Windows 8 chief leaves

windows 8 suck so hard. that is all.

It is really good for tablet designs. Windows phone 8 and Windows 8 are actually not the same OS's. Some of the core programming is compatible with one another but they are 2 different OS's. Windows 8 is a great OS for hybrid tablet/ultrabook devices. I will stick with windows 7 on my PC until there is a big reason to upgrade.

Microsoft has done plenty of stupid things in the past decade but Windows 8 is definitely in the top 3. That probably has something to do with this guy being fired.

@obsequies @naryanrobinson Why would he want a mac? any one with sense is not going to fork out for a mac because of the fact you could pay over a grand for a mac but you could get a more powerful windows pc for cheaper. people that don't buy macs its nothing to do with affording them and everything to do with not wasting there money.

What I don't like is how microsoft forces things down to us.

Whats so great about Windows 8? Serious question ( i know it rhymed and all). I just hate the design, Windows 7 and even Vista were real sleek this just looks like a bunches of ugly boxes on the screen. Maybe for a touch screen, but on my desktop? naw. But let me know what makes it better than 7

no wonder...

win 8 are a big pile of shit

Kinda looks like Bruce Willis' brother

Windows 8 is gonna "die hard"

Problem I have with windows 8 is that it has no chance in the places it's primarily designed for. Cell phones? LOL ya right windows nice joke...oh you were serious about actually trying to shave market share off apple/android phones. Tablets? Well I mean you have a shot of splitting the bottom with android but you actually think you are going to come anywhere near the IPAD? LOL The people the OS was least optimized for (desktop/laptop) are the ones going to be stuck with this this thing long after the windows phones/tablets crash and burn.

I mean windows 8 isn't Windows ME bad or anything but it's just a very fragmented awkward OS that feels like you are running two different operating systems on top of each other (traditional windows and the "not" metro) that have very tenuous connections with each other. In some instances the two feel completely disconnected from each other like opening a browser inside the traditional windows environment is completely different then opening the browser in "not" metro. It just feels clunky to me and less intuitive to those already who are intimately familiar with how windows normally worked in the past. It just feels like change for the sake of change with no real purpose in mind other then to try and break windows into the cell phone/tablet market they have no hope in breaking into.

Dont cry about Windows 8 until you try it.

I had a big cry when i heard about it and that it was touch screen, but u can use it just like you use ur PC now with Windows 7 or earler anyway so dont stress, it just adds more u can do with it if u wanted to. Give it a chance it really is good.

I was a sceptic but now im a believer.

Its great and what u see of it in videos is just the start menu, u can go back to your desktop view any time.

@naryanrobinson wow I'm glad I don't have to put up with such losers like you in real life..later

@naryanrobinson if you're wanting someone to argue with go talk to your mom

@naryanrobinson I know you are but what am I?

@naryanrobinson I didn't even read the story you just wrote, you're obviously an ignorant moron who either can't afford a mac, are too stupid to use linux or can't figure out how to make a hackintosh so you lump anyone who says windows is a piece of garbage into one category and rant about it..grow up open your eyes you loser. Am I going to use windows 8...um yeah anyone who is involved in computers is going to have to use it it somewhere along the line..am I able to admit that windows has always been inferior in ways to osx and linux..yes because I'm not some lunatic

Why anyone would want a mobile operating system on a laptop or desk top is beyond me.

I think the part where he was unveiling this and it froze during the demonstration was a little foreshadowing for was was and is to come. :)

Why aren't there more competing operating systems for PC so that we don't always have to be at the mercy of Microsoft's poor quality products?

Samsung grabbed him right away

Shhh..quiet. Apple HIRED him. hahahahaha.

It was popular to hate on Vista but I loved it. I got it on a new PC and it ran like a charm. As of right now, I don't see the appeal of a Windows 8 "upgrade" for my home PC running Windows 7.

Well no one's surprised by this really. I've only seen negative word of mouth regarding Win 8 wherever I go, not that this is surprising; the theory about every other OS being crap is pretty true.

Win 8 - bad

Win 7 - Good

Win Vista - Holy mother of bad

Win XP - great

Win ME - bad

Win 98 - good

etc. etc.

he bailed after he found out it was going to fail. :P

A Captain should sink with his ship.

That picture basically shows us what it would have been like to have Bruce Willis in Star Trek.

Windows 8 = Piece of Shit.

Leonard Nimoy probably kicked his ass for stealing his signature shirt.

Given the well-documented tensions between him and Ballmer, he was probably only planning on staying through the Windows 8 launch window. Now that it's over, he's free to leave.

I have used windows 8 quite a bit now, but don't really like it on my laptop. On a tablet it works great though.