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What's next for Windows?

Discussion in 'General Discussions' started by frayedknotarts, 2010/08/19.

  1. 2010/08/19
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    frayedknotarts Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    I'm putting this here for a general discussion.... after WIN7, what's next? Windows 7 seems to have just about every bell and whistle you can think of...see-thru desktops, whistling mice (OK, not really...) but the question DOES arise in my so-called mind... What's next on the horizon?

    128-bit architecture? Some strange Cyborg memory schema? TV wrist-radios?

    :D
     
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    frayedknotarts Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Anyone?

    Anyone?

    Buehler?

    Buehler?
     
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    Microsoft is not answering that question right now, but sites have popped all over which supposedly have the inside news & views :D.

    Here is the first one that came up when I googled "Windows 8" http://windows8news.com/
     
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  5. 2010/09/14
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    After Windows 7, Microsoft will rename the OS, I think.
     
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  6. 2010/09/20
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    Windows 8

    I have no inside knowledge about what M$ will do in W8, and the company shows no sign of being interested in what the rank-and-file user thinks, but here are a couple of suggestions:

    1) Establish a REAL tech support function. Right now, only certain types of problems get the interest of M$, such as problems with Windows update or M$ Security Essentials. The user should be able to submit a problem or query by email, and then expect an answer by email a few days later. The time required for a response is not terribly important, as long as a relevant answer comes back. Of course, it would cost a lot of money to set this up and run it, but M$ HAS lots of money.

    2) Organize files and folder in a non-insane manner. For just one example of file & folder insanity, there is no reason at all for burying PHOTOED.EXE a couple of levels down in the "document & settings" folder.

    And while they're at it, GET RID OF THE REGISTRY. Every time I visit that thing, I come away from the experience feeling like I've just had a conversation with a brain-damaged lunatic.
     
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    Arie

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    1: That's already in place: Assisted Support Options

    2: If that's Microsoft Photo Editor, the program by default installs in %programfilescommon% \ Microsoft Shared \ PhotoEd

    Luckily the registry will most likely stay :D
     
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    As will autoexec.bat, config.sys, win.ini, system.ini etc

    Perhaps this is the problem, too much backward compatibility. I've got to be honest and say I've not a lot of experience with these new fangled Os's but MS appears to have got it a little right with a XP virtual system in Win 7 (that handles the backward compatibility).

    But Arie, seriously are you saying the registry is a good thing?
     
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    wildfire

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    I'll take them in tomorrow after some Zzz's but honestly I can't see how holding all that critical information in one place is a good thing...

    I'm open for re-education though, as I said I'll post back tomorrow.
     
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  11. 2010/09/21
    Arie

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    Well, that (single pint of failure) has been named as a drawback...

    We can 'discuss' this till we're blue in the face, MS has chosen this direction, and it's not the worse choice they could have made....
     
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    User settings, software settings & hardware settings have to be stored somewhere. In Unix systems they are stored in text files. While this makes it very easy to access, either via a text editor or a graphical frontend for editing settings, it's can be a drawback for the novice user, because modifying system settings can easily break the system. And of course, most Unix based systems are opensource.

    Windows is not opensource. It's kernel and APIs (application programming interface) are not freely available, just the APIs that MS makes available for hardware and software development. And there's nothing wrong with that either, they have a right to be proprietary.

    MS chose to use a registry to store key settings. It is convenient that it's just a few files that hold everything, rather than hundreds of separate files. While it has its drawbacks, it works well.

    99.99 % of registry problems are the result of non-windows software installs and uninstalls. Lazy programmers fail to include code in their uninstallers that clean their registry keys and values.

    The registry is an OK thing because 90% of windows users don't know what it is or that they have one.
     
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  13. 2010/09/21
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    I know that I approach the Windows Registry as I would a sleeping Tiger... Verrrrrry carefully, but I treat UNIX files as I would an unexploded bomb.... leave it alone, clear the area and call for an expert.


    "A man has to know his limitations! "
     
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  14. 2010/09/25
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    isn't the 100 MB reserved partition in win 7 an attempt to help with that problem, i have to admit i haven't researched that yet, but it seems to me they are trying to fix this issue.

    personally, what Im disliking about windows lately (vista and 7) is that they seem to be doing there best to make the simplest tasks require an IT expert:
    - instead of simplifying the control panel its becoming more and more complicated
    - why the Hell did they hide the quick launch tool bar? (i had to google to find out how to enable it)
    - I thought Aero was a cool addition in Vista but in Win 7 its going over the top my task bar has turned into Time Square.

    is that the reason? I thought it was a "built in feature" of windows registry: to keep a log of all that goes through your system.
     
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