Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer: up to 500 million people will use Windows 8 in 2013

8. TROLL.ISAHA (banned) posted on 23 May 2012, 05:40 7 7

Not true.

4. Veigald posted on 23 May 2012, 04:06 8 7

Agree. Win7 was the first time MS made the real deal, imo, and I hope Win8 will deliver as well. The best fit for it does seem to be an x86 tablet/hybrid, though. Which I'm getting, obv :)

5. PhoneLuver posted on 23 May 2012, 04:23 3 8

I don't really mind whether it's X86 or ARM. As long as you can dock it with a keyboard that has USB, VGA, HDMI ports etc..

I just hope that W8 will support VPN on tablets as it's still a missing feature on WP7.5.

42. Croxy posted on 23 May 2012, 10:36 0 0

Windows xp wasn't bad at all. IMO they were all good except for Windows Vista.

44. medicci37 posted on 23 May 2012, 14:55 0 0

Windows 7 is adequate. Nothing more. & If it wasn't for MS's monopoly & underhanded tactics, they wouldn't have such a large market share. There needs to be more competition in the desktop is market. But that won't happen because of MS's patents & BS lawsuits. Part of the reason PC sales are so low is because they don't innovate, like mobile. That's why windows can't compete on mobile os's

9. TR0LL (banned) posted on 23 May 2012, 05:44 7 3

Meant to say ios not Os. Cause its not a full OS yet.
Wait another 4 to 6 years till its matured full OS....

24. jitsin posted on 23 May 2012, 07:35 3 3

Live with your rooted slow cool aid of android. The basic problem with android owners is that they think that they are geeks, how does rooting your phone make you a geek, its just another app or set of instructions by someone else that you follow and do. Basically to furthur slow down your already pathetic phone. I say thins after coming and mastering from android for 1.5 years

39. simplyj posted on 23 May 2012, 09:14 4 0

The article is about Windows 8, the desktop OS.

Stop trolling.

40. TROLL.ISAHA (banned) posted on 23 May 2012, 10:14 0 0

O is it windows or for the lumia 900 or laptop pcs! Silly me

41. TR0LL (banned) posted on 23 May 2012, 10:18 0 0

Im not trolling.... Personal use and experience....

43. skyline100 posted on 23 May 2012, 11:32 0 0

Dafaq, did you even read the article? What you're talking about is the Windows Phone 7, now we're talking about Windows 8, not the phone OS.

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36. tedkord posted on 23 May 2012, 08:28 2 0

Windows is struggling? With 93% market share? I think you're confusing Windows 8 with Windows Phone 8. They'll be integrated, but Balmer isn't talking only phones, he's talking desktops and laptops and servers, etc...

500 million isn't unreasonable with MS's current base.

25. jitsin posted on 23 May 2012, 07:36 1 3

The same guy who has kept mac os to 7% as opposed to 93 % of windows !!

35. tedkord posted on 23 May 2012, 08:26 0 0

That's not hard to do. He inherited that, and so long as OSx remains locked to only Apple products, and Windows can be installed on ANY hardware, it's almost impossible for it to not dominate. The only OS that could possibly unseat Windows would be one that could also be installed anywhere, and great performance and user friendliness.

15. TROLL.ISAHA (banned) posted on 23 May 2012, 07:01 6 0

That's good....

18. I.P.H.O.N.E (banned) posted on 23 May 2012, 07:11 3 1

Yeap.

19. GENARAL.LEVY (banned) posted on 23 May 2012, 07:15 2 0

Eye2.

21. GENARAL.LEVY (banned) posted on 23 May 2012, 07:18 3 2

So many thumb down on all windows article.

26. jitsin posted on 23 May 2012, 07:37 4 0

Not article but Phandroid comments

30. GENARAL.FUJITA (banned) posted on 23 May 2012, 08:02 1 0

Dam rite.

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27. jitsin posted on 23 May 2012, 07:39 0 3

Anyways i think that does the Job !

31. GENARAL.FUJITA (banned) posted on 23 May 2012, 08:03 2 0

No it Dosnt.

37. tedkord posted on 23 May 2012, 08:30 0 0

98 rocked? I mean, it wasn't ME, but rocked?

45. remixfa posted on 23 May 2012, 15:10 0 0

windows 98 was one of.. if not THE. the most stable build they ever produced by the time they updated it. If its second, its second only to final release of XP. regardless ME and Vista were horrible wastes of space. lol

28. jitsin posted on 23 May 2012, 07:41 0 2

I can see that.

33. GENARAL.FUJITA (banned) posted on 23 May 2012, 08:06 1 0

Good.

32. GENARAL.FUJITA (banned) posted on 23 May 2012, 08:05 0 0

How many minutes did that take u to write?

38. shadez10 posted on 23 May 2012, 08:49 0 0

Copy and Paste magic... not familiar to it?.. xD