For the first time since the worse Windows ever (Windows ME) was released, I am using an older version of Windows than the current version. I have both Windows 7 and Windows 8 computers, but I use my Windows 7 computer almost all of the time. Windows 8 was a Microsoft blunder that could very well create a gap which Android laptops and Apple will be more than happy to fill. And it’s too bad.<\/p>\n
Microsoft’s arrogance may well be the downfall of its iconic Windows operating system. Microsoft, in recent years, has introduced products without regard to what users want – but rather giving users what Microsoft wants them to have. They’ve done it with MS Office and now they’ve done it to their flagship operating system Windows 8. And it’s sad for me to watch them try to make consumers want what they offer, instead of giving consumers what they want.<\/p>\n
Windows 8.1 is a good case in point. Users, especially those without touchscreen devices wanted a start button with a start menu. So Microsoft, in its arrogance puts a start button on Windows 8.1 which, when clicked, takes users back to the Start Screens, and all its garish tiles, which is the very thing most people wanted to avoid. And while right-clicking the start button does bring up some useful items (Control Panel, Search, Shutdown options) there is no start menu which is what most users want. It was as if Microsoft is saying — “let them eat cake”. It’s not going to fly, and Windows 8 is bordering on becoming the biggest Windows disaster since Windows ME (or some would include Vista).<\/p>\n
It says a lot when I continue to use Windows 7 instead of Windows 8. I’ve always wanted to ensure I was using the latest version of Windows because of my work. I even subjugated myself to using Windows Vista, which was a pretty lousy operating system. But I can’t bring myself to using Windows 8 on a non-touchscreen device. It’s clumsy and takes longer to navigate. And all they’d have to do to fix it is to add a real start button with a real start menu and give users a choice between using its touchscreen features or using it as mouse\/keyboard version of Windows.<\/p>\n
That being said, under the hood, it’s just Windows 7 with a new face (not even a prettier face) with a few new features, that I can live without. It doesn’t run better than Windows 7. It doesn’t work better than Windows 7. The new features like System Refresh are nice and certainly worth praise, but I can live without it – and apparently many others can too.<\/p>\n
Here’s an article from CBS, some of you will find interesting:<\/p>\n
“Windows 8.1 fall release won’t save Microsoft<\/strong><\/p>\n Microsoft will release Windows 8.1 in the U.S. on October 18. The free update of the company’s flagship operating system is aimed at placating the many customers who are unhappy with the new platform.<\/p>\n Yet while Microsoft is making changes to its latest version of Windows in response to widespread consumer and business dissatisfaction, the software will remain fundamentally the same. For Microsoft, the question is whether it can effectively drive adoption of Windows 8.1 by ending sales of Windows 7-based machines and by patching up its latest OS.<\/p>\n Microsoft Surface: Mobile strategy looks shattered In January, Microsoft said that it had sold 60 million licenses, including both licenses sold to PC manufacturers and upgrades. To be clear, that likely doesn’t mean that 60 million end users had purchased licenses, either as upgrades or with new machines.<\/p>\n The 100 million figure was also what Microsoft used in May when it was trying to show that Windows 8 was selling as well as Windows 7. Would Microsoft had crowed if it had hit, say, 150 million licenses? You might think so, as that could help disperse the negative publicity the company has gained.<\/p>\n In conversations with Microsoft analysts and companies selling to large and small corporations, people have largely told me that Windows 8 has been a big market disappointment for two reasons. The first is the interface. Windows 8 isn’t all that difficult to get used to if you’re using a touch device — but most people aren’t. “Painful” is what one person who deals with corporations of all sizes said of using Windows 8 on a non-touch computer…”<\/p>\n If you’d like to read more please click here.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ———————-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For the first time since the worse Windows ever (Windows ME) was released, I am using an older version of Windows than the current version. I have both Windows 7 and Windows 8 computers, but I use my Windows 7 computer almost all of the time. Windows 8 was a Microsoft blunder that could very well create a\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6105"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6105"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6106,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6105\/revisions\/6106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nAlthough Microsoft has expressed satisfaction with Windows sales, it has withheld more specific results. According to a new company website, it has sold more than 100 million Windows 8 licenses to date. But the site doesn’t explain what is included.<\/p>\n