Microsoft Corp. admits the failure of its Windows 8 operating system - GoFuckYourself.com

baddog · 05-07-2013, 04:28 PM

Guess it was time to admit it wasn't ready.

Fat Panda · 05-07-2013, 04:35 PM

windows 8 sucks balls

Spunky · 05-07-2013, 04:36 PM

I can see Windows 9 in the very near future

Juicy D. Links · 05-07-2013, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by SAC

windows 8 sucks balls

Agreed ...........

The tile shit really blows unless it is a touchpad and like..

shake · 05-07-2013, 04:39 PM

It always seems to take them a couple attempts to get a new OS right.

Rochard · 05-07-2013, 04:42 PM

My wife's new laptop came with win 8 and I see what they are doing. They are trying to force everyone to open up an account with M$ - They want everyone to have an email account with them (easy to access from the tiles screen) and then to tie that into the "store" (also easy to access from the tiles screen). This way M$ can bring in profit from selling stuff online... If M$ locks this down it will be freaking huge for them.

I think it's poorly done and I hate the new OS.

EddyTheDog · 05-07-2013, 04:42 PM

I thought they just announced an update by the end of the year - They normally do that don't they?

I don't think it is much more than an SP....

bronco67 · 05-07-2013, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by baddog

Guess it was time to admit it wasn't ready.

I think its more a matter of us not being ready for Windows 8. It's actually a pretty tight OS, but the tablet style interface is a turn off for even a die hard Win 7 fan like me.

TheSquealer · 05-07-2013, 04:49 PM

I was very dissapointted to see they were trying to turn my new notebook into a smart phone. Windows 8 is pure shit from start to finish.

Colmike9 · 05-07-2013, 04:49 PM

They have the same good>shit pattern that Apple had for a while:

WinXP-good WinVista-crap Win7-good Win8-crap

OSX10.0-ok for a first release 10.1-crap 10.2-appology for 10.1 10.3-ok but could be better 10.4-good (I don't know how the others perform off hand..)

baddog · 05-07-2013, 04:58 PM

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/mic...MW_latest_news

EddyTheDog · 05-07-2013, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by baddog

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/mic...MW_latest_news

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If you want an object lesson in how journalists can spin a story different ways, look no further than the coverage of Microsoft's plans to update Windows 8.

A front-page splash in the Financial Times screams the software giant is preparing for a humiliating U-turn on key aspects of its operating system as it grapples with customer discontent on a par with Coca-Cola's launch of New Coke 30 years ago - widely considered as one of the greatest marketing disasters of all time.

Meanwhile, the closely watched tech website AllThingsD merely observes Microsoft has confirmed rumours it will update its software later this year but so far has given away little about what the changes will be.

Other media coverage is somewhere between those extremes.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22439496

_Richard_ · 05-07-2013, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by EddyTheDog

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22439496

speaking of watching journalists spin stories.. that bbc article suggesting 'nothing outta the ordinary is happening', fails to mention Microsoft Blue

which, is listed on several different news sites over the past 24 hours..

MainstreamGuy · 05-07-2013, 05:38 PM

2013 · 05-07-2013, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by MainstreamGuy

Due · 05-07-2013, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by MainstreamGuy

I don't see any win 2k in that image ?

SomeCreep · 05-07-2013, 10:06 PM

They should call the current version Windows 8 vista. That way people can know this is the throw away version.

Theo · 05-07-2013, 10:08 PM

Poor execution, dont expect any major update anytime soon

The Heron · 05-07-2013, 10:19 PM

My gf bought a laptop with it and when I tried to help her set it up I couldn't figure out wtf was going on, half the time i was looking at annoying tiles the other half I had normal windows desktop. Don't get me started on trying to close a program or open shit, it's like they tried to hide obvious stuff!

DBS.US · 05-07-2013, 10:22 PM

NETbilling · 05-07-2013, 10:36 PM

Linux and Apple OS is the way to go. Winblows has been shitty for years.

KillerK · 05-07-2013, 10:48 PM

I've been running windows 8 for about 5 months, my only issue is that it forces certain apps to go full screen.

For those that say mac os, fuck you. It's not any better. I have 2 mac laptops and 2 imacs, and it runs the shit the same as my pc, except I spend A LOT more money on hardware.

Socks · 05-07-2013, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Due

I don't see any win 2k in that image ?

Or MS Bob! or NT4.0! Or Windows 2.0!

clickhappy · 05-07-2013, 11:43 PM

I had to use an Apple once to help a friend with his website and it was fucking torture. I had No idea how to do anything on it. it wasn't intuitive at all, I couldnt right click anything, I couldnt save pics from an email, i couldnt even create a folder. And Ive been using computers for like 16 years now so I should be able to pick it up fast.
I ended up going home and getting my Windows 7 laptop and had all the work done in 20 minutes.

I have NO idea why people love Macs so much, I cant stand using them. but i do love my iphone.
Im super productive on my win 7 machine, but cant do shit on a mac.
plus that horrible mouse gives me pains in my hands

just a punk · 05-08-2013, 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by MainstreamGuy

This picture is sooooooooo wrong. Where are all NT's before XP? I mean NT3, NT4. Where the hell is my beloved Win2k?

Zeiss · 05-08-2013, 02:01 AM

privatesociety · 05-08-2013, 02:36 AM

I used to love windows ME.... All thouse hours spent re-installing it

seeandsee · 05-08-2013, 02:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Zealotry

lol this will change in future

gransonik · 05-08-2013, 02:51 AM

I still can't understand how Windows XP is rated good nowadays. Coming from NT or W2k it was slow bloated buggy crap at initial release. It wasn't untill many service packs later that it got stable and could be considered "ok".

Relentless · 05-08-2013, 03:05 AM

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/...ter-this-year/

100 Million windows 8 licenses sold and 'blue' version 8.1 on the way
We should all be lucky enough to 'fail' that well some day.... ;)

privatesociety · 05-08-2013, 03:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Relentless

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/...ter-this-year/

100 Million windows 8 licenses sold and 'blue' version 8.1 on the way
We should all be lucky enough to 'fail' that well some day.... ;)

Very good point!

PornDiscounts-V · 05-08-2013, 03:53 AM

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Originally Posted by TheSquealer

I was very dissapointted to see they were trying to turn my new notebook into a smart phone. Windows 8 is pure shit from start to finish.

You, good sir, are both a scholar and a gentleman.

mineistaken · 05-08-2013, 03:53 AM

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Originally Posted by gransonik

I still can't understand how Windows XP is rated good nowadays. Coming from NT or W2k it was slow bloated buggy crap at initial release. It wasn't untill many service packs later that it got stable and could be considered "ok".

Me and many others from this forum still use XP. Here is your answer.

scarlettcontent · 05-08-2013, 05:30 AM

im not surprised windows 8 is crap, what were they thinking!

just a punk · 05-08-2013, 05:36 AM

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Originally Posted by gransonik

I still can't understand how Windows XP is rated good nowadays. Coming from NT or W2k it was slow bloated buggy crap at initial release. It wasn't untill many service packs later that it got stable and could be considered "ok".

FYI: Because there are two different versions of XP: NT 5.1 of 2001 (buggy shit) and NT 5.2 of 2005 (rockin cool).

pornguy · 05-08-2013, 07:07 AM

Sadly they wont fixt it and the next one will be just as bad.

dyna mo · 05-08-2013, 07:12 AM

windows 8 caused a 14% drop in pc sales.

i'm getting used to it on my laptop, the only prob i cannot address is the charms slider, it slides out all the time when i swipe the trackpad. annoying. i did get the metro screen better, but there is no reason for it.

inabon · 05-08-2013, 07:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Rochard

My wife's new laptop came with win 8 and I see what they are doing. They are trying to force everyone to open up an account with M$ - They want everyone to have an email account with them (easy to access from the tiles screen) and then to tie that into the "store" (also easy to access from the tiles screen). This way M$ can bring in profit from selling stuff online... If M$ locks this down it will be freaking huge for them.

I think it's poorly done and I hate the new OS.

same as android

LBBV · 05-08-2013, 07:56 AM

While Windows 3.1 was good, don't forget that Windows 3.0 was a disaster. I wouldn't be surprised to see Microsoft call the next revision "Windows 8.1"

-- Bill

MaDalton · 05-08-2013, 07:59 AM

i tried Win 8 and replaced it with Win 7

I dont want that app shop, i dont want an M$ account to be able to run Windows and i want my stuff the way and where it was since W2k basically

i use Windows to work and not to play around and i dont want to waste time learning new stuff that i dont need

and thats the same way admins in companies want it - imagine you run a few thousand workstations and have to teach all your users to work with a new system - nightmare

thats why most big companies still run XP

if M$ wants a consumer OS they need to return to 2 different systems like it was before Win 2K - or at least 2 different UIs

Klen · 05-08-2013, 09:07 AM

Btw is it normal for windows 7 to take 6 minutes to load?It takes that time since i bought my acer laptop and i find that totaly weird.I run linux on crappy computer compared to laptop and it takes 30 to 60 seconds to fully load.WIndows xp would probaly load at that speed too but problem is you cant buy windows xp anywhere,i would to get winxp pro 64 bit.Anyway when it comes to work i totaly ditched windows,but i keeping it still for games as running games on linux is toomuch hassle and since i have like 300 games bought i want to be able play them all normaly.I also called microsoft support can they send me a installation cd/dvd for windows since you dont get one with laptop and no wi need to bother with acer support which doesnt have local support only international.

Anyway,if someone have extra win xp 64 bit licence,i buying it,since i realy dont want to fuck around with acer support.

MPGdevil · 05-08-2013, 09:42 AM

Lykos · 05-08-2013, 10:05 AM

Works quite fine here

madm1k3 · 05-08-2013, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Lykos

Works quite fine here

Yeah took me about an hour to get used to the tiled start menu, and now that I have it properly set up I think its pretty sweet.

I did have to get a Microsoft account to use the Xbox music app but other than that I haven't really needed it.

I fucking love the boot up speed

I hate that they make some programs open full screen but you can also change a lot of preferences to get rid of the full screen shit

2013 · 05-08-2013, 10:39 AM

so can i get a refund?

crockett · 05-08-2013, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by CyberSEO

This picture is sooooooooo wrong. Where are all NT's before XP? I mean NT3, NT4. Where the hell is my beloved Win2k?

The NT's & Win2k were not aimed at the home users but rather the business market.

helterskelter808 · 05-08-2013, 11:26 AM

Always makes me LOL when I watch Arrow and see the nerd girl using Windows 8.

clickhappy · 05-08-2013, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Relentless

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/...ter-this-year/

100 Million windows 8 licenses sold and 'blue' version 8.1 on the way
We should all be lucky enough to 'fail' that well some day.... ;)

Microsoft sold over 600 Million copies of Windows 7 at full price.
so 100 Mil copies of Windows 8, which were all sold at a much reduced rate, is a big step down for them.

leg4 · 05-08-2013, 10:21 PM

I use Windows 8.... with Classic shell on my Laptop and Desktop.

I love it. Its solid, stable and fast.

Most of you people have never tried it.

But if you have Windows 7--- there is no reason to move to Windows 8.

clickhappy · 05-08-2013, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by leg4

I use Windows 8.... with Classic shell on my Laptop and Desktop.

I love it. Its solid, stable and fast.

Most of you people have never tried it.

I tried it, had it for 2 days, Hates it, very frustrating and I couldn't accomplish shit. Returned it to the store very disappointed. And Ive had almost every version of windows and they were all fine, except this one.

if you're a casual user who wants to shop or watch movies or chat on facebook its fine. But if you want to do actual work like multitask then its not user friendly at all.

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