What do you want from the next Windows OS?

[hellrazor]

Well, we could all start a complain campaign at EA.

 

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

EA wont care and its not just EA that youd have to toss complaints at. Its all game companies.

 

[Frick]

I want to be able to install/uninstall multiple programs at the same time.

 

[PVTCaboose1337]

I don't want there to be a next version.

 

[Frick]

I don't want there to be a next version.

Why?

 

[HalfAHertz]

Why?

Because 7 is a magnificent number

 

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

Because 7 is a magnificent number

And one is the loneliest number

 

[Urbklr]

I am really routing for one, or at the most 2 versions of Windows 8.

 

[scaminatrix]

I want automatic queueing of cut/copy and paste, and when dragging and dropping.
I hate having to wait for one folder to finish copying before I can start copying another. I'd like to be able to just keep dragging and dropping, and for it to queue them automatically.

 

[Mussels]

I want automatic queueing of cut/copy and paste, and when dragging and dropping.
I hate having to wait for one folder to finish copying before I can start copying another. I'd like to be able to just keep dragging and dropping, and for it to queue them automatically.

you can use teracopy for that, but yeah its kinda flawed atm.

 

[Jack Doph]

I just want it to be stable, secure, intuitive & user-friendly.

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

i wouldnt mind some sort of OS use of gpgpu but done correctly so every possible bit of leverage is used ie different gpus or anything that can run compute or open cl being used to virus scan or sumat else equally usefull and quickly too and a fully fully customiseable gui would be nice as i refuse to load shit bits of saoft just to change window colours and stuff i wana click on an acid face or sumat to START

what about bluetooth everything too i wana be able to switch the kettle on from here ingame

 

[stinger608]

A desktop operating system that will accept more than two physical processors!

 

[Mussels]

i wouldnt mind some sort of OS use of gpgpu but done correctly so every possible bit of leverage is used ie different gpus or anything that can run compute or open cl being used to virus scan or sumat else equally usefull and quickly too and a fully fully customiseable gui would be nice as i refuse to load shit bits of saoft just to change window colours and stuff i wana click on an acid face or sumat to START

what about bluetooth everything too i wana be able to switch the kettle on from here ingame

thats not a bad idea, the extra use of directcompute in the OS could be done well. windows could add it into their own movie maker software, MSE (their virus scanner), etc etc.

it'd certainly be a good way to give laptops and low end systems some extra grunt, leveraging their hardly used graphics cards.

 

[HalfAHertz]

thats not a bad idea, the extra use of directcompute in the OS could be done well. windows could add it into their own movie maker software, MSE (their virus scanner), etc etc.

it'd certainly be a good way to give laptops and low end systems some extra grunt, leveraging their hardly used graphics cards.

I read somewhere about a test Kaspersky AV did some time ago where they scanned a system for 4.5min vs 20 something using OCL
Edit: hmm or was it cuda...
http://www.kaspersky.com/news?id=207575979

Anyway that's up to the vendor to program. Ms should just provide an SDK to integrate it into windows.

 

[Atomic77]

make it user friendly like the old windows was don't change to much makes it more difficult.

 

[micropage7]

i want the next windows using simple activation
dual interface maybe: desktop and touch screen
and one more resetting like phone without fresh install

 

[lilhasselhoffer]

1) The same foot print, or less, than that of Windows 7.
2) The back-end optimizations that Windows 8 introduced.
3) 3 Variants. Home/low-end, Professional, and ARM.
4) The ARM and Home/low-end variants have metro on by default, but it can be turned off. The professional having metro off by default but having the ability to enable it.
5) Document/MS program sync between all three variants of Windows.
6) 64 bit only on the Home/low-end and Professional variants (64 bit ARM being a bit too far forward looking).
7) Death to the MS store. They just went about it wrong. Killing it, letting it cool, then reintroducing it after some huge changes could see it actually be viable.

8) Respect for the community. When you're pushing out directx variants to attempt to force consumers to buy a new version of windows you've failed. Admitting the failure would have gone a long way to getting support for 8.1. Instead we've got a blunt refusal from MS to admit to anything wrong. If the same thing happens with a new Windows it's likely that 7 will have the same extended legacy that XP did.

9) Integration of the Xbox needs to stop. The Xbox 360 showed it had the ability to be a media streamer. That is a good thing, but I buy a video game console for different reasons than I buy a desktop. The sooner MS stops trying to marry the two, the sooner they can make both truly great.

10) Reasonable pricing. Nobody likes to spend $300 on a retail copy of an OS. The OEM channel brings the price down more, but that's a single install. When you're looking at the OS as a more substantial part of the budget than the motherboard (low cost PCs often find themselves in this uncomfortable niche) you're hard pressed to not look at OS piracy. If an OS could offer OEM pricing, with multiple installs (to the same device), it would be far more reasonable. Windows 8 seemed to hit on this, but not accurately enough for my tastes.



Now, what do I expect? I see the windows OS meeting the Xbox OS. I see one confused and cludgy monster being born from this nightmare. The thing that really bothers me is that this kind of black hole cannot be moved away from, because MS is taking cues from Apple about homogenization. Apple might have a unified user interface, but they have a niche user market for it. Hopefully MS realizes that some diversity is needed, before they take what remains of their brand and bleach out all of the things that make it special.

 

[btarunr]

• Classic Theme, with UI not being GPU-accelerated but GDI
• Windows 2000 Start Menu
• DirectX 11.2
• Hardware-accelerated audio, the old implementation of DirectSound
• The ability to uninstall Metro
• 700 MB install media

</wishful_thinking>

 

[micropage7]

• Classic Theme, with UI not being GPU-accelerated but GDI
• Windows 2000 Start Menu
• DirectX 11.2
• Hardware-accelerated audio, the old implementation of DirectSound
• The ability to uninstall Metro
• 700 MB install media

</wishful_thinking>

o yeah, i forgot to put it
smaller installer is much better

 

[Derek12]

A Windows with:

XP-like resource consumption and speed.
XP or 7 start menu.
Win 8 new features EXCEPT metro.
No metro or an option to disable it on non touchscreen devices. Metro and their apps are pointless on desktop computers.
Classic theme: clean, fast, beautiful IMO and more in line with today's trend of minimalist designs.
Ability to remove more bult-in software completely and not only the shortcut *cough* IE *cough*.
Ability to disable desktop compositing and using the olde faster GDI like XP or 7 basic.

 

[neyel8r]

win7-like start menu standard with an option for Metro UI... most people using windows on pc don't have a touchscreen! i found win8 on my buddy's non-touch lappy INCREDIBLY frustrating to use outside of Metro (which i didn't really like or need)... & i've been using computers for nearly a ¼-century

 

[Frick]

make it user friendly like the old windows was don't change to much makes it more difficult.

Old =! simple.

1) The same foot print, or less, than that of Windows 7.
2) The back-end optimizations that Windows 8 introduced.
3) 3 Variants. Home/low-end, Professional, and ARM.
4) The ARM and Home/low-end variants have metro on by default, but it can be turned off. The professional having metro off by default but having the ability to enable it.
5) Document/MS program sync between all three variants of Windows.
6) 64 bit only on the Home/low-end and Professional variants (64 bit ARM being a bit too far forward looking).
7) Death to the MS store. They just went about it wrong. Killing it, letting it cool, then reintroducing it after some huge changes could see it actually be viable.

8) Respect for the community. When you're pushing out directx variants to attempt to force consumers to buy a new version of windows you've failed. Admitting the failure would have gone a long way to getting support for 8.1. Instead we've got a blunt refusal from MS to admit to anything wrong. If the same thing happens with a new Windows it's likely that 7 will have the same extended legacy that XP did.

9) Integration of the Xbox needs to stop. The Xbox 360 showed it had the ability to be a media streamer. That is a good thing, but I buy a video game console for different reasons than I buy a desktop. The sooner MS stops trying to marry the two, the sooner they can make both truly great.

10) Reasonable pricing. Nobody likes to spend $300 on a retail copy of an OS. The OEM channel brings the price down more, but that's a single install. When you're looking at the OS as a more substantial part of the budget than the motherboard (low cost PCs often find themselves in this uncomfortable niche) you're hard pressed to not look at OS piracy. If an OS could offer OEM pricing, with multiple installs (to the same device), it would be far more reasonable. Windows 8 seemed to hit on this, but not accurately enough for my tastes.

Now, what do I expect? I see the windows OS meeting the Xbox OS. I see one confused and cludgy monster being born from this nightmare. The thing that really bothers me is that this kind of black hole cannot be moved away from, because MS is taking cues from Apple about homogenization. Apple might have a unified user interface, but they have a niche user market for it. Hopefully MS realizes that some diversity is needed, before they take what remains of their brand and bleach out all of the things that make it special.

1. The system requirements are the same for both of them.
3. Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8 Enterprise and Windows RT comes very close. A seperate enterprise version is pretty good imo.
5. Isn't this exactly what Windows 8 brings (Skydrive integration), and isn't that the idea behind an app store?
7. Why? The idea goes very well with WinRT.
9. I'm not sure what integration you're talking about. Using the same core across versions is a good idea imo. And the Windows Everywhere concept I actually like. There should be a single enterprise version, or something, for prosumers and whatchacallit, but for the avarage users I say homogenizy away! Seamless integration between computer, phone/tablet and console is a good thing for most people. That is what Apple is good at: It just works (generally), be it AppleTV, iStuff or desktops, it plays well together, and people like that. Obviously you can do it all with a Linux CLI environment, but it is nice to have stuff that works well together. And I don't see how that is a niche market. NOT having that is a niche market.

• Classic Theme, with UI not being GPU-accelerated but GDI
• Windows 2000 Start Menu
• DirectX 11.2
• Hardware-accelerated audio, the old implementation of DirectSound
• The ability to uninstall Metro
• 700 MB install media

</wishful_thinking>

Sound I agree with. The other stuff is... Yeah. The 90's was a good time.


The stuff I want to see, that might be realistic:

A version that ships with a StartMenyThing, just to end the bitching. Aww who am I kidding, people would still bitch.

 

[r9]

It would be great if it could have the functionality of at least OS X tiger.

 

[niko084]

Removal of TPM back door and removal of Metro and I might consider buying it.

But on another hand I don't know if I care anymore, already deploying linux based servers in place of old MS servers. VMWare Zimbra is pretty nice