Microsoft says next Windows won't be as annoying

Wednesday 29th October, 07:11 AM JST

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DenshaDeGO at 10:40 PM JST - 29th October

So who uses Windows anyway?
Sarge at 10:50 PM JST - 29th October

"So who uses Windows anyway?"

Well, as of June, Microsoft sold 60 million Windows Vista licenses...
mikihouse at 11:35 PM JST - 29th October

vista is actually cool, I used to hate it but once you get past the learning curve its actually better than xp except for the need for quite steep hardware requirements. A new OS? hmm actually, its just a repackaged vista less the annoying properties...can't wait for it.
omarbabilon at 11:38 PM JST - 29th October

Who uses windows??... only a blind outsider or an "OTAKU" would say such a thing... 95% of people in the whole world uses Windows. Nothing more to say.
OgieDoggie at 01:22 AM JST - 30th October

Microsoft might say the release date will be 2010 but they have always been about a year late on their release date which puts us to 2011.

Then we have to wait a year for them to release Service Pack 1 (let all the other suckers who buy it when it first comes out be the paying Beta Testers) so that puts us out to 2012.

Am very happy with XP until then thank you and MAYBE Microsoft will get it right this time (but don't hold your breath).

Oh yes and for those of you who say that Microsoft has said it would drop support of XP by the end of 2009 think again we went thru this same thing when we went from Windows 98SE to Windows 2000. Remember that most commerical Big Business did not go to Vista but stayed with XP and if you think that Microsoft wants to piss these people off think again (like I said we went thru this before with Win 98SE..history repeats itself)
Ah_so at 08:00 AM JST - 30th October

So who uses Windows anyway?

Is this another way of saying:

"Hey look at me! I've got a Mac and I am just sooo cool. Look at you with your PCs, you repressed hypocrites. I have a lovely Mac. It may just be a step up from a Fisher Price child's "computer" and have one button on the mouse, but it says a load about my personality. Anyway, I need to go out and buy a really large double latte decaff."

Anyway, thank God I did not go anywhere near Vista. No one could explain what it did that was special anyway. Even on XP by Explorer is now defunct and any attempt to upgrade Media Player renders it useless.

Perhaps I should switch to a Mac - apparently they never crash.
cleo at 09:20 AM JST - 30th October

Perhaps I should switch to a Mac - apparently they never crash.

Mine crashed a couple of weeks ago, first time ever in the 4-5 years I've had it. Never had that happen before - panic stations! Turned out to be a faulty memory, not the mac.

Come into the light, Ah_so......

:-)
Scrote at 09:32 AM JST - 30th October

"If we adopt an unique OS, everything will be easier, because being universal it will be at first accesible"

One of the reasons Windows is so susceptible to viruses is precisely because the program is exactly the same on each PC. On the other hand, a virus which targets my version of Linux (Slackware) is unlikely to work on Ubuntu etc. Diversity enhances security, whereas a Windows monoculture is prone to malware on a grand scale.

"(because if you use the uncomfortable "word" in linux, you can not open a doccument in a PC with windows or pictures i.e.)"

Word isn't available for Linux, and I wouldn't use it if it was. LaTex produces far superior output and costs nothing. You can also use LaTex on Windows. Files are saved in plain text format, so you are not locked in to secret file formats which leave you at the mercy of the software vendor.

"by the other hand, it will be less expensive, because being globally accepted it reduces costs."

Windows costs hundreds of dollars per copy, Linux costs nothing. Windows is expensive because it is almost a monopoly. Competition lowers costs for everyone. The costs of dealing with viruses, licenses, software audits etc are much higher for Windows than for other platforms.
bimyou at 12:38 PM JST - 30th October

Linux maybe a better OS however, it is still far far away from being user friendly to average users.

I don't know about now but, just to install a simple flash player I had to untar the package and run the script manually. It doesn't sound too complex but if you ask average joe to do that, he will go, Huh?

Maybe Linux does not have to be mainstream because it bears a lot of responsibility and may kill Linux innovation.
cow76 at 02:48 PM JST - 30th October

BRING BACK THE TALKING PAPER CLIP!
mikihouse at 05:01 PM JST - 30th October

harharhar, yup, I remember that paperclip and the stu*** dog coming out and which irritates everybody. Mac does not crash? duh. I had Mac G3, then G4, iMac, Icube, Macbook and even the early laptop 1993 ed and I say XP and Vista are more user friendly, it is easier to learn for most individual, and work with almost all available softwares. If you want to look at computers go for Mac, they make good and cool designs. Linux/Ubuntu? I keep on telling myself to learn the OS but I never find it easy (I am not a geek). A new OS not as annoying as Vista and less hardware requirements is a welcome. The faster Microsoft phase-out vista, the better.
sdf_crew_member at 05:10 PM JST - 30th October

The one of most powerful feature of Linux that no other popular OS has it's a software repository. So untaring and manual script start to install something like flash player is redundant and generally obsolete these days.

As to "user friendliness" is another word for "learning curve". All OSes have a different steepness but amount of knowledge to obtain to feel oneself comfortably is roughly the same.

Office Suite is available for Linux... OpenOffice is a fine replacement to MSOffice if you're not bound to its macroses. ;)

What really Linux is lack of is imaging tools like Photoshop and Macromedia Flash. GIMP is a looming threat to Adobe but not here yet. IMHO, of course.
Azrael at 12:08 AM JST - 31st October

My computer has the Monkey King! n.n;
Badsey at 12:10 AM JST - 31st October

too bad my iPhone doesn't run Vista -or I could be complaining also.

Win98 SE2, or Win2000 were the bomb but all the SPs hurt Xp -that and my Firewall, Virus Scanner, Spyware analyzer, Bloatwear killer, etc... ...
Badsey at 01:36 AM JST - 31st October

if Microsoft would just sell an annoyware killer program we would be ok.