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Microsoft to reveal Windows 9 next month
 [FREEP] Might Microsoft be ready to reveal the latest version of its Windows operating system?Sorry. No urge to look at it. The Verge reports Microsoft is planning an event Sept. 30, where it will announce Windows 9. The report cites "sources familiar with Microsoft's plans." Having bought a couple or three new machines in the past year or so, I regard Windows as a virus. The event will showcase several upgrades to the user interface, says the report, and may even include Cortana, Microsoft's voice assistant. I actually tried to get used to Windows 8.1, mainly because I couldn't figure how to install Linux on it. It was piggishly slow on a machine that has 8gb of memory and four processors. I have no idea how habitual Windows users get by with only one workspace. The new Windows OS would be the first launch under Satya Nadella, who took over as CEO of Microsoft earlier this year. Nadella has focused on shifting Microsoft toward a strategy aimed at the mobile and cloud space. The way they've got the BIOS... errr... UEFI locked down now, you have to go in through Windows to boot into it. Turn off CMS and disable "Safe Boot." Then you can boot from DVD, install Xubuntu, install all sorts of programs for free that you'd have to pay for under Window$, have as many workspaces as you please--I use four of them--and have your machine run as smoothly as it's capable of running. Posted by: Fred 2014-08-22 |
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