Ooooooooh Windows 8.1 Preview video, how exciting

[DainBramaged]

[cilla4progress]

1. Seriously?

If indeed you ARE serious...how do i get it on my win 8 laptop?

[steve2470]

18. will be a free download from M$, not sure if it will be on Windows Update or not nt

[steve2470]

22. It will be a free update to Windows 8 for consumers through the Windows Store

http://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive/2013/05/14/windows-keeps-getting-better.aspx

[quinnox]

2. still looks like total crap

With all the butt-ugly tiles crap, they are still pushing that shit. Can't they see how confusing and stupid that is? They still don't have a clue. They are trying to put lipstick on an extremely ugly pig.

[HereSince1628]

3. Focus on the pretty and leave the print function and the shut down hidden.

Sounds BEAUTIFUL, and still a pain in the ass.

I abso-fucking-lutely hate that 'devices' is hidden on the right and half the time doesn't respond until the 5th attempt to point at its phantom existence.

[madrchsod]

4. i do`t think so......

[Cali_Democrat]

5. Anyone know where I can get a really good windows 7 laptop for a good price?

I just bought the latest ipad and it sucks to me.

I want a new laptop.

[DainBramaged]

7. Newegg

http://www.newegg.com

[Cali_Democrat]

8. Thanks!

[Xyzse]

10. I tend to go to this place

http://www.microcenter.com/

[FarCenter]

11. Lenovo sells windows 7 Thinkpad T and L series at their online store

Most of the laptops on Lenovo Outlet (new, refurbished, and scratch and dent models) are Windows 7.

[RC]

6. That didn't sell me.

My computers are tools that do what I want and what is needed of them, not someone sitting in a meeting room telling me what I want and how I want to do it.
Fancy graphics on a 24 inch touch screen, three feet away, connected to a desk top, over getting something done? My doctor says I need to exercise, but I don't think that's what she meant.

Touch screens are nice on portable devices and printers, big and small, but if it needs a real keyboard, givmme a real mouse. Leave the fancy graphics that don't really help get the job done, to the kids watching movies and listening to their music.

I have little use for the "Cloud", a fancy name for someones computer server. That is what flash drives and small portable hard drives are for.
And I am responsible for the health and welfare of seven computers in two different locations. They all have enough local storage for what they are used for. The computers at each location are networked together.

[DainBramaged]

9. 66 + 12 individual servers

WIN8 will never cross the threshold

[Nye Bevan]

12. Classy, tasteful, understated and professional looking.

And I bet it never, ever crashes.

[randome]

13. Why is it still called 'Windows' when all it has to offer are 'tiles'?

MY desktop, MY options. Not Microsoft telling me what I'm 'allowed' to do this time around.

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[backscatter712]

17. Windows without windows.

The Win 8 user interface is truly brain-damaged.

[Throd]

14. I find Windows 8 to be absolutely infuriating.

Totally useless and a complete waste of my time.

[LanternWaste]

15. I wish I could pretend to be clever enough to be as passionate and as excited

I wish I could pretend to be clever enough to be as passionate and as excited, and to hold such dogmatic and intractable opinions as illustrated in windows, mac or linux threads.

Corporations win, products get branded, consumers purchase a bill of good-- and write free copy for the multinationals. Good business model used during the cola wars of eighties. Why spend money to update the business model if the consumers are still duped into worshiping this or that OS...

[backscatter712]

16. Metro is still Windows without windows, and the Start Screen is still an angry fruit salad.

Of course, the salesdroid in the video is also completely glossing over the fact that Microsoft was forced to bring the Start button back, and let the users use the regular desktop instead of Metro.

[DainBramaged]

19. Like trying to dress a pig in an evening gown........

Microsoft, fire Steve Balmer and go back to your roots.

[krawhitham]

20. way better than iOS

[ohheckyeah]

21. And this is better than Windows 8

how? It's still designed for touch screen.