Re:MS to Give Windows 10 a ‘Modern’ Overhaul with Light Weig...
by WorldMaker on Monday January 29, 2018 @11:49AM
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It's also related to efforts in Xbox, HoloLens, Surface Hub, IoT, and even still relevant to Windows on phone handsets despite no indication that that is currently a main goal.
The goal has appeared to be since Windows 8 to have a modular Windows where you opt-in/buy-in to legacy backwards compatible systems as needs and hardware change. Polaris isn't so much a new idea as the next in a series of codenames for efforts that have been going on for some time.
Re:MS to Give Windows 10 a ‘Modern’ Overhaul with Light Weig...
by mdekkers on Monday January 29, 2018 @04:33PM
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This is aimed at the netbook market.
This is aimed at making the Windows Store more relevant. MS is looking to be the gatekeeper with an appstore
Re:MS to Give Windows 10 a ‘Modern’ Overhaul with Light Weig...
by tengbretson on Monday January 29, 2018 @12:09PM
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That doesn't make any sense though. The netbook market is drying up.
Re:MS to Give Windows 10 a ‘Modern’ Overhaul with Light Weig...
by tonyedgecombe on Monday January 29, 2018 @04:23PM
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The new OS will be aimed specifically at traditional form factor devices like notebooks, desktops, and 2-in-1 computers.
These machines have 64 bit processors, but not much ram (2 GB used to be common, 4 GB is a bit more common now). They also have tiny hard drives. It's possible to find machines sold today with just 32 GB drives. 64 GB is more common.
Very many people just need something as powerful as a phone but with a bigger screen and a physical keyboard.
Without MS providing something for this market they all move to Chromebooks and the Google suite.
MS have, for very many years, offered cut-down product or alternative product to home users. MS Works (a fucking awful product, especially the spreadsheet) or Outlook Express are some examples. If MS offer some kind of Office functionality, even if cut-down, we'll see a bunch of people using it.