Darcy and I have differing opinions on Windows 8. She thinks it’s great, I think Microsoft made a huge mistake. In typical Microsoft fashion, they decided to make a one-size-fits-all operating system. Apple makes a different operating system for its phones and tablets than the one it uses on its laptops and desktops. Microsoft seems to want to cut corners, increase profits, and worst, keeps forgetting the people who made them successful – the consumer.<\/p>\n
To confuse the issue further, Microsoft makes two versions of Windows 8 — one that runs on Intel and AMD processors (Windows 8 Home Premium, Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8 Ultimate) and one that runs on ARM processors — the type of processor found in many tablets and smartphones<\/span> – Windows8 \u00a0RT.<\/p>\n In many ways, Windows 8 is Windows 7 with a huge cosmetic facelift and a few new features such as System Refresh (which is sure to be misused) and a completely revamped (and very nice) Task Manager. But at its heart, it’s Windows 7 with a facelift.<\/p>\n The one-size-fits-all idea, rarely works. It’s been tried in almost every industry. Remember the El Camino? Half-car, half-pickup truck? I don’t see many El Caminos rolling down the road these days, do you?<\/p>\n I loved Windows XP – I thought it was an innovative and beautiful operating system – and I think it’s Microsoft’s best operating system ever. It’s outdated now, and no one should continue using it after Microsoft ends support for it. I think Windows 7 is a great operating system – it’s just not the innovative OS that XP was.<\/p>\n I read an article this morning on CNet<\/span> which seems to back<\/span> my view that Microsoft better start re-thinking Windows 8 before it ends up alienating even more customers. PC sales are slumping<\/span>, tablet and smartphone<\/span> sales are booming, and Microsoft seems to have lost its way — Microsoft is not an innovator anymore. It’s<\/span> chief seems to spend most of his time attacking Gooogle’s<\/span> Android OS and Apple.<\/p>\n Apple is the world’s most valuable company — they didn’t get there by making products, putting them on the market and telling everyone how much they’re going to love them. People do love their iPhones an iPads — those two products turned an entire industry upside down. Windows 8 isn’t going to turn anything upside down. It’s going to alienate more people and turn more people away from Microsoft.<\/p>\n If Windows 8 is Microsoft’s best, then that’s a shame. Microsoft needs to listen to its customers, they need to look at their competitors, not with disdain but with an open mind. If they don’t, we’ll never see a Windows 10.<\/p>\n I’d like to share the article that started me thinking about Microsoft and Windows 8. It’s from CNet<\/span>…<\/p>\n “Windows 8 may not be selling nearly as well as Microsoft projected, according to a report.<\/p>\n “Sales of\u00a0Windows 8<\/a>\u00a0PCs are well below Microsoft’s internal projections and have been described inside the company as disappointing,” Paul Thurrott\u00a0wrote<\/a>\u00a0on his\u00a0Supersite For <\/a>Windows<\/a>today<\/span>, citing a source inside Microsoft.<\/p>\n The culprit? ‘Lackluster PC maker designs and availability,’ according to Thurrott.<\/p>\n But he lists plenty of other reasons too, including Windows 8 itself as “confusing” because of its mix of touch and a standard\u00a0Windows 7<\/a>\u00a0desktop.<\/p>\n And he cites the simultaneous release of Windows 8 Pro and Windows RT as problematic.<\/p>\n Though Windows 8 Pro can run older Windows software<\/span>, Windows RT cannot, which ‘doesn’t make a lick of sense,’ according to Thurrott.<\/p>\n Roger Kay, principal analyst at EndPoint Technologies, agrees. ‘The split between the Windows 8 Pro and RT versions makes the positioning of Windows 8 difficult, ‘ Kay said to CNET on Friday.<\/p>\n Kay continued: ‘The new touch interface is really fantastic for the high-mobility market, like\u00a0tablets. But turn the whole world upside down for a few tablets?<\/span>…'”<\/p>\n Read the rest of the CNet<\/span> article here.<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Darcy and I have differing opinions on Windows 8. She thinks it’s great, I think Microsoft made a huge mistake. In typical Microsoft fashion, they decided to make a one-size-fits-all operating system. Apple makes a different operating system for its phones and tablets than the one it uses on its laptops and desktops. 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