July 20, 201213 yr For Windows 8, don't underestimate the value of integration of phone/tablet/desktop. Especially in the corporate environment. The other area which Windows 8 will shine in is as a Windows XP killer which Windows 7 failed to do.
July 20, 201213 yr For Windows 8, don't underestimate the value of integration of phone/tablet/desktop. Especially in the corporate environment. The other area which Windows 8 will shine in is as a Windows XP killer which Windows 7 failed to do. Uh, what? 7 pretty much did finally kill XP.
July 20, 201213 yr Uh, what? 7 pretty much did finally kill XP. Lots of businesses are still using XP and would continue to if MS would support it. They will not be changing to Windows 8 however, when XP runs out, they will just go to Win 7 which will be around for a long time. Companies are not going to buy windows 8.
July 20, 201213 yr Lots of businesses are still using XP and would continue to if MS would support it. They will not be changing to Windows 8 however, when XP runs out, they will just go to Win 7 which will be around for a long time. Companies are not going to buy windows 8. Yeah, true. I was thinking about home use. But like you said, businesses are transitioning to 7, not to 8. Even government. I use a US Navy-owned workstation, and it's got 7.
July 20, 201213 yr Businesses which upgrade now can't go to 8 because it isn't available yet. XP has hung on more tenaciously than anyone expected. Even in the home market. (The gaming world upgraded to get DX10.) Windows 8 will attract most of the remaining XP holdouts. That's why it will be offered at such a great promotional upgrade price at release.
July 20, 201213 yr Businesses which upgrade now can't go to 8 because it isn't available yet. XP has hung on more tenaciously than anyone expected. Even in the home market. (The gaming world upgraded to get DX10.) Windows 8 will attract most of the remaining XP holdouts. That's why it will be offered at such a great promotional upgrade price at release. I wasn't trying to imply that 8 was available, simply that businesses still running XP will not be jumping to it. Businesses still on XP are the ones most conservative in their software selection, preferring years of reliability improvements through patches rather than new features. 7 is just now reaching a position where they are even considering it. 8? Maybe in three years.
July 20, 201213 yr Businesses which upgrade now can't go to 8 because it isn't available yet. XP has hung on more tenaciously than anyone expected. Even in the home market. (The gaming world upgraded to get DX10.) Windows 8 will attract most of the remaining XP holdouts. That's why it will be offered at such a great promotional upgrade price at release. It will be offered at a great price because nobody except tablet owners will want it. Sent from my SGH-T679 using Tapatalk 2
July 20, 201213 yr As far as I know, Windows 8 is basically windows 7 with an additional UI, one designed for tablets. (and phones) Kinda like how Windows 7 was basically Vista, but streamlined. Simple rule for myself...if Windows 8 can demonstrate performance increases in any way, either in memory management or boot up time or file read/write, or something of the like, It is worth it. If not, it's only a UI change and I just don't see the point. (actually, the tablet interface is kinda fugly and inconvenient in a desktop PC) I think the most important thing is forwards and backwards compatibility between software running the two OS's.
July 20, 201213 yr Gaming performance is better (marginally) in win8 from what I've seen compared to win7. That combined with the other features will be enough for me to upgrade at the low price.
July 20, 201213 yr just wanted to let you know that the Deluxe Carbon Cub is on sale 7/25/12 https://news.microsoftflight.com/blogs/news/archive/2012/07/20/coming-soon-deluxe-carbon-cub.aspx rodger
July 20, 201213 yr Gaming performance is better (marginally) in win8 from what I've seen compared to win7. That combined with the other features will be enough for me to upgrade at the low price. You've gotten me thinking....and researching. Ya, it looks so far like win8 is actually improving performance. Even GPU intensive stuff, which I don't understand, but if I keep reading positive performance reports on win8, I'm gettin' it. It's really cheap, actually.
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