News - Microsoft expects 100k Windows 8 apps in store within 90 days

[HEXUS]

To grow from 3k to 100k in just three months!

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[shaithis]

And there may even be a few popular ones that people haven't already got installed from other sources.....

Let the app store wars begin!

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

MS is trying to show off how fast their Schwartz....oops....app store has grown!!

[neonplanet40]

Tbh who cares how many. I'm more worried about how good they are. Better with 1000 excellent apps than 100,000 of pure shi**

[Loxick]

Is anyone actually looking forward to Window 8?

[Brewster0101]

So the desktop computer can now be bombarded with thousands of rubbish apps of poor quality. No doubt a portal for fraud apps too.

[neonplanet40]

I am looking forward to surface if the price is right. Other than that, not really. Perfectly happy with windows 7.

[brasco]

Agree with the quality not quantity comments, but there does need to be a large base to cover everyone's different needs. We are already bombarded with millions of crap programs via the web, so it's not like it's any different it's just packaged up somewhere you don't have to go and look.

With the amount of cash they're surfing Win8 on, it's going to get a pretty strong start. I'm not talking the tech world folk, who are completely polarized and probably don't need to change, I mean the people buying tabs, laptops and new machines, the PC worlders if you like.

Is anyone actually looking forward to Window 8?

Yup, it's perfect for me (yes, really).

[NiPPonD3nZ0]

Is anyone actually looking forward to Window 8?

Word... And i've tried it... I really did... but it defenetively SUCKS!

[J3FFW1SH]

Wait, did i just read that right - With windows 8 i'm expected to look at “Beautiful relevant and useful ads”?? WTF! guess that's why it's going to be sold so cheap...

[bazray]

95,000 fart apps and a few good ones probably

[c12038]

Sounds like an android system to me with all these apps Ermmmm microsoft might be banging on a brickwall here software infringment rights and such like

[Fraz]

Tbh who cares how many. I'm more worried about how good they are. Better with 1000 excellent apps than 100,000 of pure shi**

Totally agree. The large majority of apps on most app-stores are just worthless. In fact, less than worthless - they make it harder to find the good ones.

In reality, I doubt Apple and Google have more than a 1000 worthwhile apps between them on their respective stores.

[valhar2000]

Word... And i've tried it... I really did... but it defenetively SUCKS!

I tried it a while back and hated it. However, I've used it again recently (I am tasked with testing my company's software on it) and it is a lot better now. Not enough to warrant abandoning Windows 7, but it's decent.

[NiPPonD3nZ0]

My problem with it its not performance or stability... thats been good all along from a user point of view, but that ****ty "chimes" and "start" screen ... damn it suck bawls... :s