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Re:MS to Give Windows 10 a ‘Modern’ Overhaul with Light Weig... by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Monday January 29, 2018 @11:17AM (#16258327)
Thing is, in order to make this kind of cut over, you have to offer something in the new thing that the old thing doesn't have. In order for this to happen, Polaris will probably have to be much faster or MS will have to intentionally cripple regular Windows 10, if only by not supporting it with the same updates.
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Re:MS to Give Windows 10 a ‘Modern’ Overhaul with Light Weig... by bitwize on Monday January 29, 2018 @11:26AM (#16258382)
Polaris could also introduce new APIs (DX13, HoloLens 2.0, etc.) that will only work in the UWP layer and be inaccessible from Win32.
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Re:MS to Give Windows 10 a ‘Modern’ Overhaul with Light Weig... by Narishma on Monday January 29, 2018 @11:54AM (#16258637)
The more likely scenario is that nobody will end up using those APIs, especially if there are alternatives like Vulkan that work on older Windows versions.
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Re:MS to Give Windows 10 a ‘Modern’ Overhaul with Light Weig... by pjmlp on Friday February 02, 2018 @04:08AM (#16289347)
I remember when everyone was supposed to go GNU/Linux because DX 10 was Vista only while OpenGL was everywhere, so yeah, right.
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Re:MS to Give Windows 10 a ‘Modern’ Overhaul with Light Weig... by jblow on Monday January 29, 2018 @11:47AM (#16258575)
That would kill HoloLens and DX13.
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Re:MS to Give Windows 10 a ‘Modern’ Overhaul with Light Weig... by bitwize on Friday February 02, 2018 @07:11PM (#16295286)
Not if Microsoft buys Valve!
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Re:MS to Give Windows 10 a ‘Modern’ Overhaul with Light Weig... by megaman22 on Monday January 29, 2018 @10:43PM (#16262745)
What are the stats on even DX12 penetration?

I still encounter a fair numver of new games that are built on DX9, not even DX11.

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Re:MS to Give Windows 10 a ‘Modern’ Overhaul with Light Weig... by socrates666 on Monday January 29, 2018 @11:24AM (#16258370)
Exactly this. If one hand taketh away...the other better give something equally awesome.

Brb gonna go play more overwatch.

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