Windows 8 launch date confirmed for South Africa

[Deep78]

the ploy is obvious that MS is trying to get rid of legacy systems but $40 they can try harder.

That said, small Q ... if you have a 32bit ver of xp,vista or 7 can take this upgrade to pro deal
will it allow you to up it 64?

[Fudzy]

Win 3.11 WFW - good
Win 95 - good
Win 98SE - good

Your "timeline" lies. Also - Windows 2000 was a server OS, similar to NT 3.5 and NT 4.0 before it. All 3 were good OS's in a row.

FTFY

There was a desktop version of Win2k too.

[Fudzy]

the ploy is obvious that MS is trying to get rid of legacy systems but $40 they can try harder.

That said, small Q ... if you have a 32bit ver of xp,vista or 7 can take this upgrade to pro deal
will it allow you to up it 64?

I'd imagine so seeing as there isn't an alternative (even now)

[rrcatto]

SO does this mean we have to upgrade to touch sensitive LCD monitors?

[Lydon]

Been enjoying using Windows 8. Looking forward to release!

[Solitude]

Been enjoying using Windows 8. Looking forward to release!

Same. The developer release was crappy but after that it just got better and better. Now it's an absolute joy to use.

Will buy it as soon as it's released.

[ttygt]

Win8 lovers keeps on refusing to address the real issue.
Sure it is Harder Better Faster. No argument.
But please address the metro Ui issue. You all make these snarly comments as if our concerns=dumbness.
We are not dumb because we like a start button.
We prefer a start button because we prefer a start button.

You all seem to feel superior 'cause you have all elevated to a higher plane of existence, where no start button is required.
The rest of us have not, and are not inferior human beans.
We just like us some start button now and again.

Huh?

[Garyvdh]

The problem is that MS are trying to force desktop users to abandon the old way of doing things in favour of a new way of doing things.

Problem is that it will come back to bite them in their ass. Desktop users have been their cash cow for many many years.

You do not Pi$$ off your cash cow.

[werfie]

Win8 lovers keeps on refusing to address the real issue.
Sure it is Harder Better Faster. No argument.
But please address the metro Ui issue. You all make these snarly comments as if our concerns=dumbness.
We are not dumb because we like a start button.
We prefer a start button because we prefer a start button.

You all seem to feel superior 'cause you have all elevated to a higher plane of existence, where no start button is required.
The rest of us have not, and are not inferior human beans.
We just like us some start button now and again.

Huh?

17 years... don't you think it's time for change? Do you still use a Nokia 3210, watch SABC with bunny ears on a black and white TV and so forth, I think (hope) not... do you honestly think it is justified making such a big fuss and suggesting that you are going to pass up on the new OS simply because of a start menu where your programs are now in a tubular format with pictures instead of a list with icons?

I would say the real issue is that you are not susceptible to change which is a redundant trait considering we are talking about technology that changes every day?

[Random717]

Using Windows 8 on my primary workstation at work for the past month. Rating: awesome, simply because a dual monitor setup makes getting out of Metro that much easier, and all the other improvements are amazing.
Tried it on my Toshiba X870 laptop, admittedly with beta drivers of everything. Completely unusable, Metro would pop up at random times due to completely unconfigurable touchpad shortcuts, if no Metro app was open the screensaver would launch. Don't think I got more than a minute of gaming in without triggering this... Switched back to Windows 7 after a week.

Without a touchscreen Metro is hard to use, with extremely unintuitive commands. For this sole reason I won't roll it out to a single user, nevermind a hundred. Windows 8 yes, Metro no. If Microsoft doesn't divorce the two for the final release they're going to have millions of corporate users treating it as Vista 2.0.

[HuDiNi]

Win8 lovers keeps on refusing to address the real issue.
Sure it is Harder Better Faster. No argument.
But please address the metro Ui issue. You all make these snarly comments as if our concerns=dumbness.
We are not dumb because we like a start button.
We prefer a start button because we prefer a start button.

You all seem to feel superior 'cause you have all elevated to a higher plane of existence, where no start button is required.
The rest of us have not, and are not inferior human beans.
We just like us some start button now and again.

Huh?

You missing the point. There is no "real issue."

Haters gonna hate.

[Garyvdh]

You missing the point. There is no "real issue."

Haters gonna hate.

We'll talk again in a year's time!
Then we shall see if there was an issue or not.

[ttygt]

Who's making a big deal?
Who said we will not be using Win8 (with some add-on to restore a start button)?
How is moving a list of icons to a tabular format progress?

What is this technology that changes everyday? Is a pc not a pc anymore? Is it now a red truck that becomes a flying robot?

I used PC's back in 1986, and I still sit in front of one, using a mouse, keyboard and monitor.

I do not use DOS anymore(use Win7 and Linux), so I think I'm fine with change, thanx.
Just need me some start button, like my car still needs a gas pedal(like my great grandad used!) Still works fine.
Don't need one of dem flying cars with xbox controls

[unskinnybob]

FTFY

There was a desktop version of Win2k too.

Only the hardcore tried to run an NT based OS on their desktop.

[diegoa]

I been playing with Release Preview for a while now and its a big improvement from CP, really like it. Most probably be upgrading to Windows 8 and Office 13 too as well

Wish there were more apps in the Microsoft app store though, but they probably come when RTM is released on MSDN.