Microsoft has around a 90% install base for people that use
computers so they can basically set the trend. I feel that this new OS is too
simple because I believe they are trying to take back some of the market share
they lost from Apple. I believe they are trying to capitalize on the young
generation and look hip to them. In my opinion younger generation like the
simplicity Apple has to offer, and they do like stuff that is stylistic. This
simple OS can help attract people that aren’t used to computers and like
simplicity because if they can attract this market it can help increase their
install base. This is all fine and dandy but I believe that Microsoft is
dumbing down the product too much I believe that most users are not going to be
that impressed because we don’t like stuff dumb down too much. The thing that
the core audience wants is to innovate the OS and increase the performance as
long as you increase performance, and add other stuff to make OS be more efficient
is what we want. If Microsoft starts taking the Apple approach on their
products I believe they are dumbing it down too much. The thing that makes Microsoft
attractive too most is that its not to dumb down like Apple OS and you have
more freedom to do what you want and not that many limitations, and the
familiarity we have with the product.
Microsoft has to stop dumbing down the product like calling
programs “apps” I think that it is silly to call programs apps. The reason for
that is because in today’s tech world most people associate the word “apps”
with programs that people run on their smartphone and tablets. Even though you
can go back to Windows 7 setting with the OS I believe that they should be
putting more time and effort to making the OS run more smoothly, adding better
security, and less crashing. This OS is best suited for Microsoft’s Windows
phone, and future tablets. The simplicity of this OS would really benefit
tablets because tablets are like mini computers. If they can effectively make
Windows 8 look and run this smooth on tablets and smartphones. For tablets it
can make a lot of people jump to Windows based tablets and leave Apple’s Ipads
and Android based tablets. The simplicity of Windows 8 on tablets looks really
great because if the experience is similar to Windows Phone mango, I will be
really impressed. I am really interested to see how the ecosystem will work like
how smooth and effective having Microsoft products work during Windows 8. I
hope that Microsoft help builds ecosystem like how they are implementing
skydrive on Microsoft based products. It will be interesting to see how they integrate
Windows 8 to Xbox, Windows Phone, tablets, and other Window products.
In my opinion Windows 8 is too simple for PC users because
even though LiveTiles are neat I do not want to use it while I am on my pc
because I do not need my PC to be dumbed down. Windows 8 will be really great
for tablets and Window phones because LiveTiles are simple and more suited for
those devices. Overall, I think it is somewhat a mistake for Microsoft to dumb
down Windows 8, but I do think they are doing the right thing because they can
increase the install base, and take bake some users from Apple.
