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    Microsoft's Internal Focus Shifting to Windows 8 in July 2010

    Windows 8 Expected in 2012 According to Roadmap

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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/01/09

    In reply to Microsoft's Internal Focus Shifting to Windows 8 in July 2010
    I hope they decide to launch it under some name other than Windows 8 because you know there will be plenty of fanboys from other camps creating some less than witty statement of W8 on 8.
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    Image of jrghoull jrghoull
    12/01/09

    @Nathan Obbards: well "wait" wont make much sense if they are good about adhereing to their 3 year time line.

    though the bloatware complaint is both as old as i'm guessing it is true, calling it 'weight' wont actually bring any more or less validity to the argument/complaint.

    we may not have a religious war on gizmodo, but damned if the apple/mac/windows groups aren't just as verbally vicious to each other.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/01/09

    @jrghoull: Don't forget Linux....wherever that fits in.
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    Image of ReynaldoRiv ReynaldoRiv
    12/01/09

    @Nathan Obbards: I believe I read somewhere 8 might be called Midori and that it was a reboot OS for MS to start from scratch for the modern era.

    Midori is Japanese for green which can be seen as a symbol for New life
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/01/09

    @ReynaldoRiv: May be [en.wikipedia.org])

    It also happens to be a liqueur, and I'm sure the programmers could use all the alcohol they can get.
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    Image of steve holt! steve holt!
    12/02/09

    @Nathan Obbards: I agree. Maybe......Mojave?
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/02/09

    @steve holt!: Nah, they already did Mojave/Longhorn/Vista.

    Nice Arrested Development name, BTW. I just watched that one last night.
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    11/20/09

    In reply to Windows 8 Expected in 2012 According to Roadmap
    I watched the movie 2012 and they were still using vista.
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    Image of Mikestan Mikestan
    11/20/09

    In reply to Windows 8 Expected in 2012 According to Roadmap
    Will it be one more step closer to OS X?
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    Image of kevintanner800002 kevintanner800002
    11/21/09

    @Mikestan: Who gives a crap about Apple? Everyone with a brain knows Microsoft is the smartest choice. Voice your annoying opinion on a Mac forum if thats what you want to whine about.
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    Image of Mikestan Mikestan
    12/01/09

    @kevintanner800002: Sorry I was under the impression that Gizmodo was a Mac forum, my mistake.
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    Image of CraigJ CraigJ
    11/20/09

    In reply to Windows 8 Expected in 2012 According to Roadmap
    Please excuse the crudity of this chart. We didn't have time to make it to scale or to paint it.
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    Image of ReynaldoRiv ReynaldoRiv
    11/20/09

    In reply to Windows 8 Expected in 2012 According to Roadmap
    Code name: Windows 8......

    Worst..... Code name..... Ever.....
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    Nathan Obbards promoted this comment ReynaldoRiv was starred ReynaldoRiv was unstarred
    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/20/09

    In reply to Windows 8 Expected in 2012 According to Roadmap
    Oh, and I'm just letting you all know right now that Windows 8 wasn't my idea.
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    Image of walker2151 walker2151
    11/20/09

    In reply to Windows 8 Expected in 2012 According to Roadmap
    Did anyone else notice that Windows 7 is under Release update instead of Major release?
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    Jrsy Devil's Advocate® promoted this comment walker2151 was starred walker2151 was unstarred
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    11/20/09

    @walker2151: That's because it's Vista SP3...
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    11/20/09

    @walker2151: Did anyone else notice this is a chart for server releases, and Windows 7 and 8 don't really need to be on there at all?
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    Image of mastachief3 mastachief3
    11/20/09

    @walker2151: are you serious??? this page is about windows server, notice that the servers that have a red R2 next to them say release update
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    11/20/09

    @spannu: Why waste time making a new graphic when you can reuse an existing one...?
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    Image of walker2151 walker2151
    11/21/09

    @mastachief3: are you serious??? than explain why windows 7 and 8 are on there, which aren’t "Windows Server"! And either way it’s still under Release Update and not Major Release.
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    Image of clR3vv clR3vv
    11/20/09

    In reply to Windows 8 Expected in 2012 According to Roadmap
    Code Name: "Windows 8" thats a horrible code name. It should be like codename "Crouching tiger hidden Apocalypse" or something cool.
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    Image of njdevil njdevil
    11/20/09

    @clR3vv: I like it. Sounds like 'window seat' with an Australian accent. Who wouldn't love the window seat when flying to Australia?
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    11/20/09

    @clR3vv: How about iWindows?
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    Image of Panzer23 Panzer23
    11/20/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: AHHHHH!, I think hell just froze over or something! Haha
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    11/20/09

    @njdevil: The passengers on Oceanic Flight 815...
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    11/20/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: You know what, there is kind of an underlying theme of the apocalypse in that show...

    Oh shit. It all makes sense now...

    WE ARE ALL GOING TO DAAIIIIIIII
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    Image of KTK1990 KTK1990
    11/20/09

    In reply to Windows 8 Expected in 2012 According to Roadmap
    I bet they will still be priced pretty high, and have loads of different versions.

    I do hope they will be more Apple like, and cut the price down, improve some programs, and have fewer choices with more programs built in. Maybe just 3 choices, Home for $100, Buisness for $100, Ultimate for $150.
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    Image of HelloYouAll HelloYouAll
    11/20/09

    Apple likes to charge you 30 dollars for a service pack that is been called "Apple's Vista" I do agree on a lower price policy doh.
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    Image of Wilson Wilson
    11/20/09

    @HelloYouAll: If you're referring to 10.6, the addition of major under-the-hood elements like Grand Central and OpenCL make it substantially more than a service pack. While many apps were broken by 10.6, it was essentially by design unlike Vista. The path forward sometimes requires cutting ties to the distant past.
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    KTK1990 promoted this comment Wilson was starred Wilson was unstarred
    Image of HelloYouAll HelloYouAll
    11/20/09

    @Wilson: " major under-the-hood elements like Grand Central and OpenCL" Whooo that sounds so awesome, bechmarks like geekbench show little to no relevant difference between lepard and snow leopard.

    #tips
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    Image of Lukasz Fabis Lukasz Fabis
    11/20/09

    In reply to Windows 8 Expected in 2012 According to Roadmap
    And here I was thinking Microsoft got its act together and would start putting out annual-to-biannual OS releases like Apple.

    While I doubt they'll make another big blunder like Longhorn, I can't see this coming out in 3 years as projected. Not from Microsoft.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/20/09

    @Lukasz Fabis: Service packs are pretty large updates, sometimes larger and more critical than the OS releases you see from Apple. Additionally, MS has a harder time coding as they have to ensure that it will work with far more hardware than Apple as well as work decently with far more software.
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    Image of Eulatos Eulatos
    11/20/09

    @Nathan Obbards: "Service packs are pretty large updates, sometimes larger and more critical than the OS releases you see from Apple."

    LOL no they arent even in the slightest.

    This is whats in a service pack
    [support.microsoft.com]

    Its not a feature update, its a collection of fixes. And that list aint pretty either.
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    Nathan Obbards promoted this comment Edited by Eulatos at 11/20/09 7:14 PM Eulatos was starred Eulatos was unstarred
    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/20/09

    @Eulatos: Some of them are. Look at XP release to XP SP3. Vista to Vista SP2 had some large changes as well. They add functionality, fix some bugs, close some holes, do quite a few things. Not saying every Apple OS release is inconsequential, just trying to say that service packs aren't inconsequential either.
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    Image of Eulatos Eulatos
    11/20/09

    @Nathan Obbards: Ive installed thousands upon thousands of service packs and they certainly arent inconsequential, but they are just collections of bug fixes.

    Though often after you update to them you can then download the new update for wmp or office that may add some functionality but never have i seen a feature added by a service pack.

    Windows xp service pack 1 was a huge huge benefit as far as making xp what it is today, but it didnt add features. It fixed completely broken and half implement ones though.

    I may be a mac guy, but i work and have worked with PC's for 15 years.

    I may be wrong as far as vista goes, as i have never deployed it en masse like XP. Only familiar with vista from my gaming machine that has gotten all of its updates.
    #tips
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    Image of Lukasz Fabis Lukasz Fabis
    11/20/09

    @Nathan Obbards:
    I challenge you to name one service pack that had a wider scope than any given major OS X release.
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    Image of njdevil njdevil
    11/20/09

    In reply to Windows 8 Expected in 2012 According to Roadmap
    No. No. NO NO NO. Don't mention Microsoft and 2012 in the same sentence. You know what will happen. I have had enough of the stupid apocalypse crap.
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    Nathan Obbards promoted this comment Edited by njdevil at 11/20/09 6:37 PM njdevil was starred njdevil was unstarred
    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/20/09

    @njdevil: The Mayans long count calendar just BSOD'd..
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    11/20/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Advocate®:
    Ugh. What annoys me is the fact that an entire year of humanity is going to be defined by the fact that the world simply didn't end.

    Even if we cure cancer, resupply the earths Ozone and fire Lady Gaga out of a cannon into the sun, the only thing people will remember is simply waking up January 1st 2013 and thinking "Oh good, we're still here."
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    11/20/09

    @njdevil: "Oh good, we're still here."

    Followed shortly thereafter by, "Oh shit! I have to pay my bills now!"
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    11/20/09

    In reply to Windows 8 Expected in 2012 According to Roadmap
    Perfect. Just in time for the Apocalypse...
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    Image of James Lin James Lin
    11/20/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: Maybe it is the Apocalypse?!
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    Image of travisco_nabisco travisco_nabisco
    11/20/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: Maybe Windows 8 will cause the Apocalypse!!

    Just putting it out there.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/20/09

    @travisco_nabisco: Because it will be so amazing that even Apple fanboys will have to admit how good it is, thus causing a disaster greater than dividing by zero?
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    11/20/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: don't know windows is the apocalypse
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    Image of Bertone77 Bertone77
    11/20/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: Codename "Windows 8" real name "Master Control Program"
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    11/20/09

    @jddf: Actually I was pretty sure Windows Me was the apocalypse but we managed to survive..
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    11/20/09

    @Nathan Obbards: I don't pretend to know anything about how this disaster will happen, though something greater than a divide by zero is pretty serious.
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    10/31/09

    In reply to Stuff We Didn't Post Today (and Why)
    I know of at least one Giz staffer who's waiting for the multitouch ottoman to go with that table... #gizmodoremainders
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    10/31/09

    In reply to Stuff We Didn't Post Today (and Why)
    Spork-ulina. #gizmodoremainders
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    10/31/09

    In reply to Stuff We Didn't Post Today (and Why)
    Not wanting to shove something made out of algae into your mouth kinda rules out sushi, doesn't it? #gizmodoremainders
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    10/31/09

    @blunt: That's seaweed, but I guess people are grossed out by that as well, despite how delicious it is. #gizmodoremainders
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    10/31/09

    @Xagest: Seaweed is algae, unless someone messed up Wikipedia again ;) #gizmodoremainders
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    10/31/09

    @blunt: Don't want to eat from algae cutlery? Why not try traditional plastics, made from the dead bodies of HUNDREDS of different creatures, from millions of years ago! #gizmodoremainders
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