Ballmer Says Windows 8 Will be Pretty Important

You've been rick rolled.

where was he rick rolled?

In an alley behind the billboard.

Is it me or does he looks more like the Penguin from Batman every year.

ballmer is ruining MS

^ Report this advertising fool.

I saw the same guy doing this over on Ultimate Guitar.

And no crap it'll be important.

cool cant wait to *bleep* ;P

People like you is why we pay so much for software. The fact you're proud of it shows how pathetic you are.

I just love Ballmers expression. Trying to decide if he just tried to one up Harry Potter by turning Steve Jobs into a worm without using a wand or if he is about to take a bow to Bill Gates holiness.

What is he supposed to say, oh that Windows 8 is just a minor update to Windows 7 that's why it has the same system requirements.

so you didnt download any of the milestones to check it out?

Pay for your damn software! Many of us make a living off that software you decide to steal.

The success of Windows 8 might be important for Ballmer's job security, but from what I've seen of it so far, I'll take a pass and stick with Win 7.

I didnt like what they introduced in Windows 8.

There's a difference between downloading a leaked milestone or cracked version (which makes you scum) and testing a publicly available open beta and either purchasing the end product, or rolling back to your previous OS on release.

Personally, I was on the Windows 7 Beta from the moment it went public, and pre-purchased it as soon as I could because of how much better than Vista it was. I'll be getting the Windows 8 beta if I can, if not I'll probably be getting it when it comes out either way.

i didnt paint the entire picture of my intentions and im not going to cuz it'll just come out like backtracking and i dont care that much. when i examine my specific needs for an operating system i can hardly find any reason to move from xp to win7 other than unecessary eyecandy like dx11, and an unnecessary upgrade from traditional HDDs to SSDs. i use firefox for all web-browsing and email. i use nero 7 for its features. i use free-codecs.com for a player and all the free codecs i could need. i promise to pay for any software that i find useful / enjoyable.

there's currently no way to purchase windows 8 so i dont have a problem at all for pirating any milestones to check it out.

Edit: And to further clarify "check it out" means installing it to an old hdd and spending an hour with it. Afterwards, recovering the GBs used to store the iso by deleting it, and the old hdd wiped and tossed on the shelf for my next delving into alternative operating systems whether it be some flavor of linux or to play with some other milestone. My conscience is clear as I am in no way benefiting from any unpaid-for software.

Oh. Huh. I was expecting Steve to come out and say that Windows 8 will play no importance whatsoever and not be worth even looking at. Wow. I really wasn't expecting this.

Holy crap, unbiased factual reporting on windows 8. Woo!

Jesus Christ people.. it's just an opinion!!!! Lighten up!

Good luck with 8..I will stick with 7 for a long time. Maybe beta 8 but I am not buying it.

Windows8 = (Windows7 + tablet_interface) recompiled to ARM processors

lol...

someone has been drinking the water...

adobe owes where it is to pirates. they sell it for several hundred dollars because its "professional grade" tool set, when i want to bet more people use a pirated copy instead of a real one. however adobe makes its money off the commercial market.

Microsoft also owes much of where it sits to piracy.

the reason you pay so much for windows is because... well... do you have much of a choice, you either use the os that damn near everything is developed for, use an os that has next to nothing developed for it, or use an os that is community support and takes real tech skill to use. they got you by the balls and they know it.

you think a pirate, if they couldn't get it for free, would pay for it? there are rare exceptions but generally if someone is pirating something, they WOULD NOT pay for it even if it was borderline free.

considering that the complete version of win 8 will in all likely hood cost 300-400$, this is by no means cheap.

since when has windows ever been $300-400?

Windows OEM versions start at around $100 and retails around $180...

if you want t complain about an OS that cost $300-400 then go look at Apple products.

anyone who says "piracy is the reason software is so expensive" is wrong.

you are forgetting ultimate. the highest tier.

The sooner the better for Win 8>

Well just to state some facts, Windows 7 Ultimate Retail is $319.99, yes it is cheaper elsewhere online, but you risk getting a bootleg version which I myself have experienced, though I got my money back and bought the real thing.

As for Windows 7 OEM, it's locked to the motherboard you activate it on so you get one use. Don't plan on upgrading unless you want to either call them up and complain your way through activating your own software you purchased, or shell out more cash for another copy.

Also, not to defend the other commenters' behavior or anything but, Microsoft like most software and/or pre-built computer companies make the grand majority of their money from businesses and corporations.

Oh yes software was soo much more cheaper before pirating. Next you are going to tell me that buying music from stores before pirating was so much cheaper too right. LOL

He's already ruined MS. They are becoming less and less relevant and are at a point where being over taken by Google is and imminent reality.

I'll give them about 5 more years before they are pushed out of the desktop PC business. In 10 years they'll be lucky to have any major presence in the industry at all. The shareholders that want to keep this idiot in are going to be in for a rude awakening once Google starts to seriously push themselves into the OS market.

Only morons pay $300 for a retail copy of windows, but then since you don't know how to activate an OEM copy on a different motherboard and also got tricked into paying for a bootleg version....well....yea, I guess you would buy the $300 retail version lol