Will Windows 10 be awesome?

For MSFT there's so much riding on Windows 10 they're gonna make sure it's awesome. Or near-awesome, as far as one product can be for 1.5 billion users - an almost impossible challenge.

It's a rather different company now since the major reorg in 2013, and the new CEO is emblematic of that change. The company has learned some humility and the once warring divisions are now working together for the first time in nearly twenty years.

The new rejuvenated Microsoft is no longer inwardly focused, but relentless in talking to customers and responding to real requirements rather than protecting turf. There's no doubt Microsoft has learned some hard lessons over the past dozen years. Anti-trust problems in nearly every geography chewed up huge gobs of management time, providing a gap for competitors like Apple (iOS) and Google (Android) to grow their ecosystems, and MSFT stumbled badly in that space. And Windows 8, despite being technically pretty impressive, was a UI disaster.

I think Microsoft sees Windows 10 as a big part of its comeback plan to redefine the landscape. It's just one Windows for everything - PCs, tablets, phones, IoT, etc, with one common API set, common services, and modular subsystems that can cloudily deliver the user experience whatever the user is.

It'll be an easy upgrade for people who love Windows 7, and also for those who've gotten used to and even like Win 8. Plus, it comes to the phone and tablets.

We're in for an interesting few years.


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Arthur said:
For MSFT there's so much riding on Windows 10 they're gonna make sure it's awesome. Or near-awesone, as far as one product can be for 1.5 billion users - an almost impossible challenge.

It's a rather different company now since the major reorg in 2013, and the new CEO is emblematic of that change. The company has learned some humility and the once warring divisions are now working together for the first time in nearly twenty years.

The new rejuvenated Microsoft is no longer inwardly focused, but relentless in talking to customers and responding to real requirements rather than protecting turf. There's no doubt Microsoft has learned some hard lessons over the past dozen years. Anti-trust problems in nearly every geography chewed up huge gobs of management time, providing a gap for competitors like Apple (iOS) and Google (Android) to grow their ecosystems, and MSFT stumbled badly in that space. And Windows 8, despite being technically pretty impressive, was a UI disaster.

I think Microsoft sees Windows 10 as a big part of its comeback plan to redefine the landscape. It's just one Windows for everything - PCs, tablets, phones, IoT, etc, with one common API set, common services, and modular subsystems that can cloudily driver the user experience whatever the user is.

It'll be an easy upgrade for people who love Windows 7, and also for those who've gotten used to and even like Win 8. Plus, it comes to the phone and tablets.

We're in for an interesting few years.
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I guess I should read the article :p
 
It definitely sounds promising, Microsoft has been doing some good things since Satya Nadella became CEO. Microsoft also have a trend of every second OS release being great, and since Win8 was a train wreck...
 
gregmcc said:
Not quite :) Win95 was good, next was 98 and then Me which was a dismal failure.
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I thought it was diffrent; 95, bad, 98 good, ME bad, NT good but buggy and for servers,
XP great and nobody moved from it, 7 great, but nobody wanted to pay MS for something that worked so well already,

dont get me started on 8,8.1.8.9999; its like they took all the features of 7 put them in a blender and mixed everything;
a blind person could have designed it better;

the whole hope of MS as a company riding on what somebody like joe public thinks of it, and so far ive been accurate;
10 needs to be good otherwise they wont get a second shot, competitors catching up fast and consumers wont be merciful
 
I've got a legit copy of the latest Windows 10 beta and I'm very keen to give it a try. I'm in the market now for an SSD then I can do a fresh install and make it my main OS. Been on Windows 7 for far too long and it feels creaky.
 
gregmcc said:
Not quite :) Win95 was good, next was 98 and then Me which was a dismal failure.
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Fair enough, 95 was good at the time and 98 was a nice improvement, but from there:

Win Me: Dismal failure
Win XP : Great
Win Vista: Train Wreck
Win 7: Amazing
Win 8: Train Wreck
 
.QQ. said:
Fair enough, 95 was good at the time and 98 was a nice improvement, but from there:

Win Me: Dismal failure
Win XP : Great
Win Vista: Train Wreck
Win 7: Amazing
Win 8: Train Wreck
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agreed;
I always got the feeling they beta tested their os on the general public; there a massive corporation so they dont care;
although in recent years I think they see IOS and Google and LINUX in the mirror and catching up fast;

they wont get a second shot after this; it has to be brilliant, work with older legacy equipment great and work with latest cutting edge things very well.

so Id like to think their not gonna screw up this time.... until win 11 or 12 whatever they decide next.........
 
.QQ. said:
Fair enough, 95 was good at the time and 98 was a nice improvement, but from there:

Win Me: Dismal failure
Win XP : Great
Win Vista: Train Wreck
Win 7: Amazing
Win 8: Train Wreck
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Don't forget 98SE, that was pretty great.
 
It seems as if Windows 10 is loaded with many new features which are very cool.
Was there any improvements made to the operating system to enhance online security?
 
LaraC said:
It seems as if Windows 10 is loaded with many new features which are very cool.
Was there any improvements made to the operating system to enhance online security?
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will be, and I can bet you they'll be broken is say a week from release;

everybody uses it so so many people know how to break it; watch in a week how many will find exploits.
 
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