Neil Gould wrote:
Blue wrote:
"...winston‫" wrote:
Stef wrote:
Came across this little blurb. chuckle, chuckle


http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/28/54...ing-experiment


What a joke as a marketing ploy. When half your customers don't
like the product, giving it away won't change that consensus. MS has
already reduced licensing frees with little or no tangible results.

MS is in denial. It needs to get its head out of the sand, and give
their desktop customers what they want: A true desktop, mouse and
keyboard version.

It would also be nice if it ran on users' current hardware and
a totally new system purchase wasn't necessary. But perhaps, I'm
dreaming, and asking too much. This IS Windows after all.

Stef



Not going to happen...the OEM's are in the driver seat..and want to
maintain margins by using current hardware.

The future market is smart devices, not desktop pcs.

For consumers, maybe. I doubt anyone that has to do heavy work with a
keyboard is going want to use their thumbs.

With the possible exception of the '80s, that is a constantly diminishing
population. Watson, Siri and their ilk will be the "keyboards" of the
future, accessed by Google glass and smart watches. People just don't need
to work the ways they did in the last century.


I can see it now. "Hey Siri, make me a web site. I sell widgets, make it
groovy. While you're at it, being as you're a multitasking broad, make
me a new OS without Metro".

If what you say is true, I wonder why Apple made this:

http://www.apple.com/mac-pro/

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Blue