a Mac. This new Windows looks awful from a user experience standpoint."

Won't it be a massive success just based on the fact that anyone buying a prebuilt desktop or laptop will be forced to use it?

If IE's history is anything to go by, maybe they'll finally do something when Windows has only 40% market share left.

haha THIS. I heard IE9 is an improvement but the reputation is so bad that it's way too late to convince people to switch back. Even my grandma is aware enough to open IE just once to download a new browser and never touch it again.