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  • #32
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 95,210 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Aquila wrote: »
    What will be the major differences between this and windows 7
    it's developer preview so you can try it out, but don't consider it stable enough for a production system till the release alpha, beta, gold and possibly the first service pack

    the preview will not be upgradable, you will have to wipe and install a clean build when the preview expires

    microsoft have said it's faster that the previous version of windows, but they always have said that , and the speed differences that test was 37 seconds over 10 minutes, but 25 seconds of that was boot time so day to day use the difference in speed is too small to notice ( figure about 10%-15% difference before you'd see it and that's if you are looking for it)

    The UI is different, great if you can choose, not great if you are forced to use one you don't like.

    They are developing for ARM, which is a nice touch, but don't forget that unless the apps run in Java or something they will only be available for that platform if the vendors make a version for it. Anyone remember WindowsCE and apps coming in three versions, but not the one your PDA had ?

    No Idea of what changes they will bring to the EULA , but that only matters if you buy the retail version.

    No must have new technology, improvements in the UI Vs. changes in the UI so swings and roundabouts but some of us get dizzy. For the tablet interface it will probably be half way between android and ipad in cost and usability. Ditto for their apps store, developers target apple first because their customers pay more, even still microsoft will have to shift a lot of ARM tablets before they match android numbers (perhaps ARM will be binary compatible with windows , if not there are going to be a lot of dissapointments, and even it is compatible the performance will need to be there too).

    I can't see microsoft launching an ipad or iphone killer, they might get volume but will they be able to command the same profit margins ?


    One very nice feature that could be a killer app would be in licensing, they could allow you to have a seemless conection between your desktop/laptop/tablet where they synch with each other , including applications and licenses. But it would have to be seemless, just sharing contacts and documents has been around since most of the target audience got their first computer.

    At the end of the day 95% of people will get the OS preinstalled on a device when they buy it. Only the other 5% will have a choice.


  • #33
    phill106
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,838 ✭✭✭phill106


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

    One very nice feature that could be a killer app would be in licensing, they could allow you to have a seemless conection between your desktop/laptop/tablet where they synch with each other , including applications and licenses. But it would have to be seemless, just sharing contacts and documents has been around since most of the target audience got their first computer.
    It makes sense too. If i buy an app for my windows desktop, I think I should be able to run it legally on one device of each type (Desktop/Laptop/Tablet/Phone). After all, you would only be using it on one device at a time.


  • #34
    Fysh
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 11,172 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fysh


    phill106 wrote: »
    It makes sense too. If i buy an app for my windows desktop, I think I should be able to run it legally on one device of each type (Desktop/Laptop/Tablet/Phone). After all, you would only be using it on one device at a time.

    There's no guarantee that you won't be using them concurrently, though. It's not like you're talking about having a dualboot setup where it's logically impossible to run both instances concurrently, you're talking about different hardware. Without an always-on centralised licensing system, how would MS be able to ensure that you're not running it at the same time on all four devices? Or, more pertinently, that you don't have four devices tethered to your account but used by other people as well?

    Don't get me wrong, I like the idea but there are implementation issues to address - even if the way they address it is to say "licences for desktop apps come with a complimentary licence for the tablet/phone versions".

    (Personally I'd much prefer them to set up a repository system so that keeping a machine patched and up to date doesn't require a third-party package like Secunia's PSI, but I doubt it'll happen...)


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