Shadoe Huard talking about Windows 8 Developer Preview: I could waste a few thousand words describing every bewildering detail of this clusterfuck but I can talk about one thing that will sum it all up for you: The Windows logo.
Windows 8
Windows 8 will be ‘irrelevant’ and ‘disappointing’
AppleInsider:
Microsoft’s Windows 8 is still a year away, but IDC is already predicting that the new release will be “largely irrelevant” to conventional PC users and that its ability to sell tablets will be “disappointing.”
You didn’t need a market research firm to tell you that, did you?
∞ Windows 8, Amazon tablets will hurt Android more than iPad
Microsoft last week unveiled Windows 8, the company’s new desktop and tablet operating. With the announcement, Microsoft joins Amazon as companies that are expected to enter the tablet market within the next 12 months. However, I don’t believe they will … Continued
∞ Windows 8 'musts' and 'shoulds'
John Gruber on getting developers to embrace Metro: The message could be, more or less, “Windows 8 supports an incredibly wide range of hardware, and Metro runs everywhere. But our most advanced mobile hardware designs are Metro only.” Transitions are … Continued
∞ Will Windows 8 ARM tablets run PC apps or not?
Last week during the introduction of Windows 8, Stephen Sinofsky, president of Microsoft Windows unit said that the “demos we are showing you today are equally at home on ARM or x86,” according to Informationweek. A Microsoft representative later clarified … Continued
∞ ARM-based Windows 8 tablets will not run Windows apps
Paul McDougall, InformationWeek We’ve been very clear since the very first CES demos and forward that the ARM product won’t run any x86 applications,” said Stephen Sinofsky, president of Microsoft Windows unit, during a meeting with financial analysts Wednesday. Windows … Continued
∞ Hate Windows 8 already? Grow up, loser
Mat Honan, for Gizmodo: If you’re not intrigued by Windows 8 and Metro, if you can’t recognize that it’s a big leap forward, if you’re not excited about what it means for you, personally then you don’t really care about … Continued
∞ Video: iOS 5 vs Windows 8
Winrumors.com did a comparison.
∞ Microsoft failures leading up to Windows 8 tablets
It feels like the whole world is holding its breath for the Apple tablet. But maybe we’ve all been dreaming about the wrong device. This is Courier, Microsoft’s astonishing take on the tablet. Gizmodo — September 22, 2009 Courier was … Continued
∞ Windows 8 math
Andrew Richardson: Well, Windows on a diet running alone in 2 GB sounds reasonable. Windows plus one non-bloatware application running in 2 GB, maybe. Windows multitasking a half-dozen apps, some of them legacy Windows applications like Outlook, Excel or Photoshop, … Continued
∞ Apple bloggers 'flustered' by Windows 8?
Boy Genius Report has a glowing piece on Windows 8 that they say ushers in the “post-post-PC era.” In the story, “Sorry Apple, Windows 8 ushers in the post-post-PC era,” BGR makes some pretty amazing claims. As you can guess, … Continued