Microsoft, capitulation and the end of Windows Everywhere

Re:Microsoft, capitulation and the end of Windows Everywhere by acqq on Tuesday July 28, 2015 @07:27PM (#9965230)

Better think in the Steve Jobs' parallel: the PCs are the trucks, the mobile devices are the cars.

Are there much more cars than trucks? Certainly yes. Are the cars making the trucks completely not needed? Certainly no.

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Re:Microsoft, capitulation and the end of Windows Everywhere by chadgeidel on Tuesday July 28, 2015 @07:34PM (#9965269)

To continue to abuse that analogy, Trucks are probably selling better now than 20 years ago because they are "cheap" luxury cars. In this analogy, perhaps the "gamer PC" is the "truck" of the computer age?

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Re:Microsoft, capitulation and the end of Windows Everywhere by ethana on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @12:25AM (#9966154)

Just so you know, trucks (F150, Silverado, RAM) have been consistently selling in the top 5 spots. The only 'car' sell at the top 5 is the Toyota Camry ;)

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Re:Microsoft, capitulation and the end of Windows Everywhere by chadgeidel on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @10:50AM (#9968990)

Yeah, I know. I was hedging with "probably" because I don't have the hard data.

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Re:Microsoft, capitulation and the end of Windows Everywhere by infectoid on Tuesday July 28, 2015 @08:51PM (#9965640)

Funny that gamers usually refer to their PC's as a rig. Kind of ties in neatly with the analogy.

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Re:Microsoft, capitulation and the end of Windows Everywhere by rbanffy on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @07:35PM (#9972367)

The analogy breaks, however, because PCs are considerably harder to operate and maintain than tablets and phones, whereas large SUVs are not significantly harder to drive than a large-ish car.

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