Microsoft: Windows 8 sucks; Windows 9 has been scrapped; Hail Windows 10

digitalscream

mrchi said:

digitalscream, now now don't get so touchy, surely you can see the jest in the post??

I only get a little touchy, 'cos most people seem to base their opinion of desktop Linux on having made a half-hearted attempt to install it 10 years ago

xmrchi

@digitalscream Haha, to be fair and honest I do love a good Linux distro, and totally agree, I remember the days of trying to Dev drivers for my new graphics card, it's very different these days and some distros give windows a run for their money!

Fretwired

KarlosSantos said:

Sorry but this is a massive fail ... everyone know's Windows 11 is where it will be at ... :-)

Philly_Q

I had a hard time initially transitioning from XP to Windows 8, but I downloaded 8.1 and now I'm used to it it's fine.

GuitarMonkey

Here's why no Windows 9

holnrew

Nobody should be using those versions of windows.

GuitarMonkey

True but the point is that code is still checking for them.

Jalapeno

It's all Bert's fault - flashing his thong yesterday

maltingsaudio

holnrew said:

Nobody should be using those versions of windows.

My music computer is running 98 and is as sold as a rock admittedly none of my music software has been changed since I got it but hey it still works for me!

Karlos

GuitarMonkey said:

Here's why no Windows 9

... but won't that be the same for any version 10 thru 19.

if (version.StartsWith("Windows 1"))

I call BS on that although it is cited across teh interwebz, I'm not convinced.

Jalapeno

There was no Windows 1 - it started at 3 ! :P

mudslide73

Just had a play on the Technical Preview... first impressions are good. They've thrown Metro away and the start menu is back - it's basically a best of 7 & 8.1. We're testing it on a VM platform but it feels pretty good so far. mmmm.

Fretwired

Jalapeno said:

There was no Windows 1 - it started at 3 ! :P

Windows 1 was launched in 1985 ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_1.0

It was a pile of crap .. :-)

GuitarMonkey

Not a programmer then?

Jalapeno

Never heard of W1 & 2 before - I take back my :P

Karlos

Jalapeno said:

There was no Windows 1 - it started at 3 ! :P

The point is that it is Windows 11 not 1 and subsequent versions will be 12, 13 etc. 

Fretwired said:

Jalapeno said:

There was no Windows 1 - it started at 3 ! :P

Windows 1 was launched in 1985 ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_1.0

It was a pile of crap .. :-)

Boom.

GuitarMonkey said:

Not a programmer then?

Nope. But if the issue is the number 9 in that code which is confusing 95 and 98 then won't the number 1 will also confuse 11, 12 , 13 etc etc...???

Drew_TNBD

Isn't Windows 7 internally known as Windows 6.5, and Windows 8 internally known as Windows 7.0? Stupid binarists.

LooseMoose

If you can't get 8.1 to do what you need pretty easily then I'd suggest something is wrong and it may not be your OS.

digitalscream

KarlosSantos said:

Nope. But if the issue is the number 9 in that code which is confusing 95 and 98 then won't the number 1 will also confuse 11, 12 , 13 etc etc...???

No, because there's no code that would run on Windows 1.0 that would ever run on a 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows.

imalone

digitalscream said:

KarlosSantos said:

Nope. But if the issue is the number 9 in that code which is confusing 95 and 98 then won't the number 1 will also confuse 11, 12 , 13 etc etc...???

No, because there's no code that would run on Windows 1.0 that would ever run

FTFY
Though according to wikipedia Windows 1.0 apps will run. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_1.0 I've never actually met a windows 1.0 binary.

Suspect the "Windows 9" is just a joke though (I thought it was funny anyway). I can well believe there's code like that around, but this sounds like more of a marketing decision.