Don't think they will make it free, lowering the cost might increase their profit.
They are trying to generate revenue from other things, skype, office, and others, when this gets rolling then we...

Kerfuffle

Perfectly Torn

Friction

Happy New Year to all and best wishes :party:

I think MS realized their mistake and are making Win8.1 more customizable, as they should have done from the beginning.
Having said that, I am using Win8.1 on just about all my computers and have no...

Welcome to NineForums Kevin.

Be careful using the 'a' word :banhappy:

Nice to see you here Kevin.

Waiting for leaks...:yawn:

Punctual

Far

Demolition Derby

I think they had this in mind all along, just tried to force people onto the start page, many need a push to new things, others need to be shoved ;)

I think MS will give the option to the user, they are already thinking how to get people off of Win7 onto Win8, by the time Win9 comes out.
They don't want to keep supporting it.

Kari, hope you're feeling better by now.

I'm off work from last Wednesday until Jan 5th...

Got my Dell Venue 8Pro on Friday, been playing with it since then, so far it's great, no GPS but not a...

More rumors:



Further Changes Coming in Windows "Threshold"


More on Microsoft's SKU-morphic Windows vision

The price is really good, think MS/Dell are trying to increase the Win-tablet market share, the Venue is what a lot of people have been waiting for, including me.
It comes with Win8.1, actually Win8...

Welcome to Nine Forums Rover.

My guess is they will have Win8.2 early next year and Win9 in 2015.

Thanks HG, can't wait for the alpha...

Thanks bigseb :cool:

My Dell Venue 8Pro arrived at my friends house today, he'll bring it here from the states in a couple weeks.
Going to be a long couple weeks.

Voted for 8, but I like 8.1 better.
Liked them all from Win3 onwards.
After a few company spread viruses XP fell to the bottom of my list, was very happy to remove it from my machine.

Hi Ted, good to see you here.

I have a MS (;)) Lumia 520, it has turned out to be much more than I expected, great phone.

Only see these improving and becoming a welcome change in the Phone market.