[S-99]

Right here.

This is getting annoying. Potentially, "buy another version if you didn't like the last we screwed up on" in short time.

[Mongoose]

Haa, I'm still on XP.

[General Battuta]

Haa, I'm still on XP.

You're ****ed

e: my laptop too though

[Veers]

I'll be happy here with XP and 7. Cheers.

How much do we know about this version though?

[An4ximandros]

Hey Microsoft. I Still have XP, the only Upgrade I am considering is 7. Good luck with 9. I don't give a damn.

[TrashMan]

XP is good and ironicly I find it easiest to work with.

7 is good

I hate 8 with a passion. The fukken horrible interface!!! I have to hunt for damn programs/icons/things like Windows is playing hide and seek with me. And so many things don't work properly on it.

[General Battuta]

You guys on XP are going to get decimated after end of lifecycle.

[redsniper]

Is Win 9 the next 7?

[Klaustrophobia]

if i see the word "app" connected with windows 9 in any way, nope.

like everyone else, i'm happy with XP and 7, but i need a new laptop and missed my chance to get one with 7 (easily anyway).  i'll be sending back the one i tried out with 8 in the next day or two.  sad, because it was a really great deal and the only other thing it is missing is a trackpoint.  and the screen kinda sucks but i think that's going to be the case with any laptop these days.

[Fury]

Windows 8 is everything Windows 7 is, sans proper Start-menu. Which can be added back with free 3rd party software like Classic Shell. There is no real reason to explicitly avoid Windows 8 because you don't have to ever see the Modern interface again once you set the OS to automatically boot into classic desktop. In my experience everything that works in Win7 also works in Win8.

I expect there will be a period of time during which Win9 upgrade will cost trivial amount of money, just like there was such a time for Win8 (cost was 15€).

But I digress, we've been down this topic many times in the past and I suspect this changes nothing. Perhaps you will be in luck and SteamOS catches some serious wind in its sails, then you don't have to worry about Windows anymore.

[An4ximandros]

That is my hope, actually. I've been looking to jump off the windows ship and swim to new lands... Valve's new island might just be what I have been looking for.

Regarding XP: http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/windows-xp-anti-malware-support-extended-to-2015-1.2500582

[Nuke]

interfaces really need to be locked down so that they are consistent. it doesnt make any sense to use a new one every 2 years just for the sake of changing it up.

[Mongoose]

You guys on XP are going to get decimated after end of lifecycle.

Emergency extension aside, yeah I know, and I assume I'll be picking up 7 one way or another over the next couple of months.

Windows 8 is everything Windows 7 is, sans proper Start-menu. Which can be added back with free 3rd party software like Classic Shell. There is no real reason to explicitly avoid Windows 8 because you don't have to ever see the Modern interface again once you set the OS to automatically boot into classic desktop. In my experience everything that works in Win7 also works in Win8.

But that's the thing though: I should not have to use third-party software to prevent the decimation of a basic UI element that's been in use for more than 15 years and works just fine.  This is all on MS, and I have no plans whatsoever to support the bull**** they pulled with 8.

[Dragon]

I suppose it'll be like with Windows 7 and Vista. 9 will be just a bugfixed 8 rebranded to avoid the bad name of it's predecessor (and rack in more money from selling another OS, because updates to old one are free...). I'm still on Vista on my main PC, and it works fine (it's pretty much the same as early 7, despite what most people think). Been only using 8 on my laptop, where it's annoying, but runs fast enough that I'm willing to forgive the bad interface.

Anyway, I'd rather see them update Windows 8 to 8.2, with proper interface restored. Another OS release would mean that I'd have to download and install a new copy, get a new license, etc... (I don't have to pay thanks to my uni, at least).

[Goober5000]

You guys on XP are going to get decimated after end of lifecycle.

True, I bet 90% of us will still use XP.

[Mongoose]

I see what it is you have done there.

[S-99]

Getting the os to handle the way you want is something that goes along with them all. However, minimizing all of that post installation configuration is always nice. I don't mind installing third party apps to make something like windows enhanced and more usable, but if you have to install a bunch of them, then how good was the os? Especially when you have to install the basic stuff, like a start menu (i believe microsoft rectified this with 8.1). At least windows users can make their own customized install cd's in the modern day to have everything pre-installed.

[Lorric]

Regarding XP: http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/windows-xp-anti-malware-support-extended-to-2015-1.2500582

So XP is still "safe" then until July 14th 2015?

[S-99]

Man, this is a side of computing that seems new but isn't really. New to the desktop computer, not to server oriented stuff. Running for years on end including decades, would be some super stable server os on well, a server. With the ethos "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". Now, we have people in the desktop world running stable software for 12 years so far. XP is known for it's stability, and die hard fans are feeling "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" (and also unwillingness to upgrade to the latest version because they are used to xp, and latest versions of windows may be deemed ****).

I remember there was a weird soul a long while back who was still running 98 wanting to get fso to work. He tore my head off when i said to go with linux, or buy a current version of windows. I believe fso dropped support for 95/98/me long before this.

[AdmiralRalwood]

I remember there was a weird soul a long while back who was still running 98 wanting to get fso to work. He tore my head off when i said to go with linux, or buy a current version of windows. I believe fso dropped support for 95/98/me long before this.

There is a build of FSO 3.7.0 for Windows 98.