Windows 8's New Ways to Manage Wireless, Bandwidth

[Marcus Yam]

Metro interface to feature toggles for wireless devices.

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[fakie]

I is like this very much

 

[AndrewMD]

This may be one of the best Windows release and a big leap forward from when Windows 95 hit the scene so long ago.

Look forward to the release of this OS.

 

[Blues_wolf]

I don't know, I might wait for Windows 9. Microsoft has that weird cycle when they launch a buggy OS to test new things (95, Me, Vista) and a more stable OS with the things that worked (98, XP, 7)

 

[friskiest]

This bandwidth saving feature of Windows 8 will be a boon to mobile users,.

 

[alterecho]

Nice. I've seen the Mac already do this.

 

[freggo]

The WIFI aspect reads well; let's hope the actual integration works as advertised.
Still, I can not help but shudder at the GUI. Those square boxed will not find a home on my desktop.
It just looks plain ugly.

 

[friskiest]

^^ Yah,... "Mac does it".... big deal

 

[blingbling]

[citation][nom]friskiest[/nom]This bandwidth saving feature of Windows 8 will be a boon to mobile users,.[/citation]
OK So, I didn't know what 'boon' meant. Now that I know its a thumbs up for you.

 

[andywork78]

wow software really can change does...

I though hardware change is best way to get better wireless...

 

[stingray71]

Impressive, wasn't giving W8 much thought until now. If this much thought/work went into wifi/broadband connectivity, I can only imagine what the rest of OS looks like.

With 4G becoming more popular, I can see a lot more folks going with 4g dongle for their mobile internet. This will be very useful.

 

[festa_freak]

Maybe we will finally have something to throttle steam's download speed.

 

[Catsrules]

The task manager looks sweet.

 

[jacobdrj]

[citation][nom]Blues_wolf[/nom]I don't know, I might wait for Windows 9. Microsoft has that weird cycle when they launch a buggy OS to test new things (95, Me, Vista) and a more stable OS with the things that worked (98, XP, 7)[/citation]
Windows 2000 was freggin awesome... IMHO, XP was a downgrade until SP2.

 

[TeraMedia]

So I saw WiFi, Bluetooth, and Mobile Broadband... any bets as to whether they also remembered WiDi, or whatever that computer-to-TV technology is called?

 

[memadmax]

Why can't they just put this crap in Win7?

I hate the desktop and metro in Win8, for the first day just closing a program was a pain........ even the "control panel" via the desktop........

Keep it simple, stupid.......

 

[iLLz]

Wow the thought that went into this is amazing. Win 8 is shaping up to be absolutely awesome. Can't wait.

 

[del35]

Looking forward to Windows 8. iCrap has made me gone from disliking Windows to loving it.

 

[nb2000nb]

Looks awesome. Can't wait for Windows 8 on an Intel Ultrabook / tablet.
I can't stand current tablets / tablet OSes. I need a full-blown OS on capable hardware!

How do I zip up files and email them? How do I remote into my desktop with ease? How do I play real games? How do I develop on the go? How do I install/create WHATEVER PROGRAM I WANT FROM WHOEVER/WHEREVER I WANT?
Give me a real OS!

BTW, if you don't like a feature in Windows, disable it. You pretty much have full control!
Metro can be disabled (at least on the Desktop/Laptop preview release)
There's still several months before release...

 

[Guest]

Win 2000 was awesome, true, but it was a totally different product line, remember? Win2k was an updated version of NT, which was a separate product line from the consumer versions. The poster above is still right - MS has a habit of launching one crap product with a lot of buggy new features, followed by a solid one.

As Win 7 has been the solid one following the crap that was Vista, we have a good chance Win 8 will be the next Win 95 / ME / Vista, while Win 9 will be the one that consumes the market (like 98 / XP / 7).