Rumor Is That Microsoft Will Bail On Its New Age User-Interface

[WoodysGirl]

The Rumor Is That Microsoft Will Bail On Its New Age User-Interface And Go Back To The Old Style

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To fix the problem, Microsoft is working on a new version of Windows 8 called Windows Blue.

Top Microsoft reporter Mary Jo Foley of ZDNet says one of the biggest changes in Blue will be that it will work more like old-fashioned versions of Windows.

Foley:
Reports from a couple of different forums from this past weekend raised the possibility that Microsoft might be moving toward allowing users to skip booting into the Metro-Style Start menu and instead start their PCs in desktop mode. (Winbeta.org noted the thread about this on April 14.)

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[NorthTexan95]

I hope it's true.

 

[NorthTexan95]

I really hope they come out with something similar for Server 2012.

 

[Jammer]

From what I read there will be a lot of improvements. Some of the improvements were no-brainers that should have been put in Windows 8 to begin with. It's head scratching why they weren't.

 

[Shunpike]

If they do these changes, I will go ahead and buy another Laptop. I am still using my 5 year old Dell and I won't get a new one with current Win 8 on it.

 

[arglebargle]

From what I read there will be a lot of improvements. Some of the improvements were no-brainers that should have been put in Windows 8 to begin with. It's head scratching why they weren't.

There's a reason that the guy who headed the Win8 project got canned. I've got no issues with the OS for touchscreen folks. But that's just a little over 10% of the Windows user base right now. Should have been a no brainer to have it optional. Oh well....

 

[kapolani]

Some say that MS, alone, is driving millions of former PC users to Apple.

PC sales are already pretty dismal.

How funny would that be?

 

[Jammer]

If they do these changes, I will go ahead and buy another Laptop. I am still using my 5 year old Dell and I won't get a new one with current Win 8 on it.

Yep, that's the boat I'm in.