Steve Ballmer was right

[Liquid]

Ballmer was right all along and I think this deserves mention on here. His team had the best approach to all these new devices with different screen sizes and uses. Android/Chrome OS is fragmented, and iOS/Mac OS X still lacks features that Windows does better due to its open nature.

Remember how people tried to shyt on him and the Windows team for trying to implement the windows "metro/modern" look on Windows Phone, Windows Desktop/Tablet, and of course on the XBOX? Well, now everyone appears to be on board because the team finally found the perfect balance of giving the desktop users what they wanted in the traditional start menu, yet still leaving the metro and windows store option in there as well that casuals on the xbox, phones, and tablets have learned to use.

I will also like to say that Windows 8.1 is just fine, did it hurt the gaming side of things? Sure, but almost everything else is better on Windows 8 over 7. I don't even think there is much debate, from search to automatically typing in the modern layout everything just worked much better than old desktop systems. All of this is starting to make sense to people especially now that you see the benefits once if you own an xbox one, windows desktop, tablet, or even a windows phone. Everything is starting to fit like a glove, yes even better than iOS/Mac OS X Yosemite (which is filled with bugs btw).

The results/facts in 2015:

Word is still the go to office platform

Exchange is still what businesses use

The XBOX One has a better UI than the PS4 and Wii U

Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 are the only OS's that give you a desktop class OS that works well on tablets. Apple and Google still haven't figured this out.

Mobile Phone OS is debatable, but I think Windows Phone gets a bad wrap just because it doesn't have the market share. It's a nice mobile OS for smartphones and only trailing Android IMO.

Windows is available to more people, still dominates market share. Less buggy than OS X Yosemite.

Able to full integrate with more devices than Apple does due to their walled garden approach
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3 problems though and its worth mentioning in here as well:

Windows RT was a disaster, that shyt should have never shipped. It only fragmented the userbase to go in at a cheaper price point. Nobody cared, the surface rt flopped and is now HP touchpad status.

Windows 8, while an improvement over 7 was way too aggressive in how they were trying to push desktop users into the modern UI. This was the only problem with Windows 8 IMO and worth pointing out.

The XBOX One...you all already know how they botched that launch, but at least they rebounded well.
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Everything else has been just fine and it's good to see Microsoft back on their feet after their slips. This is not a "Post Ballmer" idea either, he was the one that helped orchestrate this shyt years ago and it is finally coming to fruition. I am sure bloggers and others online will still view him somewhat negatively, but those who really know how this stuff works in the background, know that he deserves major credit for all of this.

I think the only one on here who saw this stuff going down the way it did was @ExodusNirvana and to some extent @Hiphoplives4eva

Remember the steam machines? I am still waiting to see how SteamOS turns out, but I am not so sure its really necessary anymore with the improvements to Windows 10.

I am also interested in seeing how Google eventually ties in ChromeOS and Android even closer together. That is taking a bit longer than I expected.

 

[Da King]

"The XBOX One has a better UI than the PS4 and Wii U"




X1 UI right now is trash, it was made from the ground up for Kinect in mind, problem is no one uses that junk and people are stuck with an uninuitive clunky UI to be controlled by a controller, so unless you've magically seen what this new X1 looks like already you need to

 

[Liquid]

"The XBOX One has a better UI than the PS4 and Wii U"




X1 UI right now is trash, it was made from the ground up for Kinect in mind, problem is no one uses that junk and people are stuck with an uninuitive clunky UI to be controlled by a controller, so unless you've magically seen what this new X1 looks like already you need to

Nah, chill. The UI on the xbox one is much better than the PS4. That's always something Microsoft had over Sony.

Yes the xbox one UI is well suited for Kinect, but I still think its a bit easier to navigate through all the menus when compared to the PS4 due to the live tiles spread across the screen. There are some times when you enter settings options on the PS4 that you thought would lead you somewhere, but is in an entirely different settings option. I can't remember what off the top of my head, but there was something I wanted to turn off months ago and could not find that shyt at all until I googled it.

BTW, I've been using the "XBOX UI" for years now...it's called the Modern UI that Microsoft has implemented on all their devices/operating systems variations.

 

[The G.O.D II]

"The XBOX One has a better UI than the PS4 and Wii U"




X1 UI right now is trash, it was made from the ground up for Kinect in mind, problem is no one uses that junk and people are stuck with an uninuitive clunky UI to be controlled by a controller, so unless you've magically seen what this new X1 looks like already you need to

Do you have an xbox one or are you just spewing the usual talking points? Xbox UI shyts on PS4

 

[Da King]

Do you have an xbox one or are you just spewing the usual talking points? Xbox UI shyts on PS4

I don't own one but I've used it extensively, you're lying to yourself if you think it doesn't have problems as it's a common complaint from X1 users

 

[The G.O.D II]

I don't own one but I've used it extensively, you're lying to yourself if you think it doesn't have problems as it's a common complaint from X1 users

Yea thought so. The issue you speak of has since been patched months ago. It performs much smoother and has less unresponsiveNess. Everything is easily accessible either with voice command or a swipe of the control. Meanwhile, PS4, while always having a smooth surface from launch, is just antiquated. Lame voice controls. Still have to scroll through endless tiles. And it still has problems loading friend list and processing messages/invites. I would get an invite to a game, have to back out, and the damn invite wont appear in my notifications until five minutes later

 

[Fatboi1]

Nah, chill. The UI on the xbox one is much better than the PS4. That's always something Microsoft had over Sony.

Yes the xbox one UI is well suited for Kinect, but I still think its a bit easier to navigate through all the menus when compared to the PS4 due to the live tiles spread across the screen. There are some times when you enter settings options on the PS4 that you thought would lead you somewhere, but is in an entirely different settings option. I can't remember what off the top of my head, but there was something I wanted to turn off months ago and could not find that shyt at all until I googled it.

BTW, I've been using the "XBOX UI" for years now...it's called the Modern UI that Microsoft has implemented on all their devices/operating systems variations.

 

[Fatboi1]

I don't own one but I've used it extensively, you're lying to yourself if you think it doesn't have problems as it's a common complaint from X1 users

X1 GUI imo is annoying with how everything running like it's a separate app. I hate how the friends list has to "launch" and how there's just a clutter of shyt on the screen.

I greatly prefer the 360/PS3 UI over the X1 GUI. Idk man, I never could fukk with that live tile bullshyt Microsoft been implementing on their devices. I just don't like it .
http://www.thecoli.com/posts/10714313/

 

[BasedPrime]

Liquid seen the light

 

[Liquid]

Liquid seen the light

This is nothing new for me, the xbox one was just the last microsoft device I used to have the same UI. I've been messing with the "metro" look since 2010.

lol @HookersandIceCream rating this 1 star. I think I've caused long term emotional damage to that kid.

 

[detach]

Dudes that like the Xbox ui must never use the friends list or party app

Xbox one ui is asscheeks

 

[Liquid]

X1 GUI imo is annoying with how everything running like it's a separate app. I hate how the friends list has to "launch" and how there's just a clutter of shyt on the screen.

I greatly prefer the 360/PS3 UI over the X1 GUI. Idk man, I never could fukk with that live tile bullshyt Microsoft been implementing on their devices. I just don't like it .
http://www.thecoli.com/posts/10714313/

Granted I just formatted the xbox one, but it feels smooth so far. I just wish I could swap out the hard drive for an SSD.

I hate the fact that this turned into an xbox thread...not really the point of the thread, but what should I expect in the arcadium

 

[Fatboi1]

Granted I just formatted the xbox one, but it feels smooth so far. I just wish I could swap out the hard drive for an SSD.

I hate the fact that this turned into an xbox thread...not really the point of the thread, but what should I expect in the arcadium

This is very relevant to Xbox.

 

[Fatboi1]

Dudes that like the Xbox ui must never use the friends list or party app

Xbox one ui is asscheeks

Word. Nikkas just like to sweep the issues under the rug. shyt is far from this perfect GUI dudes try to make it out to be.

 

[Liquid]

This is very relevant to Xbox.

Yeah its cool, I should have known my acknowledgement that the xbox has a better UI than the PS4 and Wii U would get people annoyed.

Go on though, I've still not seen a good argument against my opening post.