So that new Windows 8 Logo Garners More Brickbats than Bravos
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[QUOTE=Elecbullet;34764776]I hope tablets don't become the norm. I like the idea of taking apart a desktop PC, assembling it from your own parts... that doesn't seem like something you can do so well with a tablet.[/QUOTE]
The thing is, people buy laptops over desktops, so tablets aren't needed to do that.
Heck noticed how all the default images/logos/silhouettes of computers are now Macbook style laptops. No longer is the iconic tower the image of a computer.
Makes sense too, unless you are doing something that desktops excel in (3D graphics) you don't need a desktop.
[QUOTE=Panda X;34764792]It's not like you won't still be able to do that even if it became the norm.[/QUOTE]
You will be able to do that but it'll be harder since as everyone will use tablets many hardware companies will either stop making parts for full-size desktops or charge them whatever they want.
[QUOTE=latin_geek;34765127]You will be able to do that but it'll be harder since as everyone will use tablets many hardware companies will either stop making parts for full-size desktops or charge them whatever they want.[/QUOTE]
By that logic it would have already happened. Remember: PC=/=tower only. A laptop is also a PC, and people have been buy laptops over desktops for a while now.
[QUOTE=Scot;34764483]That makes no sense.[/QUOTE]
you have to be a pretentious art major to decode it
I like the idea of it. Windows... makes sense. It also looks like the UI.
[QUOTE=beanhead;34764475]I have no idea what you guys mean by "metro style"
could some one care to explain?[/QUOTE]
Metro is the "design language" Microsoft use now. First seen in Windows Phone 7, with all the squares and big fonts and simple colours and shit
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_(design_language)[/url]
[QUOTE=Elecbullet;34764776]I hope tablets don't become the norm. I like the idea of taking apart a desktop PC, assembling it from your own parts... that doesn't seem like something you can do so well with a tablet.[/QUOTE]
Desktops in one way or another will be around forever, companies would just issue their imployees tables, it isn't cost effective, and are security risk
[QUOTE=The Baconator;34763876]They literally can't afford to do that, tablets and Macs are killing PC's.[/QUOTE]
Yes because they can replace building your desktop piece by piece making sure that you're getting the most for your money instead of buying some [del]shitty[/del] awesome prebuilt.
[QUOTE=smurfy;34765668]Metro is the "design language" Microsoft use now. First seen in Windows Phone 7, with all the squares and big fonts and simple colours and shit
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_(design_language)[/url][/QUOTE]
First seen on windows MC and the zune :V:
[IMG]http://el21.a4bandas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/zune-1.jpg[/IMG]
me and my friend agreed when we first saw it that it would be much better if it kept the regular colors.
[QUOTE=Master X;34765500]I like the idea of it. Windows... makes sense. It also looks like the UI.[/QUOTE]
also known as
shit
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[QUOTE=barttool;34766353]First seen on windows MC and the zune :V:
[IMG]http://el21.a4bandas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/zune-1.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
hi microsoft
no don't be silly, your user base isn't regular people who just want to get shit done, no, it's four year olds that need an interface to be more intuitive than balance because they're brain damaged
metro is not bad at all. i've been using the dev build of 8 for months and it's not that bad, it just needs some tweaking and less simplification (however odd that may seem).
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the design aesthetics are great
[QUOTE=Contag;34764968]I like being able to swap out components and run things that require more power than, say, word[/QUOTE]
Tablets are fine for the niche they fill, and for a lot of people that's enough (light web browser, email, word processing, etc.), once you go outside that though you very quickly run into the limitations. The problem is that companies and media analysts see that, and decided that tablets (and other low power computers) are now the future, and are tailoring their roadmap to that.
If I want to look at some web pages while sitting on the couch then a tablet is great, but on the other hand I then often can't also run a chat client in the background since the OS kills it whenever I load a big picture in the browser.
[QUOTE=TheDecryptor;34767194]Tablets are fine for the niche they fill, and for a lot of people that's enough (light web browser, email, word processing, etc.), once you go outside that though you very quickly run into the limitations. The problem is that companies and media analysts see that, and decided that tablets (and other low power computers) are now the future, and are tailoring their roadmap to that.
If I want to look at some web pages while sitting on the couch then a tablet is great, but on the other hand I then often can't also run a chat client in the background since the OS kills it whenever I load a big picture in the browser.[/QUOTE]
You also mean light word processing as well
The issue is that tablets aren't really a disruptive technology
they're essentially a less capable laptop without a keyboard and with a touch screen
apple has certainly deployed it's remarkable market creating abilities, but no laptop or tablet solution is able to effectively compete with the desktop computer in serious applications
whatever device comes out is going to be tremendously profitable, but whether it resembles a laptop, tablet, netbook, smartphone or ebook reader more than an amalgamation of all those, I don't know
[QUOTE=xuushii;34762831][img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7180/6892887709_3edfe73746_o.png[/img]
[url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/36724189@N05/6892887411/in/photostream[/url][/QUOTE]
Oh hey, that doesn't look bad at all.
[QUOTE=mac338;34777844]Oh hey, that doesn't look bad at all.[/QUOTE]
Can someone email this to Mr Balmer or something?
whenever a company tries to do "modern and classic" it doesn't work at all, see the PT Cruiser
[QUOTE=Scot;34764483]That makes no sense.[/QUOTE]
Schrödinger's logo!
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Just put a box over it and it's fixed.
Reminds me of the Scrubs episode when the janitor gets a blue suit and everyone laughs at him and stuff because blue is a calming color. Nobody is gonna take Microsoft seriously anymore now that they have a pussy, calming color for their logo. :v:
[QUOTE=Oratrix;34761926]Harry McCracken? That's like having the name Phil McCracken[/QUOTE]
Somebody at my school is called Phil Mcracken V:v:V
Well I like this color of the logo better than the last time the same logo was posted with a much more grayish blue color.
Still, it feels simplified to the point where it's unrecognizable from its predecessor. It may be easier for laymen to replicate than the previous logo, but people will also not connect this new design with the former windows products due to the lack of resemblance to the former logos. Therefor I don't think it's a good design choice at all.
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