kublikhan wrote:Anyway, you might want to at least look at Windows Lite to see if it meets your needs Outcast_Searcher. Although it is not ready yet so it's mostly rumors at this point.
Thanks kub. That sounds interesting.
I don't like to try and rely on "mostly rumors", especially from Microsoft. I pretty much lost confidence in their promises during the Vista fiasco (where I just skipped buying a PC or OS (and waited and WAITED) until Win 7 was ready, there were so many issues with Vista).
Their quality fiascos and Windows 10 spyware situation haven't helped any, IMO. Nor their consistent lack of meaningful backward compatibility.
IF/WHEN Windows Lite happens, and the reviews are good, I'll take a look. Meanwhile, the greatly stripped down nature of it says I'll still be using old Windows machines to do my offline work, and play my games, anyway. (At least as long as I can get Windows 7 and XP to run on existing old hardware for cheap).
Given the apparent inherent security advantage, simplicity, etc. with Chrome OS, I'll believe Windows Lite is "a Chrome OS killer" being more than a marketing statement when I see objective reviews claiming that and decide to evaluate it myself.
And I'm just a random former computer geek (grown lazy and old). How in the HELL do serious corporations do IT planning around the way Microsoft seems to be marketing its future OS plans (i.e. mostly rumor for crissakes)?
It looks like it will take me less than a few hundred bucks to get a decent powered Chromebook to do some decent evaluation and experiments, and at least have a potential alternative come a year from now, if I'm still on the fence. I'm sure not enthralled with the mainstream choices I took a quick look at today, like macOS.