Ed “ I continue Windows . Unless there ’s a Mac malware attack . ” Bott takes up the Windows 8 gauntlet that ’s been thrown down by , oh , practically everyone .
“ Windows 8 is the Modern XP ”
If that ’s perplexing , he have in mind that as a compliment . You do n’t have to see it . Just go with it .
This new version of Windows is proceed to be a calamity , pundits say .
They do seem to be saying that , do n’t they ? !
And its new port is so horrid and unusable that customers who are force to employ it will trip over themselves finding ways to repair the old Start menu .
Hideous ? No . Confusing , yes . schizoid , definitely . tag on onto the classic Windows screen background like a two - headed freak , absolutely .
I am , of path , talk about Windows XP , which was loose 11 years ago this week .
Oooh , zing!And here the Macalope fall for it hook , line , and donut , even though he had actually read the whole article before writing this piece . How unenviable !
If you ’re a lazy savant and have n’t write your Windows 8 wrap - ups yet , feel barren to use these tenner - old report , just substituting 8 for XP .
Well , thanks for the tip , but while the situations are like in some regards , they ’re quite unlike in others .
Bott says all this griping is same former , same old . Why , back in the day …
concern were voluntarily choosing Windows 98 and even the despised Windows Me over XP .
Some still are ! Inertia is a hefty force play .
The thing is , though , mostenterprises came to standardized conclusions that did n’t include 98 , Me , or Vista . They prefer Windows 95 , XP , and Windows 7 . return the huge change that Windows 8 presents , it seems likely that Windows 8 is another one they ’ll skip . The only two reasons the Macalope thinks businessesmightmove to Windows 8 are if Windows 9 is defective for some rationality or if touchscreen Windows equipment really take off .
And mayhap that will happen . Bott seems to think the Windows 8 touch sensation experience“get[s ] the job done with minimal defeat . ”The Macalope does n’t know how you square that withthis maddening experience that The Verge captivate on picture , which the Macalope has been assure is not a joke .
Well , itisa joke . It ’s just not an intentional prank .
But onward and up ! ( Just do n’t seek to rotate your screen . )
The Microsoft that loose Windows 8 is much more disciplined than the one that send Windows XP .
Well , it ’s true that there has n’t been anysweaty tone lately .
No , the Macalope will not contain link up to that .
Sorry . He ’s jazz it ’s unpleasant but … it ’s just a matter he has to do .
I ask that Windows 8 will get frequent updates , including one or two that will make the interface more flexible for developer and end substance abuser .
I ’m also unforced to bet that Windows 9 make it in two years , with Windows 10 probably come two year after that .
Well , if Windows 8 is going to get a replacement within two twelvemonth , then it wo n’t be like XP at all !
Which is good . The biggest job with XP was n’t XP , it was the fact that Microsoft could n’t ship a viable ascent for it until Windows 7 .
But are enterprises go to be doing operating system ascent every two years ? How well can Windows 8 reasonably trade when the desktop personal computer market is in a slump ? Are hoi polloi really going to want to futz with the screen background on touch devices ? And while XP solved the trouble of “ DLL hell ” and the other expert failings of anterior Windows handout , what problem does Windows 8 solve ?
See , there are just a flock of questions about Windows 8 ’s track to success . Maybe Microsoft will get the better of them , but it ’s not go to be a cakewalk .
