Comments on: Will we be Saying Goodbye to Windows any Time Soon?

By: Keegan Ovitt(xxMacAttackxx)

Keegan Ovitt(xxMacAttackxx) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:13:20 +0000

There is no way that computing be become all internet based. There are too many security flaws. Not to mention there is no way that you will ever be able to use a web based application to do things such as video editing, or recording music.

Although now with net neutrality becoming an issue, you never know what the internet will be like in 10 years.

By: bradleybradwell

bradleybradwell — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:18:28 +0000

Windows may have been off in the last few years, but i think the company has accepted that and is going to make a dramatic improvement in the next few years.

Look at Apple, they were on the downfall for a while, and now with a new set of products, they are more powerful than ever in the computing industry.

By: Stephen (SHol4Apple2)

Stephen (SHol4Apple2) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:14:55 +0000

Windows needs to die they been trying for years to make a stable OS but fail. Windows is nothing but bugs and probs. It takes them forever to come out with a new OS or upgrades. And I have not seen any new software worth a wile to use on Windows. A lot of what Windows is using is out dated. Microsoft is coming out with new apps for Mac before they come out with apps for there Owen OS. Look at MS Office for windows its out dated They have a new MS Office for Mac OS X called MS Office 2008 for Mac. You all just don’t want to amint that Apple’s Mac OS X is starting to take over the market. If they want to continue to make MS Windows they need they to make it more stable and user friendly like Mac OS X. When Apple comes out with a new OS there is a wow factor when user see the Mac OS. But when windows come out with a new OS there. There is not a wow in factor in windows just things people hate about it look at Windows Vista no one like it people run in to too many pros. The one resin I am a huge Apple fan is because they have a much more stable and user friendly OS that just work right out of the box with apps you can actley use that on window you would need to spend 100’s of dollar’s on new apps. All windows really comes with is nothing but trash ware. And the only resin people use Windows is simply because it came to the market first and took over the market be for Mac OS was out in the market. Just because something is poplar dose not mean it’s always good. So people quit trying to make Windows look good. You are trying to make Windows look good that is like saying shit looks good and smells good when you know matter what you try to say about the shit to make it look good it will never look good and smell good know matter how you try to say it. It will always be the same old nasty shit that we all know to hate and not love. Shit has never looked good and never will. So quit trying to cover for Windows. The same concept as shit for Windows it’s not good and never will be. But Mac OS is like candy that we all love to like it just looks good and smells good and its just good right of the Box. So just give it up Windows users. Windows will die sooner or latter know matter how good you try to make it look good or sound. Mac OS is going to replace the Windows Market and it is starting to come true. And that is just my opinion.

By: CoffeehouseSchmuck

CoffeehouseSchmuck — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:31:11 +0000

i dont think windows is going anywhere,Even MacIntosh people like Myself have Windows XP on a boot camp partition
I do think Vista will disappear though,Or Possibly with Bill Gates gone now,Apple could take control of Windows and re-do it right.

By: Cuvtixo

Cuvtixo — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:52:40 +0000

From the beginning, Windows was two separate products: WindowsNT and the consumer Windows that booted from DOS. Windows 3.11, Windows 95, 98, and WindowsME came out before the codebase finally merged in Windows2000. If something new comes from Microsoft, we can expect another long, drawn out transition.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:28:00 +0000

Microsoft may have pinned its future on the next version of Windows, and may be wishing it had not. Vista does some things very well, but on the other hand it’s forever coming up with creepy little problems that can’t be figured out and that Microsoft obstinately and obtusely refuses to discuss. As for cloud computing, it should be called cloudy computing because the whole thing depends on a perfectly reliable and perfectly fast network connection, and such a thing doesn’t exist. It might also be called snoop-computing because privacy would be a thing of the past. The fact will always remain that somebody has to tell the CPU what to do, so software is a necessity for the foreseeable future, and therefore software companies are a necessity too. But meanwhile those who created the present computer age are aging and retiring all over the place and the mindset of the industry is changing as they walk away, which is a good thing and a bad thing. One avenue that might open up more and more is scripting, combined with super high-level compiler languages. When home computer users can easily design their own scripts by choosing human-language statements in order to create programs that will do what they want, that will make everyone a programmer. When this can be implemented by voice recognition, then people can simply tell their computers what to do and how to do it, and the computer will do it. This is not as improbable as it sounds, and many of us are already using some of the scripting and macro programs that are already available to automate various computer functions in a personalized way. It works.

By: idiotonuni

idiotonuni — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:23:49 +0000

I honestly think that it will die down a little bit. Microsoft will see that they are rapidly losing customers, and will do something about it. Windows will never go away it might not be popular, but its never gonna see its last day. Microsoft is way too big of a company to just disappear. If anything the operating system will get a lot better in the years to come.

By: OmniDragon

OmniDragon — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:38:28 +0000

To about half the people up there from friendfeed…nobody said the OS was dead. The blog post suggests that “Windows” might be dying.

As for myself, I think they should concentrate more on web technology and not have the OS be their primary focus.

By: Monchster

Monchster — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:07:51 +0000

Please!!!! A computer world without windows at this point is like the Olympics without Michael Phelps. I know it’s sad to say, but not many of us IT guys would have a job if not for the CRAP that Microsoft continues to put out on the market.

I always look forward to new MS OS’s and products just to figure out how to fix them, because they never seem to work as they promise.

http://tinyurl.com/667q8y – case in point.

By: Drew

Drew — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:05:41 +0000

I don’t think Windows is going anywhere anytime soon. Microsoft is still dragging their feet in a lot of areas, but at the end of the day they’re answering to the call of the corporate users and businesses that depend on the Windows architecture to power their businesses. As a new Mac user, I can admit that there are a lot of things about the Mac OS that are very desirable, however, I’m very often going back to my Windows XP installation via VMWare to get work done for my business. There are a lot of Mac alternatives to the programs that I use on the Windows platform, but the majority of them feel better and are more seamless on Windows for my use.

I still think it’s all about personal preference. Windows appeals to the corporate atmosphere and a vast majority of home users, and as a result of that I think it will be around for a long time to come even though people know that there are alternatives out there.

By: Joby Kent

Joby Kent — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:00:54 +0000

I think If Microsoft want to return to the days where Windows beat Mac OS, They need to start over, either with the UNIX base or completely new. Think of the world’s biggest computer company making its own kernel :-)

If they do make a new OS or “Midori”, to replace windows, it will certainly be like a similar interface to Windows now. To many people know Windows – and/or cannot adapt to a newer environment. Of course that’s talking about the older generation. Not the new generation of born Computer geeks :-P

By: myers29er

myers29er — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:51:09 +0000

i feel as though microsoft needs a change. osx just does it for me. sleek, spaces, smart, and speedy. i’m eager for snow leopard. vista just reminded me of the last 10 years- win 95 through X – better colors, icons, and layout with no significant change. myers29er

By: Shock2k8

Shock2k8 — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:46:43 +0000

I think this is absolutely false, Microsoft will milk money out of Windows OS as long as they can. Look at Microsoft Windows XP and the price tag $90 to $145 around those price tags well you know they are still trying to get tons of dough off of people. Bill is not giving up Windows he will work on it as long as he can.

By: brad

brad — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:42:58 +0000

well
i got new computer other day i will be putting on windows vista

By: drunkmonk

drunkmonk — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:10:21 +0000

I have been a diehard windows user for over a decade and switched to Mac about 18 months ago. In my opinion Windows can’t die soon enough! Enough with the constant updates and the secret background processes’s and let me not forget rootkits and virus’s