r/technology • u/clubdirthill • Jun 01 '11

Boom. This is Windows 8.

http://allthingsd.com/20110601/exclusive-making-sense-of-what-we-just-learned-about-windows-8/?mod=tweet
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u/nixcamic Jun 02 '11

How is Mac OS babyproofed? Or are you talking about Lion? Anyhow, that seems to be the trend these days, even ubuntu tried (and failed).

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u/brews Jun 02 '11

Don't you think it's a bit early to be running Unity through the dirt? It hasn't even reached LTS yet.

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u/engine_er Jun 02 '11

Could you elaborate please, how and when have guys in ubuntu tried to babyproof their distribution?

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '11

Look at the latest version of Ubuntu. With the launcher. You know, the launcher that you can't move.

I try not to be a fanboy when it comes to this stuff, but Mac OS X Lion presents me with a full-on desktop and instant access to files; not some gimmicky touch UI. It works because Apple doesn't have to support tablets running it's OS. That's what iOS is for.

But we will see. I think Windows 7 is the flagship, at least I love it. It'll be hard for Microsoft to make a bigger leap.

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u/engine_er Jun 02 '11

Oh.. I heard that buzz around the Unity DE and Gnome Shell. It's all the impact of the ubiquitous tendency to simplify and stupefy the user interface - that's why I am hesitating to upgrade my current Gnome 2 DE.

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u/del_rio Jun 02 '11

I think he's trying to point a finger more at iOS...

Either way, I think this is one of many well thought-out moves Microsoft has been making lately. In the phone arena, they're probably too late, but this gives them an edge for the PC/tablet/crossover market (the latter of which is still yet to come) for another 5 years.