Kolya on 24/1/2015 at 02:16
Quote Posted by nicked
They can't have a Windows 9, because it potentially causes conflicts with Windows 95/98, e.g. if an installer checks for Windows 9x.
Am I supposed to believe that Microsoft cares enough about legacy 3rd party software to skip a Windows version number?
We're talking about the company that places 64bit DLLs in the System32 folder, while 32bit DLLs need to be in SysWOW64 now.
How big is the chance that instead some marketing droid convinced them that "10" sounds more
accomplished and
stable than "9"?
nicked on 24/1/2015 at 06:53
Well that's likely another reason, and compatibility code is a nice side effect. Windows 10 sounds analogous to Mac OSX, could be another reason. Microsoft skipped it for no good reason just to get people talking about it to build hype, very likely. Microsoft aren't really very good at consistent numerical order at the best of times (Xbox One, anyone?).
faetal on 24/1/2015 at 10:58
I'm astounded they didn't call it windows X. Microsoft, if you're reading this, give me a cut of whatever Henke's getting.
nobodyinparticular on 25/1/2015 at 00:11
This'll fail for the same reason 3d tv failed. Namely people don't want to wear an oversized pair of hi-tech specs all the time. For a two hour moive at the cinema it's just about acceptable, possibly, but for everyday wear, nah.
nobodyinparticular on 25/1/2015 at 00:15
Wearing glasses introduces a whole new layer of awkwardness as well as you have to wear these devices over your existing ones.
nicked on 25/1/2015 at 08:42
But it's the future - haven't we cured bad eyesight by now?
demagogue on 25/1/2015 at 08:52
If they fit a computer into a bulky pair of glasses, where the monitor is hovering in front of you as big as you want to size it, I could see people reasoning that as a mobile device it's better than lugging a laptop or a pad around.
Tony_Tarantula on 25/1/2015 at 22:10
I get the feeling that this product is more for work users than recreational, judging by it's advertised functionality and feature set. That crowd is going to be a lot less worried about looking like a dork.
ZylonBane on 28/1/2015 at 20:56
Quote Posted by faetal
I'm astounded they didn't call it windows X. Microsoft, if you're reading this, give me a cut of whatever Henke's getting.
I'm astounded you didn't stop to think that would break every piece of code that tries to parse that part of the Windows version as a number.
faetal on 28/1/2015 at 21:11
I had no idea code was so fragile.