Windows 10: View Poll Results: Best Windows OS

I find it encouraging you guys are liking 8.1 enough to replace 7 with it. I have a full retail 7 here for whatever my next PC may be, but it's nice to know 8.1 doesn't suck, lol. I like to theme my windows, and I see the guys at Virtual Customs have some nice 8 themes.

 

" The lack of Start menu is extremely disorienting and couldn't see myselff living without it and the Start Screen isn't its replacement for me. Installing a third-party app is just killing the purpose of upgrading."

No disrespect! It is a remark which comes up often, as a criticism of Windows 8-

I do use the modern screen as my start menu, but, fwiw, since Windows 95/xp, I have installed third party programs which are more comprehensive than the built in Microsoft offerings (Paint?). It gives me no source for distress to have to, if I wish, install a third party start menu.

 

I voted for Windows Longhorn, the developmental and utterly crashed and burned operating system that came before the devil vista.

The concepts and ideas of Longhorn were so innovative and WAY ahead of it's time, even today with Windows 8.1 we are still seeing the remnants of the Longhorn wreckage being used.

But otherwise, Windows 8.1.

 

I have to say 8.x. It was and is a bold step, but it was simply one which needed to be made.

If MS don't start moving on phone and tablets then they're just going to get left in the dust even more so than they already have been by iOS and Android. Windows Mobile was a pretty poisoned branding, and Windows Phone still is, by association. It's only really fairly recently with Nokia Lumia 'x' devices that some people have started to change their views.

Simillarly, those whom were soured on Windows experiences thanks to the manufactorer laptops/netbooks/notebooks which come out of the box loaded with trials and their own proprietry software and system processes are blaming Windows: ''Well my phone is Samsung, and that is a much better user experience - it must be Windows' fault - i'll just get a Samsung Galaxy Note/Tab tablet next time.''

It's smart to converge their devices, making a phone-like OS for Windows 8, making desktop and tablet OS's use the Windows 8 Start Screen and aps. It's just a case now of bringing Windows Phone, and it's years of advancements from WP7-WP8, more in line with Windows 8. Soon MS won't even have it's business users to fall-back on (bring your own device), or it's education users to fall-back on (using ipads or chromebooks).

Microsoft have some strong brands under their belts in Surface, Lumia and Xbox (at least before the whole Xbone fiasco). I would say they are the ones standing in their own way by overpricing their goods. SurfaceRT's/Surface 2's should be priced lower to get people to try them. Then you have people experiencing the touch gestures instead of getting a Win8 device with no touchscreen and complaining/adding to the Win8 hate. Practically give Surface RT/2's away for cheap to increase marketshare. Then if people want more things, such as x86 compatability then they have the option of getting a Surface Pro. And even those should be cheaper than they are if they seriously want people to adopt them.

 

This is true.

Some say, "Just make Windows for desktops and non-touch PCs and another for tablets." Well, guess what, ios COMPLETELY marginalized mac os to the point where apple isn't even known for the mac anymore. Yes, people still use it and whatnot, but it's not enough for a developer to build for it. That's also very similar to the Windows Phone situation...but nonetheless.

I'd rather see ONE operating system that works effectively, is the power of Windows, and scales appropriately across devices. Something like that has happened once before with Windows Xp where it was used on desktops, laptops, and even tablets. Problem was back then that no one needed or cared for tablets. There was even Windows Mobile that ran on smartish-phones and netbooks. Thing is though, if a separation of platforms was to be taken seriously, we'd have Windows only on desktops, and Windows Mobile on everything else that is obviously mobile. But we don't.

 

Well.... personally I think two OS's would be a good idea. One for desktops/powerful laptops and one for phones/mobile devices. They don't have to be entirely distinct and could be made compatible. It makes no sense to me to throw away the advances in power/capabilities of hardware for the sake of phones/pads. You cannot tell me, that Microsoft coders/programmers cannot do this.

 

It was called Windows Mobile, an operating system dedicated just for small mobile devices.

It obviously flopped and was rebuilt as Windows Phone.

I don't believe that just because it's called a "tablet" it automatically means you are restricted to do anything with it. A tablet with an i5 or i7 or A6 or A4 processor should be able to do what a desktop PC can do.

The question is, HOW?

 

What I like about Win 8.1 is that it works flawlessly in a "museum piece" laptop :singing:

 

Personally I like 8.1 running in 7 mode (Classic Shell) it's faster but still retains that pleasant 7 desktop. But I still have 7 on two machines that I can run as back ups

 

Welcome to Nine Forums John *Wink

 

Thanks Bill now I have got get my siggy done again as my favourite one is too big*Sad

 

I attach mine to an album and then attach from there. All mine are too big too, and I always lose transparency when I resize them myself *Doh

 

If you give it me I can make it bigger or smaller without you loosing anything *Smile

 

Aren't you sweet *Biggrin I have 3 here that fit Windows 9

http://www.nineforums.com/albums/albums/signatures.3/

Skip the Xmas one. If you can please *Smile

 

Forum Sig size is (if not changed) 500 x 100 .. Done *Smile

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