(11-10-2012, 06:00 PM)Zee530 Wrote: Their idea it seems was to create a sort of 'universal OS' that will be used on both x86 and ARM machines.
That doesn't justify the creation of a new interface, framework and app format. I mean, if I have enough power on my mobile to handle a fully functional desktop with proper multitasking, why would I want that ugly app format? They should have created Contacts, Calendar and everything they felt a phone needed as regular windows applications, finally breaking this barrier between desktops and handhelds.
MS just released a Tegra 3 powered conversible tablet with Windows 8 and it features the good ol' desktop. It will be just like a desktop running Windows 8, while phones running 8 will only have this new UI/platform, which is why it was created, to bond handhelds to desktops. Still, their tablet proves they already ported Windows in its entirety for the ARM arch.. With some adjustments for small screens something like the Nexus 7 hardware would run it just fine.
I know there are limitations, I don't expect to run Dolphin on my phone, but at least they should let me try
It would be just like a netbook, it wouldn't run every Windows program, but it would do fine for light web browsing and office works, with the advantage that the Windows platform had more than 15 years to mature already, it already comes with a bunch of accessories and applications, feature good file management/browsing, and is a much more robust and organized system in general (just open Android's root folder and you will see what I mean, that thing looks like a circus, files and folder just tossed around system stuff).
I just don't get why they create this whole new interface to run on both sides (mobile and desktop), forcing everyone to start from zero and to build a community from the ground up, if they could have just taken what everyone was already used to and brought it to our pockets. The notebook industry have been doing it since it's beginning, nobody ever thought about a notebook specific OS, they always just tried to create a PC that fit into our suitcases. So why not create a PC that fits into my pocket? It just makes sense.
It is simply ridiculous, I want to run *.exe programs on my phone, Y U NO let me do that MS?
EDIT: I just saw there will be two versions of the MS Surface tablet.. The one with Tegra 3 will run only Windows RT (the idiotic windows 8 version that only comes with the dumb tile app runtime). The one that comes with Windows 8 pro (desktop version) will have an i5.
I simply can't believe such a lack of vision. Where are the Jobs and Gates of the world when you need 'em?
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