Yes... I am with you on that one (started in 90 with windows 3/3.1 then into NT and beyond). The younger generation would be going nuts over the Plug&Pray we went through. I agree with you on the non-desktop percent going up... BUT that is in addition TO their desktop PC that they have at home. Many I bet are still running XP. Handheld items and such break and get replaced much faster and more frequent than desktop's. Hence they are bought more. Being laggard, you missed and answered your own train there bucko... trackpad would be functioning like that in XP or Vista, or 7 or whenever the trackpad drivers/software was actually fixed to do what it does in 10. So it could have been done earlier. Was not high on list to "fix". Main thing many of us have is this AIO attitude of theirs. A desktop should not have the exact same OS on it as a phone, or tablet, or laptop, or whatever. Apple has proven that, iOS is different than OS. Somewhat the same structure, but deep down is still different. Not an AIO. And if MS really thinks that an AIO is the answer because of slow PC sales... then don't use the PC sale numbers... use Intel and AMD processor sales as the true number. I mean I really want MS to tell all of Blizzards 12 million WOW players they can't play the game anymore because they don't have a new tablet powerful enough to run the game because they are focused on the AIO mobile leaning aspect. Tell all these corporations that still have desktops for all their users they have to sit and type long documents on a small tablet because they don't want to support desktops anymore. AND don't give me that MS is not doing just that by taking their "mobile" UI and moving it to the desktop with the whole Win8 funness... hell even Win10 still looks like 8 UI. There is a reason the old UI is still popular. Because it worked. Look at Apple, their OS screen really has not changed in many years. Why, because it worked and that is what people are used to. Take my corp I work for. 80 users still had XP desktops upto end of last year, hell, still have 3 more to update to a Win7 desktop. Most corp's out there are the same, everyone had a desktop/laptop in addition to a tablet/phone/etc. Desktop sales might be lower than mobile stuff, but will always be that way. Many households have 1 desktop and multiple mobile units for each family member. So yes, mobile will look like it's overtaking desktops. Take the processor sales instead of "dell" sales. Many of those 12 million WOW players and the many more million PC gamers (look at Steam sales), build their own or have someone else build a system for them... those DO NOT get counted in the PC sales. Cause some use their old OS mainly, some buy new. But not buy from "dell"/etc. And they will keep that system for a good 2-3 years before updating unlike their phone/tablet they prob also use. As for complacency... no it's more like people don't like major change that disrupts their work flow. If you gradually change things it's much better for all. Do car manufactures majorly change the way the car/truck is? Basic steering wheel, key, blinkers, wipers, gear shift, have not changed in decades. Would you call them complacent? Long rant sorry...
I received five updates though. They are the Cumulative Security for IE, the security update for flash for IE,Windows Software Malicious Removal Tool, Security Update for Technical Preview (KB3039066) and the Definition Update for Windows Defender.
I kind of disagree with that analogy a bit. You are not going to compare a vehicle in this regard to software as they are almost completely different from a consumer's perspective. Unlike Windows steering wheel seems to be better circular(as regard shape but a lot has change in functionality, power steering,etc.)most of the time while the key has changed in some most manufacturers tend to stick with the old familiar car key due to familiarity and cost to make changes and just to mention but a few. In the case of Windows as a software, the company must move along quickly to change or remain irrelevant. Paying attention to gradual release might possibly bring about the end of the operating system if care is not taken in your observation. Other operating systems are changing faster, if not even faster than Windows, like the Linux varieties. New Linux operating systems(Debia,Red Hat, Fedora,etc) are springing up every time with different ideas with compatibility issues, although, they are all Linux based. Windows is metamorphosing at a time when things are changing at a rapid rate and it is even said that hardware is changing faster than the software in innovations. Despite the fact that you are concerned about your works, I can vouch that many would rather see a more efficient Windows that can do their jobs perfectly well than having something that manages to keep up with the trend due to slow 'patchy' changes. Believe it, there is nothing so much disrupting works about having Windows 10 come on-board at this point in time in comparison to gradual process you are advocating for that will be inimical to the survival of the Microsoft OS. Seriously, complacency has often be one of the reasons many see it as a challenge. The moment you are used to something habitually it becomes difficult to change and that is not good for the modern world of today. I would rather have Windows makes the great change now for the future innovations to come along with time. We are in an era of IoT(Internet of things - were all apparatuses are united to function as a single organ) and there is no way gradual process will be the best option in this regard for Windows to thrive in that industry as you suggesting. Finally, change for the better is what I can see of the coming Windows 10 - if only the Redmond Tech giant is ready to make it functions properly through all the Hardware or the different different platforms it is designed for just the way it said it.
Oh,that is great! I don't have a complete Office on my system but I have the Word Preview app installed.
Yes I would agree with you, but MS has always looked at all hardware where others only some. I have been with MS on the MSDN since Windows95 and I even tested a version of Windows 95 that was never release called Nashville. It worked perfectly, never could understand why MS never released it. I have used other OS's and I always keep using Windows.
I have no single idea of Windows 95 and that is possibly due to the fact I was too young to know a tad about it then. My guess would be the Nashville was internal Build. However, the reason I stick with Windows is because of its fluidity in comparison to other operating systems out there. It is simple to use, understandably common, the OS is used by most cheap and efficient hardware makers,etc. The availability make its stand out among the others despite the complain about the cost of having the product, and, most of the time it is usually pirated.
Ha Ha... I was having this exact conversation yesterday. I had loads of people complaining about 'How Expensive Windows Is' my point was, its a lot cheaper than the Mac's and iPads most were carrying. Not to mention that almost all were using pirated versions of Windows in parallels on those Mac's.