#196 Windows 8 and will anyone listen?

Sorry for the one month hiatus. I had a death in the family and am just now catching up on work, house and life. We are back to normal and that mean Microsoft announces a new operating system. Windows 8 has been announced, but there is no introduction date. It seems to be Microsofts answer to touch screen tablet PCs. Lots of features similar to the iPad. Microsoft is certainly not known for its innovation, just its marketing.

Now Microsoft didn't ask me what I wanted in Windows 8, but dear readers, let me fill them in via my blog. 1st and foremost I want a safer browser. Although Internet Explorer isn't really part of Windows, it has come with every version of Windows (if it quacks like a duck, must be a duck). Its been a sad excuse for a browser for over 10 years. Its one of the main culprits in malware getting on your PC. The latest version IE9 is better, but it doesn't work on Windows XP which over ½ of the PC world still uses. FireFox and Google Chrome remain better alternatives and PCSS highly recommends them to our customers.

Next would come speed. We have these tremendously fast processors with obscene amounts of memory and it still takes my Windows 7 laptop over 3 minutes to start up and about a minute to shut down. Check out a MAC Microsoft and learn how to start and stop an operating system in an efficient manner. It would also be nice to make it easier to join a network and share stuff. The Windows 7 Home Network (only works with Windows 7 PCs) just isn't universal enough. What business has all the same operating system when a new one comes out? Microsoft supposedly hires smart people. Maybe, but they don't have an once of common sense.

Lastly I would tighten up the rules for programs to run on Windows 8. Make the software people make their programs more efficient and easier to load AND unload. (again take a look at those crazy guys at Apple). Programs do anything they want and generally that isn't good when it comes to loading a program on your computer. Who thought it was a good idea to let any program put files in the operating system folders? ARGH as the pirates would say. Also new programs can take control of resources on your PC and when they close not release those resources. That is just silly.

Ok rant mode off. Those are just 3 items that I'd like to see in Windows 8, but you know they will never see to do them. Nope we'll make a more bloated operating system to try and catch up with the iPad and forget about the 1 billion PCs that exist world wide.