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Pure link bait. Switch to Mac because MS is making their own (non-exclusive) hardware? Really? Has this guy forgotten the OS/hardware deal that you get with

Pure link bait. Switch to Mac because MS is making their own (non-exclusive) hardware? Really? Has this guy forgotten the OS/hardware deal that you get with Apple? Windows 8 is dead because enterprises aren't planning to upgrade? Most just got to Windows 7, they don't like change, so they'll stay there for another 5-10 years. I doubt the writer believes anything he's written, but this is the nature of tech "journalism".

comm_it 14y ago
I agree with this. I've just got Windows 7 on my corporate desktop. Although there is wide adoption of Win 7 here, Win XP was running previously, and still is on a large number of machines, if this truly sucks the enterprise sector will just wait it out like they did with Vista.
__chrismc 14y ago
> Most just got to Windows 7, they don't like change, so they'll stay there for another 5-10 years This. The client I work for is still _testing_ Windows 7. Rollout won't happen for a while yet. Windows 8? Might get looked in 2016, I guess.
drzaiusapelord 14y ago
Sysadmin here. Yeah, I'm not hyped about 8 as I just got 7 going on here for everyone. 8 can wait, or more than likely 9 can wait a while too.
rickmb 14y ago
Is it somewhat realistic to assume enterprise IT is increasingly becoming irrelevant when it comes to the desktop? I mean, how insane is it when people have to work with technology on their job they've ditched 5-10 years ago at home for being too outdated to be even be give away? There comes a point where enterprise IT loses all credibility. At this pace, during my lifetime homeless people in third world countries will have phones that are more modern and powerful computers than office workers will have at their desk. The practices enterprise IT currently still holds on to don't seem sustainable to me.
- moheeb 14y ago
  How often do you get a new stapler?
anthonys 14y ago
Surely Microsoft know that most enterprises have just gotten to Windows 7 and are likely to be stuck there for some time? I hope that, despite the hype, Windows 8 is the start of the evolution of this "new windows" towards the enterprise, rather than being seen as ready for it now. The hype about Windows 8/enterprise now is hopefully just the company line when really the consumer side is who its initially trying to evolve for.

comm_it 14y ago

I agree with this. I've just got Windows 7 on my corporate desktop. Although there is wide adoption of Win 7 here, Win XP was running previously, and still is on a large number of machines, if this truly sucks the enterprise sector will just wait it out like they did with Vista.

__chrismc 14y ago

> Most just got to Windows 7, they don't like change, so they'll stay there for another 5-10 years This. The client I work for is still _testing_ Windows 7. Rollout won't happen for a while yet. Windows 8? Might get looked in 2016, I guess.

drzaiusapelord 14y ago

Sysadmin here. Yeah, I'm not hyped about 8 as I just got 7 going on here for everyone. 8 can wait, or more than likely 9 can wait a while too.

rickmb 14y ago

Is it somewhat realistic to assume enterprise IT is increasingly becoming irrelevant when it comes to the desktop? I mean, how insane is it when people have to work with technology on their job they've ditched 5-10 years ago at home for being too outdated to be even be give away? There comes a point where enterprise IT loses all credibility. At this pace, during my lifetime homeless people in third world countries will have phones that are more modern and powerful computers than office workers will have at their desk. The practices enterprise IT currently still holds on to don't seem sustainable to me.

moheeb 14y ago
How often do you get a new stapler?

anthonys 14y ago

Surely Microsoft know that most enterprises have just gotten to Windows 7 and are likely to be stuck there for some time? I hope that, despite the hype, Windows 8 is the start of the evolution of this "new windows" towards the enterprise, rather than being seen as ready for it now. The hype about Windows 8/enterprise now is hopefully just the company line when really the consumer side is who its initially trying to evolve for.