What we want from Windows 8

[Chiefcrowe]

I thought this was an interesting article.. potentially there are lots of nice features in the pipeline!

http://gizmodo.com/5694226/what-we-want-from-windows-8

 

[gsaldivar]

All I want is the ability to turn off whatever blue/whitespace/ribbon crap interface they cook up next. Oh yeah, and all their wizards too. I want the least amount of interference between me and my work.

 

[KlokWyze]

Multiple desktops. More customization of the the GUI ala KDE/GNOME.

 

[somethingsketchy]

Multi-threaded boot-up (if the motherboard hardware supports multi-threaded BIOS), multiple desktops as KlokWyze suggested and out-of-box support of every audio/video codec (no need of 3rd party codec packages)

 

[TheStu]

Multi-threaded boot-up (if the motherboard hardware supports multi-threaded BIOS), multiple desktops as KlokWyze suggested and out-of-box support of every audio/video codec (no need of 3rd party codec packages)

Every codec? That can be costly, and leave them open to potential anti-trust suits I would imagine, certainly in the EU.

Faster boot absolutely, and I would love to see a larger break from legacy, but that is about as unlikely as them putting every codec ever in there.

 

[Modelworks]

I'm losing interest in windows 8 due to the cloud centric nature of it. I don't want MS hosting my data and apps.

 

[VinylxScratches]

How long is it gonna take Microsoft to create a boot logo that is native to your monitor?

Edit: i agree Modelworks. I have migrated off of Mac/Windows and use OpenSuse now with Windows XP for little things. I'm hoping I will be off Microsoft's realm soon for home use.

 

[Schadenfroh]

An "Always on Top" button for Windows.

GNOME has this and I love the feature...

 

[Raghu]

ARM support will be nice.

 

[wirednuts]

windows 8 sounds like it will be great for the stupids who dont really like computers, and pretty awful for us techie people who play with computers as a hobby.

the part that bothers me is they think youll have to be logged into your live account just to use windows 8. they better have some pretty smart ideas about how they are going to keep EVERYONES personal data secure across multiple computers..... i can only imagine how much malware is going to be aimed at win8. if you can get a virus into a win8 machine, youll have access to every digital thing that person has (not just what they have on that one pc)

i can bet too that win7 will be the last super-dominant os. since win8 is cloud-centric, im sure the new os revisions will be much more minor (because updates to the cloud are the real updates). a lot of people wouldnt let go of xp, i think a lot more will hold onto win7 for years and years.

 

[lxskllr]

I expect to be on Linux by the time Win8 is released. I'll likely dual boot Vista or Win7 for games, and use Ubuntu or Debian as my primary O/S.

 

[Schadenfroh]

I expect to be on Linux by the time Win8 is released. I'll likely dual boot Vista or Win7 for games, and use Ubuntu or Debian as my primary O/S.

I used to do the same thing, but I was annoyed by the constant rebooting. I suggest just running VMWare player (free) with Windows as the host and with Ubuntu installed as a guest. That way, no rebooting when you need to use your productivity software and unless you are doing something that requires a good bit of horsepower, the VM should be fine.

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

I have Ubuntu 10.10 on my work laptop, and just remote to a windows system when I need one. For home computer, I can't imagine leaving Windows simply for the games on the system, but I will ride Windows 7 as long as I can. I will never do a could based OS or anything near it.

 

[lxskllr]

I used to do the same thing, but I was annoyed by the constant rebooting. I suggest just running VMWare player (free) with Windows as the host and with Ubuntu installed as a guest. That way, no rebooting when you need to use your productivity software and unless you are doing something that requires a good bit of horsepower, the VM should be fine.

Normally I'd agree with you, but I don't really game much anymore. The game I play regularly(UT2K4) has a native Linux client, and any other games would be a once a year thing or so. I've gotten to the point there's only a couple franchises I follow. I'll play Wolfenstein, Half Life, Doom, and Bioshock. Otherwise, I'm not so interested in what's going on with games. All that being the case, it wouldn't be a hassle to reboot every so often. I wouldn't want to do that if I was a heavy gamer, and had to reboot several times per week, but for the limited use I'd be doing, I think it's feasible.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

they're going to screw it up in some fashion making people stick to Windows 7 for a few more years until Windows 9

 

[Modelworks]

An "Always on Top" button for Windows.

GNOME has this and I love the feature...

You will love the little application I found then.
Always on top maker.
http://www.fadsoft.net/AlwaysOnTopMaker.htm

It consumes about 1MB of resources, it has no menus or interface.
I have mine in startup.
With it running in the background
Select the window you want on top and press CTRL + ALT + T .

 

[wirednuts]

they're going to screw it up in some fashion making people stick to Windows 7 for a few more years until Windows 9

well this is almost certain. people had no problem waiting for vista to die, even though winxp is ancient stuff.

win8 is looking to be one of the biggest changes to windows ever, so there is no question that there will be problems. mainly with hardware, as the instant boot feature that most people will be intrigued about will require a new computer. and a lot of people wont need a new pc as they just got their win7 box.

 

[bruceb]

I agree with Modelworks ... I do not want a cloud based OS or any of my apps / data being in a cloud server. That stuff belongs on a local machine where I know it is safe.

 

[jrocks84]

I really hope the references to virtualization refer to local virtualization of the operating system, not virtualization in the cloud. If it truly is cloud virtualization, I may upgrade my weak laptop, but probably won't bother with my desktop.

 

[KeypoX]

i never want to use the cloud for everything. right now i have dropbox and thats enough cloud for me.

Cloud means its out there forever, for someone else. Screw that.

 

[pcslookout]

I really don't care about cloud my only problem with it is control. I prefer to have control of versions of software I have mainly because previous version may be better. That and sometimes they will add malware later on in a program. What happens then ?

Everything about us is already online for everyone to see once you type it or search for it the beans are spilled. No not talking about any specific site or thing. It can be anywhere. Cloud won't change anything except for not being to have control over your programs.

 

[lxskllr]

For no other reason, I don't like being tethered to a network to use my computer. I'll never use cloud apps as my primary computing unless that's the only way they come in the future. Using the cloud, you're relying on a single fail point that isn't completely under your control. If my gfx card goes out, I'm 15 minutes from BestBuy to get another. If the network goes out, I wait around for Comcast to fix it, whenever that happens.

 

[pcslookout]

For no other reason, I don't like being tethered to a network to use my computer. I'll never use cloud apps as my primary computing unless that's the only way they come in the future. Using the cloud, you're relying on a single fail point that isn't completely under your control. If my gfx card goes out, I'm 15 minutes from BestBuy to get another. If the network goes out, I wait around for Comcast to fix it, whenever that happens.

Haha your so right. The most obvious thing staying in the face I didn't even see. It will be nice to used as an alternative when you may not have your programs near by. Either because your on a public computer or a friends.

That way you don't need admin access and you won't install new programs your friend may not want.

 

[lxskllr]

Yea, it's nice to have an alternative, but all my "must have" apps, I keep on a flash drive and can run them on any machine with an open USB port, and it all stays on my flash drive.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

A $50 os.