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New leak offers surprising details about Windows’ future

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Microsoft may already be working on quite a few different Windows-related products and some of them are pretty surprising. Myce rdirects our attention to a leaked image posted by a well-known Chinese leaker on Neowin showing that Microsoft is already working on several Windows 9 builds including a mobile Windows Phone 9 version, and could soon launch a cloud-based operating system dubbed Windows 365, a name that’s similar to its Office 365 subscription-based productivity suite.

 

In addition to Windows 9 and Windows 365 mentions, the leak lists current products, including Office 2013 and Windows 8.1, but also upcoming updates, such as Windows 8.1 Update 2 and Office 2015.

 


 

So it looks like microsoft isnt going to let google get away with there chrome os market and windows phone 9 now i dont even know weither to get a windows phone or wait by the time my plan finished windows phone 9 will hopefully be out.

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Cloud based? Subscription? I hate these models for software, I'd rather pay a once off up front as I use office and operating system software for 5+ years usually.

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Cloud based? What if someone has a crappy connection (or no connection at all)?

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So what, they're surprised they're working on Windows 9? Wtf else would the be doing? Windows 8 will soon be 2 years old so I would expect nothing else than them working on the next Windows.

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I love how microsoft might go subscription for their OS, when Apple just goes free

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Gaben quickly start the rapture and take the gamers with you to Linux !

to any opengl system really

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to any opengl system really

which is every OS

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Looks like Windows 7 is here to stay.

 

Linux hurry up!

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Windows 8 will soon be 2 years old

Wow, how time has passed...

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I love how microsoft might go subscription for their OS, when Apple just goes free

 

Well... Apple earns money from their hardware sales, while Microsoft hardly sells any [PC] hardware for profits. Hence the different approaches.

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Well... Apple earns money from their hardware sales, while Microsoft hardly sells any [PC] hardware for profits. Hence the different approaches.

 

I understand that, but instead of perhaps reducing pricing, or trying to do something competitive they plan to make it subscription? something nobody asked for

 

Sometimes I question WTF Microsoft are doing, I don't think they seem to get it. these last couple of years they just seem to be ballsing things up by misunderstanding what their customers want. They did it with windows 8, with RT,  xbox one and now with OS pricing. I swear they live in La La Land sometimes

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which is every OS

what you mean? if we had only opengl and no closed systems, everything would work on every system and stuff

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what you mean? if we had only opengl and no closed systems, everything would work on every system and stuff

yeah what i meant was

when steam os exists beta we will not be tied to windows anymore

and maybe linux in general can mature as a desktop os (become the norm)

till then ill stick to win7

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I'm guessing the cloud based windows is where you can basically get the newest windows OS for a subscription price. Maybe yearly or monthly subscription. Not a bad idea for people who use Mac and just want to check out the new windows or need windows for a short time for a certain program or project. Maybe for the people who want the most updated system every year so a subscription based would make more sense for them.

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This is just bringing the enterprise scale virtual desktops to the regular person.

 

If they do it right you will be able to just login with your browser on any computer and have yourself your own virtual pc with all the software you subscribe to.

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I also wonder what they will change with the start screen "modern style interface" in windows 9

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Virtual desktops are nothing new, many companies have had this tech for years. They're pointless for an actual desktop, but incredibly useful for mobile devices like laptops and tablets.

 

I got to use VDIs a few years ago, and the battery life on a product like that is phenomenal. Plus, if your device gets stolen, you don't lose any data because it's all hosted in a datacenter somewhere.

 

I wouldn't mind Microsoft offering both a standalone model and a cloud-based one so we can at least choose which one we want.

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Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/windows-9-2014-5

 

Microsoft might be preparing to give the public its first taste of Windows 9 between the second and third quarters of 2015, according to a newly leaked document.

 

Tech blog Myce has obtained a leaked internal Microsoft document from a source in China known as FaiKee.

 

The document, first spotted on Myce's website by Windows blog WinBeta, lists both Windows 9 and Windows Phone 9 as scheduled for a release preview between Q2 and Q3 2015. 

 

A release preview is exactly what its name suggests. It's a nearly finished version of the software that the public gets to mess around with before the official launch. 

 

Well, we all knew that the latest version of Windows was coming eventually, because Microsoft releases a new version around every 3 years or so. So this doesn't surprise me, but I'm glad that we're starting to get some info about it, even if it's just a leak.

 

So let's see...Windows 9 and Windows Phone 9 on the way. Should be interesting to see what Microsoft brings to the table, especially after Windows 8. 

 

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nice find, though i hope the MS cycle keeps going so W9 better be good as W7 or better

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Ugh, more Metro UI crap.

I don't mind it, so long as Microsoft executes it right. Give users the option to use the Metro UI or not. And if not, then have the OS act like Windows 7 and versions prior to it (as in, you don't have to deal with Metro UI). I will say this though: I like the idea of the Metro app store/Microsoft store (or whatever you want to call it). Just let me run those Metro apps are desktop applications and all will be fine.

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I don't mind it, so long as Microsoft executes it right. Give users the option to use the Metro UI or not. And if not, then have the OS act like Windows 7 and versions prior to it (as in, you don't have to deal with Metro UI). I will say this though: I like the idea of the Metro app store/Microsoft store (or whatever you want to call it). Just let me run those Metro apps are desktop applications and all will be fine.

next W8.1 update should fix this,

 

also, since we are talking about metro, is that i find weird and odd microsoft decided to use horizontal scrolling in apps, not even android an iOS does that, even on a tablet or mobile must feels kinda intuitive :/ 

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