Windows 9 to be announced in April?

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Good news for those who loathe Windows 8: Microsoft is rumored to be making an announcement regarding Windows 9 during BUILD 2014 in April.

According to SuperSite for Windows, which specializes in posting everything public and secret regarding Microsoft products, the Windows-maker plans on releasing the new operating system in April 2015.

Currently being worked on under the moniker “Threshold”, the pre-alpha build of the OS will be made available to developers after BUILD 2014, and will consist of three milestone releases before it’s sent to manufacturing.

“Threshold” is also believed to be an update to Windows 8 following “Blue”, which would bring together Windows PC, Windows Phone and Xbox One operating systems.

We’ll know for sure come April, I reckon.

Thanks, Neowin.

Source: VG247

I'm pretty sure they will just be stubborn and still work of the Windows 8 layout when making Windows 9.

why


>inb4 CLOUD BASED OS

POWER OF THE CLOUD.

Teckno wrote:

I'm pretty sure they will just be stubborn and still work of the Windows 8 layout when making Windows 9.

Windows 8 is a more stable version of Windows 7 but with Live Tiles instead of a cluttered start menu.

The_Biotic_God wrote:

Teckno wrote:

I'm pretty sure they will just be stubborn and still work of the Windows 8 layout when making Windows 9.

Windows 8 is a more stable version of Windows 7 but with Live Tiles instead of a cluttered start menu.

You mean cluttered Live Tiles instead of an organized Start Menu.

Teckno wrote:

The_Biotic_God wrote:

Teckno wrote:

I'm pretty sure they will just be stubborn and still work of the Windows 8 layout when making Windows 9.

Windows 8 is a more stable version of Windows 7 but with Live Tiles instead of a cluttered start menu.

You mean cluttered Live Tiles instead of an organized Start Menu.

Riiiight, because people still search through "All Programs" folders. 

The only useful feature the start menu had was the search bar, which you can just as easily do with the Windows 8 by typing on the start screen. 

Don't get me wrong, MS has a history of fucking up with some of their Windows releases (Vista comes to mind), but I was honestly surprised to see the reception Windows 8 got. It performs much faster than any previous Windows and yet has no compatibility issues.