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

[Mr Buckshot]

people will hate it, but it'll still be a resounding success (financially) because the majority of people buy prebuilts anyway, especially laptops, and most aren't patient/savvy enough to install an older OS or Linux and then hunt for drivers. When the common layman's windows 7 laptop breaks down from natural wear and tear or something he'll just go to the store and grab the best windows 8 deal he sees whether he likes the new OS or not.

tablets are useless to me, with the sole exception of professional stylus-input tablet PCs. Which don't seem to benefit from Metro at all (a stylus and a finger are not the same thing).

finally so many articles keep claiming that "PC sales are down while tablet sales are up, therefore people are ditching PCs for tablets". Um, more like recent developments have allowed PCs to become more reliable than in the past and that coincidentally tablets just proved to be popular toys? Back in the XP days it wasn't really uncommon for non-savvy users to replace their laptop every 2 years because the battery life might drop to 5 minutes or because the 4200rpm hard drive broke down from overuse. Nowadays you can expect a laptop to still boot up in a reasonable time and retain acceptable battery life after using it for 3 years, which seems like the more likely cause of falling PC sales. People aren't ditching their PCs, they're just able to hang on to their old ones a little longer than before.

[Zeph]

I don't even understand how people can say that Windows 8 is "dumbed down."

Because Bob from marketing said so.

[jcap]

Windows 8 will sell, but it will be far from a "resounding success".

Windows Vista sold, but it sold only 180 million copies within its 3 year lifespan.

That sounds like a lot, but when you compare it to the sales figures of Windows 7, which sold 500 million copies as of last fall, Vista's sales are

And honestly, there was nothing wrong with Vista as an OS (aside from high RAM requirements which could easily be fixed with 2 GB of RAM minimum). It just shows you how negative publicity can affect sales figures and distort the general opinion of it. Now combine bad press with a UI that most people are going to despise upon their first use....and you have the perfect storm.

[Mr Buckshot]

do those figures include preinstalled Windows on prebuilt desktops and laptops?

[Rentafence]

ps tablets can get fucked and i neither want nor need one

I said the same thing about the P-51 Mustang.

[Ryx]

Back to zune's and the "cool" radio feature, I had a $15 mp3 player (a la ipod style ripoff) that had more features, a radio, and basically everything except the camera, touchwheel (it had buttons like the zune but circular), and the requirement of having to install their music manager (although an optional one was provided). The battery used to run for 48-72 hours straight on music, and now it runs for around 24-30, which is still exceptional (my iPod nano runs for 24 max). The only reason I don't use it anymore is that it is all scratched up, and the headphone jack was bent so much I have to press on it to hear sounds as it's loose inside.

Mainstream generally isn't the best :hipsterface:

[Warsaw]

I said the same thing about the P-51 Mustang.

Pssst, Ross isn't a Mustang person...


Also if you want a fantastic MUSIC player (.mp3 is for fagg0ts), you get Cowon. Support for just about any format you can think of.

[Cagerrin]

Pssst, Ross isn't a Mustang person...


Also if you want a fantastic MUSIC player (.mp3 is for fagg0ts), you get Cowon. Support for just about any format you can think of.

Cowon for players, Cresyn for headphones.

(bubble 'stangs are only good 'stangs)

[DarkHalo003]

Because Bob from marketing said so.

[rossmum]

I said the same thing about the P-51 Mustang.

b- for effort