They had decided to start manufacturing their own hardware, which was going to have a specific build and therefore the GUI had to be detuned to suit. BUT I could see Microsoft's marketing strategy. The interface looked like it had been designed by a child. The GUI looked far too simple, I hated the solid coloured tiles. An OS which still looked pretty, with it's aero glass interface, but was toned down just enough to run nicely on Mr Average's PC - Great Job Microsoft.Īlong came Windows 8 (and 8.1) which even I thought was a disaster. BUT when they cut the 'fat ' from Windows Vista to make 7, they made an OS that was all things to all geeks, and Joe's alike. By 2009 the basic RAM spec of a cheap PC was about 2GB, which was more than enough for this graphically detuned version of windows. Sadly though, for Joe Average his 'basic' PC was nowhere near powerful enough to run such an advanced OS.Ģ years on, say hello to Windows 7. To hardcore PC enthusiasts like myself, we rejoiced when MS finally decided to revamp the GUI and take advantage of the powerful PC's we had at the time when they released Windows Vista. If it was left to him we'd all still be running Windows XP which, don't get me wrong, was a great OS.in it's day! Joe Average's reasons for disliking the OS are solely based on a lack of desire for change. Ah - Windows 10.I'm not sure why the OS is such a difficult pill to swallow!.

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