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I don't want some simulation, I want the same OS running on my phone. Phones have been powerful enough for a while to run real OSs.
by imaginenore 10y ago
I don't want some simulation, I want the same OS running on my phone. Phones have been powerful enough for a while to run real OSs.
- sokoloff 10y agoPhone CPUs are (often barely). Phone batteries generally aren't.
- Retric 10y agoIf your connected to a docking station for monitor access then you don't need to worry about battery life. Other than that windows does not really take much power in laptop mode. Smartphones have surpassed low end laptops for a while in CPU / RAM. It's just not an x86 CPU.
- sokoloff 10y agoIf my mobile phone has to be docked for most of the day, it loses most of its value and mobility.
- Gustomaximus 10y agoThe idea is it's docked when you're stationary, and mobile when you are. It fits what your doing.
- sokoloff 10y agoIt doesn't fit what I'm doing if what I'm doing is being mobile and want my phone to last 18-36 hours with reasonable battery size and weight.
- Retric 10y agoIf you mean the normal smartphone 2-3days standby + 6 hours use then that's a non issue with a standard desktop OS (Win, OS X, Linux). The problem in making a laptop OS usable with a smartphone form factor. If you want 18+ hours watching YouTube then nobody does that in a cellphone form factor.
- sokoloff 10y agoI'm skeptical, as my current iPhone 5S can't manage 2 full days without charging, usually in wifi range, and very little video. Mail, calendar, iMessage, light web, probably less than 20 minutes talk per day on average. Granted, it's 2 years old (or so), but I have to believe that Apple developed iOS with an eye towards optimizing battery life rather than adapting the UI of OSX.