What if Mircorsoft had called Windows 8 as some Neo OS v1 (or beta)? What if they had said that this OS is:
1. Optimized for low power chips and is very power efficient
2. Cloud centric and integrates all the modern breed of sensors like accelerometer, GPS, proximity, ...
3. Supports touch and pen inputs as natively as Windows supports keyboard and mice.
4. Super fast
5. Runs your legacy Windows applications
6. Supports most of the devices like cameras, scanners, printers meant to work with Windows
7. Runs in several form factors
8. Gives a familiar .NET and HTML environments to develop applications
I think, calling it Windows has set an expectation for start button and desktop as the landing screen and led to this widespread disappointment. Microsoft failed to get users to approach it with a desire to explore. By making their new OS the mainstream OS shipped with every PC sold (with or without necessary hardware support), they neither chose the initial seed users right nor gave the OS a good chance with right devices.
1. Optimized for low power chips and is very power efficient 2. Cloud centric and integrates all the modern breed of sensors like accelerometer, GPS, proximity, ... 3. Supports touch and pen inputs as natively as Windows supports keyboard and mice. 4. Super fast 5. Runs your legacy Windows applications 6. Supports most of the devices like cameras, scanners, printers meant to work with Windows 7. Runs in several form factors 8. Gives a familiar .NET and HTML environments to develop applications
I think, calling it Windows has set an expectation for start button and desktop as the landing screen and led to this widespread disappointment. Microsoft failed to get users to approach it with a desire to explore. By making their new OS the mainstream OS shipped with every PC sold (with or without necessary hardware support), they neither chose the initial seed users right nor gave the OS a good chance with right devices.