Hi Shaun, Well, as the MS account is pretty much core to Microsoft's new security policy as well as their services I definitely don't see that going away. Its one of those things people will either learn to live with or will have to go Mac or Linux instead.
As for the Start Menu I've read it is suppose to make a return in Windows 10. As I understand it Windows 10 will have an option to enable some sort of classic mode which is similar to Windows 7 with a Start Menu or a Metro style interface similar to Windows 8. So that at least isn't totally out of the question here. As for their cloud accounts I don't see that going anywhere either. A lot of commercial software is going to the online approach and I foresee Microsoft doing something similar to google where you'll run Microsoft Office and other apps online via the cloud and your desktop or laptop will be for local files but the OS and applications will be accessed via the cloud. Don't believe me just look what Google has done with Chrome OS. Basically, if you start up a Chromebook all you get is a web browser that allows you to run gmail, Google drive, Google docs, etc and nothing is accessed on your Chromebook. Its all in the cloud. I'm sure Microsoft would be happy if they could do the same as they could charge for subscriptions rather than pay for people to buy software upgrades. On 10/25/14, shaun everiss <[email protected]> wrote: > who knows josh. > personally ms will have to do several things which they won't do. > 1. scrap the ms account as a must when logging in and making local > account hard to find or create. > 2. bring back the start menu in 7 without any extras or even xp. > they won't do that. > 3. forget about their cloud account as extras,. > 4. bring back the xp interface ie8 etc which for an interface was quite > good. > > I have family that due to security and other things have a system > with offline on everything they don't even use the net with it. > win8 is what is used but most of that is online cloud stuff ms account, > etc. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
