Microsoft Reveals Main Windows 8 Editions

FordGT90Concept · Apr 17, 2012

laszlo said:
lol xp still on sale.....

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002423YK/?tag=tec06d-20

Not from Microsoft: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/products/lifecycle

June 30, 2008 was the end of retail sales and October 22, 2010 was the end of pre-installs. They're selling leftover, surplus stock.

BumbleBee said:
give Microsoft more money to replace the Start button with a tablet UI which wouldn't be so bad if there was an incentive to upgrade like DX12.

As I said, virtually no one upgrades OS, they upgrade computers that come preinstalled with a new OS. The performance a new computer provides is the incentive, not the change in OS itself. Paid OS "upgrades" (Tiger, Snow Leopard, Lion, etc.) are strictly a Mac OS X phenomena.

Frick · Apr 17, 2012

FordGT90Concept said:
As I said, virtually no one upgrades OS, they upgrade computers that come preinstalled with a new OS.

It would be interesting to see data on this actually, how many licenses are sold to private people I mean. When I was at MS tech support we had a fair number of people having problems with upgrade licenses.

FordGT90Concept · Apr 17, 2012

Frick said:
It would be interesting to see data on this actually, how many licenses are sold to private people I mean. When I was at MS tech support we had a fair number of people having problems with upgrade licenses.

I searched, I couldn't find anything.

To clarify, I don't mean Windows 7 Starter to Home Premium or Home Basic to Professional. I mean XP to Vista and/or Vista to 7.

laszlo · Apr 17, 2012

it doesn't really matter who sale it if u still find;from 25.oct.2001 when appeared we talk about 11 years... and i think 7 will last at least 10 years...and will be found than for sale also...

almost forget ref built oem pc's... preinstalled ones... they can't force u to buy it only on lappys and even there u can find dos ones only so is up to buyer...

found the below market-share fresh enough

Frick · Apr 17, 2012

FordGT90Concept said:
I searched, I couldn't find anything.

To clarify, I don't mean Windows 7 Starter to Home Premium or Home Basic to Professional. I mean XP to Vista and/or Vista to 7.

Too bad. .(

And I got that, so I don't think the market is as small as you say it is. But without data it's hard to say.

syeef · Apr 17, 2012

What about Server Editions?

FordGT90Concept · Apr 17, 2012

Windows Server 8

That's just a codename for now.

repman244 · Apr 17, 2012

syeef said:
What about Server Editions?

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/windows-server/v8-default.aspx

ironwolf · Apr 17, 2012

As a system builder, I welcome the smaller number of SKU's. I sell very few 32-bit versions of Win7 as it is already, and Premium as the default version. So this will be very easy to offer to people. Gets frustrating trying to describe to people all the different versions.

wiak · Apr 17, 2012

Windows 8 (x86/x64) for your family
Windows 8 Professional (x86/x64) for you!
Windows 8 RP for ARM tablets

faramir · Apr 17, 2012

FordGT90Concept said:
Most people only use 3-5 functions in the "Start" menu and Metro would allow you to make those 5 functions big and prominent.

I have my desktop full of application icons (things that I use more often than the others which are only present in the Programs Start menu) ... simply cannot afford to have that metrosexual daltonist crap occupy so much space without bringing any benefits whatsoever.

johnnyfiive · Apr 17, 2012

I'm excited for the Pro version (gotta have hyper-v), new metro features, and vs2011 express.

gumpty · Apr 17, 2012

I hope MS run the same sort or pre-order deals that they did to get early uptake of Win 7. I bought three retail versions at the time (one 7-Pro for myself and 2 7-Home Premium just in case). Ended up saving myself plenty of money later on when I had to get new licenses for secondary machines.

Frick · Apr 17, 2012

gumpty said:
I hope MS run the same sort or pre-order deals that they did to get early uptake of Win 7. I bought three retail versions at the time (one 7-Pro for myself and 2 7-Home Premium just in case). Ended up saving myself plenty of money later on when I had to get new licenses for secondary machines.

+1. I also hope they release family packs.

MeanBruce · Apr 17, 2012

I love it, I installed Windows 8 Consumer Preview and 2 hours later AMD had a newly compatible driver for my video card available for download, dropped my “streaming” temps down from 50c to 44c just like idle. Windows 8 seems much faster.

And Now for Something Completely Different

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoG1xXqm2PY

… I just love the Chihuahua!

eidairaman1 · Apr 17, 2012

In All Honesty they should just Have 3 versions, Windows Home, Windows Pro, Windows Enterprise.

Totally do away with having 2 home editions which are crippled as of certain access anyway and get rid of starter, cuz Home Premium can be setup like starter edition.

newtekie1 · Apr 17, 2012

FordGT90Concept said:
I'm still annoyed by Microsoft having different SKUs of the "home" version of Windows. They should just have Windows 8 (effectively Home Premium) and Windows 8 Professional and that's it. 9 "editions" is silly.

How can you still be annoyed by this, this news article is saying Microsoft is doing exactly what you want... :ohwell:

FordGT90Concept · Apr 17, 2012

Oh, I was exhausted yesterday and it's obvious I misread a lot in there. In which case, kudos to Microsoft for finally doing the right thing:

Windows 8 32-bit
Windows 8 64-bit
Windows 8 Pro 32-bit
Windows 8 Pro 64-bit
Windows 8 RT

Windows Server "8" 64-bit (editions are unnamed)

TurdFergasun · Apr 17, 2012

BumbleBee said:
give Microsoft more money to replace the Start button with a tablet UI which wouldn't be so bad if there was an incentive to upgrade like DX12.

you mean like how well and fully utilized dx10 and 11 are in vistake and win7? console ports with dx10 or 11 slapped on the back of them don't entice anyone really, it's just a number at this point considering only a handful of games have ever used the new api's to any great effect, and those that do are barely playable on the majority of systems, but hey if you're into benchmarking i guess thats alot of fun....

eidairaman1 · Apr 17, 2012

FordGT90Concept said:
Because 7 will be pulled from retailer shelves not long after 8 is released. There's no reason, in their eyes, to keep both stocked for the long term.

Most people don't upgrade operating systems, they upgrade computers which come pre-installed with newer operating systems; therefore, you have to look to Dell, HP, Lenovo, Toshiba, Sony, and the other computer manufacturers to see how quickly the old will be shoved out of the way to make room for the new. In the case of Vista, that was a very, very long time mostly because of consumer anxiety over Vista. In the case of Windows 8, that's likely to be almost instaneous.

I moved from XP to 7 on both Desktop and laptop and it literally breathed new life into them

Pjokerxp_ · Apr 17, 2012

the PC era is doomed.
its now laptops handhelds mobile devices notpads

FordGT90Concept · Apr 17, 2012

eidairaman1 said:
I moved from XP to 7 on both Desktop and laptop and it literally breathed new life into them

Windows 7 reduced hardware requirements compared to Windows Vista, especially the memory footprint.

Pjokerxp_ said:
the PC era is doomed.
its now laptops handhelds mobile devices notpads

Good thing Windows 8 RT is designed for mobile devices then.

gumpty · Apr 17, 2012

Pjokerxp_ said:
the PC era is doomed.
its now laptops handhelds mobile devices notpads

Maybe. Maybe not.

From my six months or so of owning a tablet I've found that they are really only good for content consumption - they still struggle with anything more than basic content creation and the problem is as much software related as it is form-factor and hardware related.

Laptops still run Windows (or OSX) and probably will do for a while yet.

RevengE · Apr 17, 2012

I'll Keep 7 Ultimate. I don't see the point in upgrading so fast. They are releasing OS's alot faster then they used to.

FordGT90Concept · Apr 17, 2012

Back during Windows 95-XP, they released a new one every 2-3 years (95 -> 98 -> 2000 -> ME -> XP). They're returning to that rapid release schedule.

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