Monday, October 15th 2012
Windows 8 Gets "Overwhelmingly Negative" Response from Vendors, Expectations Plummet
An analyst with Topeka Capital, who was touring Asia, meeting sources among supply chains, brings bad news to Microsoft investors. Analyst Brian White notes that the sentiment (among vendors and parts of the supply chain) about Windows 8 remains "overwhelmingly negative." Expectations from Microsoft's new client operating system plummet, as vendors don't see much activity following the October 26 launch.
"Although October is expected to be the sweet spot for the notebook ramp for Windows 8, and further follow through is likely in November, we were warned of idle facilities in December," notes White. "One of our contacts does not expect Windows 8 to be material until the second-half of 2013," he added. In related news, the industry is also reeling from a disappointing reception from Intel's 2011-12 pet project in the client computing space, Ultrabook. "...the enthusiasm around the Ultrabook ramp has also deteriorated as the cost structure remains too high under Intel's specifications," White notes.
Source:
Business Insider
"Although October is expected to be the sweet spot for the notebook ramp for Windows 8, and further follow through is likely in November, we were warned of idle facilities in December," notes White. "One of our contacts does not expect Windows 8 to be material until the second-half of 2013," he added. In related news, the industry is also reeling from a disappointing reception from Intel's 2011-12 pet project in the client computing space, Ultrabook. "...the enthusiasm around the Ultrabook ramp has also deteriorated as the cost structure remains too high under Intel's specifications," White notes.
231 Comments on Windows 8 Gets "Overwhelmingly Negative" Response from Vendors, Expectations Plummet
Anyway I like Windows 8. It's very far from Vista IMO.Nope I can still run any "regular" programs not in the Windows Store. Or are you refering to Metro apps? In that case I don't know...
Maybe it will be similar to OSX or Android, there is a store but people can download & install any program from anywhere.
EDIT: I used a Chrome Canary build which, besides the regular one, there is a Metro Version, (like IE10), and was got from Google, so I think Metro Apps can be downloaded from anywhere too.
Microsoft’s efforts to hawk Windows to otaku using the power of moe look to have reached their zenith with Windows 7′s Madobe Nanami, and quite possibly their nadir with the pair of generic ‘blobs trotted out to support sales of Windows 8, apparently the most loathed Windows OS since Vista.
Windows 8 (or the 64 bit Pro “DSP” edition at any rate) is being graced by no less than two new mascots – Madobe Yuu and Madobe Ai (“yuuai” = “friendship”), who come with a special “Wedge” ita-mouse.
Perhaps in keeping with the other discrepancies between Windows 7 and 8, moe-OS fans cannot help but notice the seiyuu casting has gone from Nana Mizuki as Nanami to Asuka Nishi (whose roles include such memorable performances as Pupil D and Maid B) as Yuu and Nao Tamura (so obscure her Wikipedia page is empty and threatened with deletion) as Ai.
Art featuring the new characters, official or otherwise, is so far conspicuously absent.
If GM were Microsoft, your new car would have the gas pedal on the left, brake on the right, turn-signal lever moved into the glove box which is now located under the drivers seat, and the spare tire eliminated because 99.99% of drivers don't use it.I think he's talking about this. kotaku.com/5951169/nothing-says-windows-8-quite-like-anime-schoolgirls
and just a side note, i find it interesting that the vast majority of people on tpu spend ridiculous amounts of cash on hardware every year but are so frivolous when it comes to spending $100 once every 3 or 4 years on an operating system. think about it people!
Also, people don't like change, especially if there is pain involved, even if its for the better.
Money isn't what the discussion is about, money is just a "side note" to exclaim that people save $100 by staying with an OS they prefer.
And because I'm making a bit too much sense at the moment here is a cat rolling a watermelon out of a lake.
But the cat is priceless! :laugh:
there is no excuse not to spend the $100 to upgrade if you spend 10x that amount every year on hardware. people are just being silly.
There are people with $5000 hardware still running XP, do you think they are too just being silly, or could there be some link where users avoid products that strongly deviate from what they feel is successful?