Microsoft Gives Early Look at Windows 10 Featuring Windows 7 Elements, Broad Adaptability

[ChrisH3677]

Windows 95 bad
Windows 98 good
Windows ME bad
Windows XP good
Windows Vista bad
Windows 7 good
Windows 8 bad
Windows 9 good?
Windows 10 bad?

Why on earth would they skip Win 9?!!

 

[Wild Warg]

90's called, they want their video tutorials back.

God...that hair is really something else.

 

[76ShovelHead]

Hmm... their implementation of multiple desktops and expose looks awfully familiar to mission control in OS X...

 

[DavisEngeler]

WindOS X

 

[Moto G]

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And how come mac users dont realize that mac OSX is based on, takes ideas from linux.. im not bashing anything, just saying.

No, it's based on - and has at its' core - BSD.

 

[StyxMaker]

Seeing how ugly and messy the UI for Windows 10 is, I've never been more happy to be a Mac user … OS X seems so much sleeker, and the Apple toolbar at the top is a godsend. I despise the 'toolbar per window' interface that Windows has.

Having the window's toolbar at the top of the screen instead of at the top of each window took a bit of getting used to when I switched to an iMac after thirty years using MS Windows.

 

[d4rkc4sm]

nice hair

 

[StyxMaker]

Oh, but they already have. Remember Vista's requirements? The outcry was huge (one reason why it flopped).

Vista was the last straw for me, my next computer purchase was an iMac.

 

[Anim]

I think back peddling on an OS design is the lesser of two evils for MS.

Users lose faith in a company that make such drastic design changes that need to be taught all over again. I actually like Windows 8.1 but it took me a good few weeks before I got it how I wanted, now they are going back to a ver 7 design with 8 features.

But understandable if they only have 11%? of windows users currently running Windows 8 now. They need to reclaim as many of those Win XP and Win 7 users, it's a money pot waiting for them.

Glad OSX keeps the same fundamental design. It just works.

 

[scottsjack]

As a duel user I can say that for me I would much rather work in windows but play in Mac. Office is more responsive in Windows, snapping windows is great, the red close button is more convenient, Windows has no stupid rubber-banding and functions like save as and end of document are better than OSX offers.

On the other hand Windows really has a problem with its non-consumer- friendly OS configuring, the lack of a real, integrated full system backup and terrible, terrible system rebuilding from scratch.

Additionally Windows lacks the beautifully well done mail, music, calendar, contact and pictures apps that have become of the heart of the Mac experience. Some of the Windows Essentials apps are OK but not even close to their equivalents on a Mac. The Metro ones are an embarrassment.

As they have pointed out Microsoft is trying to woo back, or retain business users. Unfortunately I heard nothing that might address home or casual users. Unless users can pick up their new laptop at Best Buy and immediately sit down and start doing real stuff (like you can on a Mac) there is not a lot of draw for Windows.

 

[krravi]

his hair...why....why is it like that???

See? He piqued your interest. That's why.

 

[C.clavin]

Does this man NOT look like a Wii character?

 

[NorEaster]

Wait, let me get this straight...

Windows 10: Now featuring apps that run in windows.

It has officially become a bullet point that Windows can put things in windows. With a title bar and everything! Sorry, but while I understand exactly the multi-touch-enabled series of missteps that lead here, that has to be the most hilarious piece of technology news I have read in a long time.

...what yet what do you think about the inability to run full-screen apps on different monitors? Seems pretty logical that if I have 2 monitors for my Mac, I should be able to run 2 different apps in full-screen mode on each monitor right?

 

[AppleScruff1]

It's a good thing that MR posted an article about Microsoft. It helped to take the heat off the bending iPhone threads.

 

[Tough Guy]

Windows 95 bad

Windows 95 was a massive success.

 

[a0me]

It's fairly obvious why they're going with 10.

What's obvious about it. They're in the process of renaming all their products with "One" (Xbox One, OneNote, OneDrive, Windows Live OneCare); the next logical step would have been "Windows One."

 

[dljeffery]

Well both of them copied Commodore Amiga and so you could continue forever.

Are we talking about the Amiga that was introduced a year and a half after the Macintosh?

 

[hlfway2anywhere]

...what yet what do you think about the inability to run full-screen apps on different monitors? Seems pretty logical that if I have 2 monitors for my Mac, I should be able to run 2 different apps in full-screen mode on each monitor right?

You can...

 

[AppleScruff1]

Windows 95 was a massive success.

It certainly was. People waited in line to get it.

 

[blackpond]

The hair!

 

[Tough Guy]

As a duel user I can say that for me I would much rather work in windows but play in Mac. Office is more responsive in Windows, snapping windows is great, the red close button is more convenient, Windows has no stupid rubber-banding and functions like save as and end of document are better than OSX offers.

On the other hand Windows really has a problem with its non-consumer- friendly OS configuring, the lack of a real, integrated full system backup and terrible, terrible system rebuilding from scratch.

Additionally Windows lacks the beautifully well done mail, music, calendar, contact and pictures apps that have become of the heart of the Mac experience. Some of the Windows Essentials apps are OK but not even close to their equivalents on a Mac. The Metro ones are an embarrassment.

As they have pointed out Microsoft is trying to woo back, or retain business users. Unfortunately I heard nothing that might address home or casual users. Unless users can pick up their new laptop at Best Buy and immediately sit down and start doing real stuff (like you can on a Mac) there is not a lot of draw for Windows.

This specific presentation was aimed directly as enterprise. They'll have a consumer presentation in the months to come.

 

[KPOM]

...and still people make a big deal out of the OS X upgrades now being 'free', failing to see that they indirectly pay a lot more up front for the OS and upgrades than any Windows user spends on the OS during the same time period.

Call me when Microsoft gives Surface buyers a discount on Windows.

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As a duel user I can say that for me I would much rather work in windows but play in Mac. Office is more responsive in Windows, snapping windows is great, the red close button is more convenient, Windows has no stupid rubber-banding and functions like save as and end of document are better than OSX offers.


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Easy. Buy a Mac and install Windows in Boot Camp.

 

[sirozha]

i am german and i dont get it

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also that hair piece isnt fooling anyone mr.

9 in English sounds like nein in German.

 

[groovyd]

LOL... love how they punch in the side camera every now and then and he keeps talking to the wall on the other side of the room. Someone needs to learn how to shoot video at Microsoft.

Now, how do I disable snap-to feature? oh yeah, got to install the preview first haha. Absolutely can't stand the current window snapping in Windows 7 and 8.

Am glad they realized people want their desktop back though, that is maybe enough for me to upgrade my work VM just for that.

 

[JonneyGee]

Not sure. Even number Microsoft releases are a bit sketchy. DOS 2, 4, 6. Windows Vista ("Windows 6") and Windows 8. Odd number releases tend to be better.

I was thinking the same thing… even-numbered releases have been duds for MS. So skip straight to another even number? I guess that tells us what to expect.