Microsoft is taking a second stab at one of its biggest fail

Christian
by Christian · 6 posts
7 years ago in Off Topic
Posted 7 years ago · Author
Microsoft would probably like you to forget about Windows RT.

The company's 2012 attempt at creating a "lite" version of its Windows operating system — the poorly received Windows 8, to be specific — Windows RT ran only on simplified ARM processors, the same kind of internal chips that power smartphones and tablets.

As a result, the devices that ran Windows RT worked only with the mobile-friendly apps in Microsoft's app store. There was a desktop mode that ran modified versions of some legacy apps (aka x86 apps) you'd download from the web, but it wasn't the same as the full Windows experience people had come to expect — and need.

It didn't go over well. Microsoft was eager to have Windows latch onto the mobile boom it missed, but RT's app support was weak, many of those apps were more limited than their regular counterparts, and the Windows RT branding led to confusion over exactly what the OS was meant to be. It fizzled in two years.

But Microsoft is trying again. There's Windows 10 S, for one, which the company unveiled earlier this month. Like Windows RT, it's a modified OS lets you download only apps from the Windows app store — though Microsoft has made more of an effort to get traditional apps to work within those confines.

Windows 10 S devices still work with desktop processors, though (i.e., those from Intel and, to a lesser extent, AMD). The more apt connection to Windows RT is Microsoft's renewed interest in putting Windows on a mobile, ARM-based chip.

You can read more here................http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-windows-on-snapdragon-arm-laptops-announced-2017-5
Posted 7 years ago
agreed... cause they try to do so many thing.. depend on old computer sometime it wont work unless you spent money on making it better pc.. some people dont have time for that.. so depending how thing work... go head and try but many pc can be different copy window 8 to window 10.... putting piece to piece same into window 10.. wont work out so good. so i agreed!
Posted 7 years ago · Author
my thing is this, they should have fixed the issue a long time ago instead of launching a new windows.. so now you wana do your homework why? because its what good for business bullshit!! i remember windows RT. God it sucked!! anyway its there money ik i wont be buying shit else from microsoft period.
Posted 7 years ago
Its rare that Microsoft fixes anything properly. Each win they make, its like a hit or miss, and then you wait till the next one to come out.

@Don - I think I heard of bob, lol but never used it. Name is funny tho.
Posted 7 years ago
Well Now UpDATE: Windows 10 and Google Chrome COmpatability....

Is anyone else having problems with windows 10 and google chrome coexisting as I am having alot of drops or freeze ups as I was reading about this on the web about them conflicting Windows wants you to get away from using google chrome and utilizing thier own search window. Options...Suggestions???


ES :katheart3:

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