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<blockquote data-quote="ibnanv" data-source="post: 13518960" data-attributes="member: 218596"><p><strong>Think before you leap</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">When Intel CEO tell you and I am a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer telling you it is FLOP. You should think twice.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Check this link if you do not believe me .</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><a href="http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/intel-microsoft-windows-8,news-40195.html" target="_blank">http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/intel-microsoft-windows-8,news-40195.html</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span> <strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Intel CEO Says Windows 8 is Not Fully Ready</span></strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-size: 15px">11:58 - Tuesday 25 September 2012 by <a href="http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/intel-microsoft-windows-8,news-40195.html#" target="_blank">Wolfgang Gruener</a> - source: <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-25/windows-8-bugs-plaguing-microsoft-intel-ceo-said-to-tell-staff.html" target="_blank">Bloomberg</a></span> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Uh oh. This is certainly news Microsoft does not want to hear about one month before the official release of its Windows 8 operating system. </strong></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 15px"><img src="http://media.bestofmicro.com/paul-otellini,M-F-38391-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://m.bestofmedia.com/i/presencepc/design/loupe.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><a href="http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/intel-microsoft-windows-8,news-40195.html" target="_blank">Zoom</a></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 15px">At a company meeting, Paul Otellini reportedly told employees that Windows 8 is released before it is "fully ready", according to an article published by Bloomberg. However, getting Windows 8 ready now is the right decision and Microsoft can release updates afterwards to fix bugs.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 15px">It is not unusual that software ships with some bugs as many companies typically resort to an 80/20 strategy in which 80 percent is good enough and the remaining 20 percent too expensive to achieve. We should also remember that Microsoft also released Windows XP and Windows 7 in October to be able to make the Christmas season of sales. Vista was originally scheduled for an October 2006 release, but delayed to January 2007 due to critical bugs. Microsoft used "Express Upgrades" in October 2006 instead - and had to deal with a logistic disaster in early 2007. If Microsoft can avoid a delay for Windows 8, it will go to great lengths to do so, even if that means that Windows 8 will ship with some annoying bugs.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 15px">Of course, it is highly unusual that Otellini's remarks, if they were made in the reported way, are making it into the public. Windows 8 has already been criticized left and right and if Intel now suggests that the operating system still has bugs that need to be worked out, then more than just a few prospective computer buyers may decide to stick with Windows 7. That, of course, also means that Intel will be taking a hit in potential CPU sales as customers are delaying their purchases.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ibnanv, post: 13518960, member: 218596"] [b]Think before you leap[/b] [SIZE=5]When Intel CEO tell you and I am a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer telling you it is FLOP. You should think twice. Check this link if you do not believe me . [url]http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/intel-microsoft-windows-8,news-40195.html[/url] [/SIZE] [B][SIZE=4]Intel CEO Says Windows 8 is Not Fully Ready[/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=4]11:58 - Tuesday 25 September 2012 by [URL="http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/intel-microsoft-windows-8,news-40195.html#"]Wolfgang Gruener[/URL] - source: [URL="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-25/windows-8-bugs-plaguing-microsoft-intel-ceo-said-to-tell-staff.html"]Bloomberg[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B]Uh oh. This is certainly news Microsoft does not want to hear about one month before the official release of its Windows 8 operating system. [/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][IMG]http://media.bestofmicro.com/paul-otellini,M-F-38391-1.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://m.bestofmedia.com/i/presencepc/design/loupe.gif[/IMG][URL="http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/intel-microsoft-windows-8,news-40195.html"]Zoom[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=4]At a company meeting, Paul Otellini reportedly told employees that Windows 8 is released before it is "fully ready", according to an article published by Bloomberg. However, getting Windows 8 ready now is the right decision and Microsoft can release updates afterwards to fix bugs.[/SIZE] [SIZE=4]It is not unusual that software ships with some bugs as many companies typically resort to an 80/20 strategy in which 80 percent is good enough and the remaining 20 percent too expensive to achieve. We should also remember that Microsoft also released Windows XP and Windows 7 in October to be able to make the Christmas season of sales. Vista was originally scheduled for an October 2006 release, but delayed to January 2007 due to critical bugs. Microsoft used "Express Upgrades" in October 2006 instead - and had to deal with a logistic disaster in early 2007. If Microsoft can avoid a delay for Windows 8, it will go to great lengths to do so, even if that means that Windows 8 will ship with some annoying bugs.[/SIZE] [SIZE=4]Of course, it is highly unusual that Otellini's remarks, if they were made in the reported way, are making it into the public. Windows 8 has already been criticized left and right and if Intel now suggests that the operating system still has bugs that need to be worked out, then more than just a few prospective computer buyers may decide to stick with Windows 7. That, of course, also means that Intel will be taking a hit in potential CPU sales as customers are delaying their purchases.[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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