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Windows 8 MS Preview - How Will WB Work on This?

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Windows 8 MS Preview - How Will WB Work on This?

from JoeUser Forums

 

If I don’t succeed in getting the YouTube Vid into this, the vid and article appear on Lifehacker’s  homepage.

It poses a very interesting question… what’s going to happen to skinning with the advent of Windows 8 on PC’s?

You see, There isn’t a Start Menu and taskbar, nor traditional windows. There’s a Start Page, and basically a Smart Phone interface with tiles and the weather tile appears to be a widget.

So what do you think?

 

To me at least, this diverges a good deal from prior build leaked (and employees fired) where there was a traditional taskbar and orb. Now it looks like they're using "Tiles" or an equivalent with a Winflag button (replacing the orb) to return to the Start Page...

There were other buttons (on the right side on the "Tiles" type bar or dock) but their function wasn't demo'd. 

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Reply #51 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 50
I think that when/if the economy recovers significantly, the W7/XP balance will shift more quickly and radically.
End of DrJBHL's quote

My only disagreement here (and actually in your whole statement) is that by then the shift will be XP to win8 since 7 will be in "legacy" mode by that point.Which is the point i've been trying to put across but apparently unsuccessfully.

 

The question is whether or not people who recently upgraded to 7 will be willing to plop down the cash to upgrade again or if they will continue to use 7 for the next 8 - 10 years becoming the next "XP" in the cycle.

 

Will xp eventually be phased out totally? sure. But by that time we may be seeing windows 9 on the horizon.

Reply #52 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Could be a 2nd chance for  DesktopX also. Think of custom apps and tiles.

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Reply #53 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Fistalis, reply 51
My only disagreement here (and actually in your whole statement) is that by then the shift will be XP to win8 since 7 will be in "legacy" mode by that point.Which is the point i've been trying to put across but apparently unsuccessfully.

The question is whether or not people who recently upgraded to 7 will be willing to plop down the cash to upgrade again or if they will continue to use 7 for the next 8 - 10 years becoming the next "XP" in the cycle.

End of Fistalis's quote


I'm not sure what the key variable there will be... could be equipment related: If a person can't afford a touch screen PC of what use is W8 more than W7? If that person can afford a new Tablet/Smart Phone, then the W8 will probably come OEM. Could also be equipment life related... since people don't really understand what "futurizing" a computer really means...

If folks are like me, then on my lappy, W7 shall reside "'til death do us part.". I have a desktop which has a touch screen, so I might upgrade there... depending if the firm's x64 software gets updated... and only then, unless there's a W7 "XP" - mode (if you understand what I mean) at that time.

Who knows if I'll even be around for W9? I'll let someone else worry about that. 

Reply #54 from JoeUser Forums Top

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 41
Sir Guy of Megahertz!
End of DrJBHL's quote

oooh!  I like that!  can I change my name?

As an aside - when I bought the house, I loved one other.  It was beautiful on the internet!  I pulled up to it and it was sitting under a major power line.  Buy-bye!  I was not going to compete with the power company for my air waves! ;)

Reply #55 from WinCustomize Forums Top

It's still too early to known definitely what the "real" Win8 desktop is going to look like or function.  They are definitely catering towards a touch UI, but that's not going to apply to the vast majority of users.

 

Reply #56 from JoeUser Forums Top

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 50
the movement to 7 is coming from the dwindling XP user percentage.
End of DrJBHL's quote

I suspect that if MS offered a free upgrade to all VISTA users, that market would disappear over night.  But people have to replace computers, so when the old XP dies, Win 7 is the way to go.  And Vista OEM computers are still too new to replace in bulk (watch out in a couple of years though).

MS offered customers an option to keep XP even when Vista was the installed OS on OEM computers - they realized that most people did not want Vista.  I kept my customers on XP until 7 (figuring I could not hold out any longer) because of how bad Vista was.  I breathed a sigh of relief to see that Win 7 was as sturdy as XP.

 

Reply #57 from Stardock Forums Top

I hope they do not get rid of the taskbar and start menu as they are great.

Reply #58 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Special for Gwenio1. ;)

From PC Magazine's "Windows 8 Walkthrough" - http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow/story/265168/windows-8-a-walk-through

Quoting Island, reply 55
It's still too early to known definitely what the "real" Win8 desktop is going to look like or function.  They are definitely catering towards a touch UI, but that's not going to apply to the vast majority of users.

 
End of Island's quote

Exactly. Glad I was right about this: Good news for skinners:

 

Reply #59 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay.....okay. Enough excitement for one day. We'll do some more tomorrow. I are liking this very much.

Reply #60 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Jafo, reply 47
In case you're wondering...the 5 installs of Win 7 are via Technet
End of Jafo's quote

Jafo, not sure if you're aware, Technet copies are Retail Editions.

Reply #61 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I'd prefer Vista over this crud anyday.  I don't even do social networking or use the cloud.  I like all my programs & settings & customizations stored LOCALLY on my PC.  Soon, the PC may not be so "personal" anymore.

And FYI, where the hell can you use a wallpaper?  Windows?!  With no Wallpaper?!  Let alone no Deskscapes video walls, is just sad.   There just might be a new petition on saving Windows 7.  Just like how there was a petition for saving XP when Vista came about.

The only thing I like about Win8 (not found in the video) is the ribbon interface for Explorer.  Somebody needs to write a 3rd party utility to allow XP, Vista, and 7 users the option for a ribbon-based Explorer.

I'm just  speaking from a Desktop PC perspective.  This OS is obviously slated for tablets more so than PCs.

*end Windows 8 rant*

 

EDIT:  Just saw reply #58's screenshot.  Reverting back to the old desktop.  Maybe it won't be so bad after all (unless Stardock apps aren't compatible).

Reply #62 from WinCustomize Forums Top

They'll be adapted... doesn't look all that different from 7, VistArtXPosed. It's gonna be fine. You'll see. ;)

Reply #63 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting CarGuy1, reply 60
Jafo, not sure if you're aware, Technet copies are Retail Editions.
End of CarGuy1's quote

Yes, but not from a store on 'the high street'....;)

Reply #64 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Jafo, reply 49

Quoting Fistalis, reply 48Which is where I'm at personally.. why would I upgrade to 7 when 8 is on the horizon?

Because 7 actually works properly.

No other MS OS ever did....

End of Jafo's quote

Odd.... 'cause Vista works better on my system, than the bloated Win7. I have never had -any- problems with Vista.
I see absolutely no reason what so ever (for me) to downgrade to Win7 or even try Win8.

Reply #65 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I think a lot of Vista's problems (or better, the problems people had with Vista) came from releasing it too soon. It should have been tested about 6 months longer than it was. Would have eliminated a lot of the problems people encountered with it.

Reply #66 from WinCustomize Forums Top

It appears, OS designers assume that most people do nothing but look at pictures and retarded videos all day.

Reply #67 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Snowman, reply 64
Odd.... 'cause Vista works better on my system, than the bloated Win7. I have never had -any- problems with Vista.

I see absolutely no reason what so ever (for me) to downgrade to Win7
End of Snowman's quote

So YOU'RE the one that Vista works for.   I'd figured there was someONE it worked for out there somewhere.  [actually I have it on a VM...seems OK ... so I'll leave it right there....working OK in a VM within......Windows 7....;)

I'm pretty sure you'll be pretty alone in a select club of people who find/found Vista to be better AND "less bloated" than 7, particularly when 7 has a smaller resource 'footprint'.

The groundswell of public opinion will be agin' yer, Snow....;)

Reply #68 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting vStyler, reply 66
It appears, OS designers assume that most people do nothing but look at pictures and retarded videos all day.
End of vStyler's quote

If 80% of the pics on the net are of naked women then yes, that's exactly what they do....;)

Reply #69 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Jafo, reply 68
If 80% of the pics on the net are of naked women then yes,
End of Jafo's quote

 

If? :lol:

Reply #70 from WinCustomize Forums Top

If? Didn't you get the memo? There's a newbie out now. Its the Beta of SmutNet. All you wanted to see and puke at.

Reply #71 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I guess a lot more will be known once the closed beta hits more people.  I look forward to it!  :)

 

Reply #72 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Now that I know it's probably customizable, I am too. :)

Reply #73 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 72
Now that I know it's probably customizable, I am too.
End of DrJBHL's quote

Ahhh, we are talking about Windows 8 and not the naked women, right?