Windows 8 launch date confirmed for South Africa

Will you be getting Windows 8 come October 2012?

  • Yes

    Votes: 13 36.1%

  • No

    Votes: 18 50.0%

  • Maybe

    Votes: 5 13.9%
  • Total voters
    36
I really think that MS needs to cancel this launch and go back to the drawing board with Windows 8.
This product launch is going to be a failure like Windows Vista was.
They can avoid it if they fix it before launch.
 
Garyvdh said:
I really think that MS needs to cancel this launch and go back to the drawing board with Windows 8.
This product launch is going to be a failure like Windows Vista was.
They can avoid it if they fix it before launch.
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What's broken?

Seems like MS have gone into a loop of one good release, one crap release, one good release... and so on.
 
Garyvdh said:
I really think that MS needs to cancel this launch and go back to the drawing board with Windows 8.
This product launch is going to be a failure like Windows Vista was.
They can avoid it if they fix it before launch.
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Why whats wrong? I've been using Consumer Preview and Release Preview on 5 pc's for the last couple of months without any issues?
 
Fudzy said:
What's broken?

Seems like MS have gone into a loop of one good release, one crap release, one good release... and so on.
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Apparently I'm old and unwilling to learn new things for not liking Metro on the desktop. Dumbing down things is a good thing right?
:p
 
Fudzy said:
What's broken?

Seems like MS have gone into a loop of one good release, one crap release, one good release... and so on.
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Tried the developer release on my laptop...Metro UI just doesn't make sense in that context. I found it became more going back to the desktop and then getting irritated whenever I wanted to launch and App where it takes you back to the Metro screen.
 
Garyvdh said:
I really think that MS needs to cancel this launch and go back to the drawing board with Windows 8.
This product launch is going to be a failure like Windows Vista was.
They can avoid it if they fix it before launch.
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Why?

Ran customer preview as primary home OS an now customer preview - no problems. A couple beta apps aren't working yet.

I have faster than Win7 boot times and my system uses less resources at idle.

What's the big problem?
 
S1ght said:
Tried the developer release on my laptop...Metro UI just doesn't make sense in that context. I found it became more going back to the desktop and then getting irritated whenever I wanted to launch and App where it takes you back to the Metro screen.
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Developer preview was K@K!!! I couldn't even use it, CP and RP ran like a thief that stole a TV. Perfectly, efficient, fast... no problems at all. I also hated Metro, once you spend a couple of minutes to customise it, you can't imagine not having it :D
 
Garyvdh said:
I really think that MS needs to cancel this launch and go back to the drawing board with Windows 8.
This product launch is going to be a failure like Windows Vista was.
They can avoid it if they fix it before launch.
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+1

I am not convinced to upgrade to windows 8, do not like the metro UI.
 
I still need to get proper clarity on this:
jes said:
...users of Windows XP, Vista, or 7 would be able to upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for $39.99.
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Does this mean that if I buy a Win7 Home Basic edition now I will be upgrading to Win8 Pro from the 26th of October?
 
Windows 8 was suppose to fail its part of the timeline :P

windows 2000=good
ME= fail
xp=good
Vista=fail
Windows 7= good
Windows 8 = Suppose to fail :P
 
werfie said:
Developer preview was K@K!!! I couldn't even use it, CP and RP ran like a thief that stole a TV. Perfectly, efficient, fast... no problems at all. I also hated Metro, once you spend a couple of minutes to customise it, you can't imagine not having it :D
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Never really had performance issues. Was more the Metro UI I didn't find appealing or practical for my needs :)
 
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