Windows 10: Rumor pegs Windows 9 release for next year, Windows 10 as a Cloud OS.

We will see with the cloud office (Office 365) how much acceptance such an offering will have.

 

All my money is tied up in cash. *Wink

If you had a device with very limited storage, the cloud may be useful if you want access to all your Data that's on another PC. I personally tend to avoid those types of devices for something with real storage capacity. At present I don't have any need or want for Cloud storage. I have no interest in a subscription type of deal for Windows or office. If Microsoft goes that way I'll just keep running what I have now until support runs out.

 

I think most of us would agree with you on that, It's only for big business corporates etc, not us home users

 

We see Google making strides with Chrome OS. It's less expense to purchase. Perhaps MS's aim is to offer different types of OSs with different SKUs. e.g. Subscription or native > Pro or Home. This gives the consumers more choice, especially enterprise. Buy what you want or can use at an affordable price. No more, no less.
7 and 8.x will be around awhile, so why not a thin client OS? Variety is the spice of life. So it goes with markets. Markets are much more diverse today.
The problem with thin client is data costs. Not all can afford it. That's its real drawback. Heck, we hear the complaining about the service-oriented data-gobbling 8.x. Rightfully so. Therefore a thin client OS will only target a certain market, so it may not be profitable. Obviously Google sees profit in it, though.

 

Choices, assuming a model that suits you, would be good. Not "here is what you get, get used to it".

 

I'm all for that. I think MS realized that 8 was too drastic a change, so that's why 8.1. One can natively turn off the Modern/Metro except for All Apps and some account personalization, although the Control Panel remains. It wouldn't surprise me if they released an optional package or SP that one could install to turn it all off. Most personalization would have to be in the CP as it was previously.

 

OMG, I don't have a Windows Phone *Eek

 

Aren't we lucky. We finally can get rid of M$.

 

*Roflmao2
I hope it's just a wind up because of Computer Recognition Access Program.

 

Windows 10 as cloud only... seriously the world isn't ready for that. I'm curious (and admittedly I've done NO research on this) but how does one run software on a cloud OS. Or game for that matter? Also why would anyone pay (for bandwidth) to access an OS that is somewhere else when currently it costs them nothing. Makes no sense... *Doh

 

I will ban cloud in my PC/Laptop :finger:

 

Who knows... if Windows 10 really turns out to be a cloud OS maybe the Linux crowd will finally get the users numbers they're after.

It could happen...
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and pigs might fly out of my butt...

 

It all comes down to your definition of a Cloud OS. Some would say Chromebooks are already doing it. Without Internet they aren't good for very much and all your storage is online. There are also thin client PC's. You log in on the client but everything is run on a server somewhere else. Businesses use them in certain situations. In theory you could have a very inexpensive device with only a Web Browser on it. The browser connects to the PC/Server that has all the installed programs on it. Everything runs over the network connection from the server but appears to be running on the device your using. The big question is what it Microsoft's definition of a cloud OS?

 

Sorry, but it doesn't work very well for home users, believe me.
All the synching back and forth and the bandwidth just to pull an app across, is very rough.
Not to mention, there are a lot of people who only will use Cellular Hotspots, Like the Verizon JetPack. try running a full blown OS and software across that,.,., good luck, hahaha, you can barely get some web pages to load if you are in a bad area or on a bad day.

Office365 is a little different
It actually installs a ful;l version on your PC. As if you went out and bought Office 2013 and installed it.
You can then login to it and use Skydrive or whatever, but you are not obligated to or required to save your data out there. You can save it anywhere you want.
Office 365 is not a full Cloud Software Suite.

It is subscription based Software, not Cloud Software.

No, we will not see a full blown Cloud OS anytime soon,
MS might throw something experimental out there, but it won't go far.

Now, if you want to talk about Subscription based OS, That is far more likely the case for Win10 than a Cloud OS. there is a big difference.,

You will get the OS, install it, and be required to set up an account with a Credit Card
Probably about 99$ a year for per PC/device.

 

I can see advantages - e.g. you don't have to maintain your system and programs, just your data. That would certainly be an advantage for the millions of users that have no clue of what a PC is.

On the other hand I wonder how they would handle my gigabytes of data over the net. I think we would need another, faster internet.