[danjh93]

If you saw the CES keynote by Microsoft, then you might be as excited as me to see more of this new OS in action. Not only did the new design catch my eye but also the fact that they will be adding an app store. Now I really should learn C#!
What did you like/dislike about it? What was the most interesting aspect of it to you?

[no2pencil]

danjh93, on 10 January 2012 - 10:04 PM, said:

but also the fact that they will be adding an app store.

"Imitation Is The Best Form Of Flattery"

[DimitriV]

I'd like to see how Metro works out as an interface.
I'm not too sure I like that they're removing capability from the Start menu.

[creativecoding]

Windows 8 isn't out yet? I thought nobody cared and that's why it has no publicity.

[modi123_1]

Yeah - some of us are already on top of windows 8 as of a few months ago..

http://www.dreaminco...5362-windows-8/

[danjh93]

no2pencil, on 10 January 2012 - 08:05 PM, said:

danjh93, on 10 January 2012 - 10:04 PM, said:

but also the fact that they will be adding an app store.

"Imitation Is The Best Form Of Flattery"

I agree but I also think that it's about time Microsoft does something like this. I thought the same thing as you when I heard the announcement but I also think it is something that should be done. Android and Amazon have both done the same already but the true credit goes to Apple, the organization that really brought this cool and beneficial change to this industry to life. The nice thing of having this for Windows is that a still large majority of people use Windows.

[no2pencil]

danjh93, on 10 January 2012 - 10:50 PM, said:

The nice thing of having this for Windows is that a still large majority of people use Windows.

That's a shame.

[danjh93]

modi123_1, on 10 January 2012 - 08:45 PM, said:

Yeah - some of us are already on top of windows 8 as of a few months ago..

http://www.dreaminco...5362-windows-8/

I've known about it too. I just thought that with the keynote's publicity it would be a good time to ask this question.

no2pencil, on 10 January 2012 - 08:51 PM, said:

danjh93, on 10 January 2012 - 10:50 PM, said:

The nice thing of having this for Windows is that a still large majority of people use Windows.

That's a shame.

Why? Just because it's Windows?
Now your apps can have an even greater potential of reaching a bigger and more diverse audience.

[creativecoding]

I for one think that last thing an OS like Windows needs is an app store.

We shouldn't be turning out phones into computers, and computers into phones.

[modi123_1]

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We shouldn't be turning out phones into computers, and computers into phones.

... but that's what the people want.

[lordofduct]

creativecoding, on 10 January 2012 - 10:54 PM, said:

I for one think that last thing an OS like Windows needs is an app store.

This is something I've loved about the linux distros for ages.

yum, apt, totally awesome.

the gui's made it even nicer

then the app interfaces like Ubuntu created are even cooler with reviews and the sort.

If done right, it can be super fucking cool.



The only difference is that apps in a Windows app store, or in the existing OSX app store, aren't generally free (though some free ones exist). The only thing I wouldn't like is if they required the app store (e.g. iphone).

This post has been edited by lordofduct: 10 January 2012 - 09:26 PM

[DimitriV]

…but it's windows.

This post has been edited by jimmyBo: 10 January 2012 - 09:26 PM

[creativecoding]

Instead of some apps full of actually useful tools, you are going to get apps from the highest bidders. Companies like Zynga, Rovio (angry birds), Microsoft, all that crap will get on there, and you can have it all for 99 cents an app.

Basically it's not going to turn into a community collaboration of useful/fun things, it's going to turn into another way for companies to sell you something.

[DimitriV]

I'm with you on that front. Rovio want all sales they can get (they had a goal to get 500 million Angry Birds downloads). People would be providing for a profit.

[dorknexus]

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Android and Amazon have both done the same already but the true credit goes to Apple UNIX

*nixland has had on-demand application installation for a good while. Apple just made it seem trendy and charged you $$ for it. REVOLUTIONARY.

This post has been edited by dorknexus: 10 January 2012 - 10:30 PM