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Archaic? Matter of opinion, but I don't see anything at all that gives that impression. The only thing I came away with was an amusing question about how Apple

Archaic? Matter of opinion, but I don't see anything at all that gives that impression. The only thing I came away with was an amusing question about how Apple is going to reconcile iOS with Mac OS someday, like Microsoft has already been working on / done for years

dkonofalski 9y ago
I might be in the minority here, but Microsoft hasn't "reconciled" a damn thing with the different versions of Windows. Instead of getting a great, consistent experience on multiple devices, they've gotten a half-baked, schizophrenic experience on them.
eltoozero 9y ago
Tablet "mode" does not make a seamless tablet experience. Case in point: I'm an IT guy meeting another vendor in the field mid-day. He pulls a dead surface from his bag and is now looking for an outlet, I pull my iPad, which hasn't been charged in a week, and it's at %20 but still good for the rest of the day. What good is a mobile computer with a dead battery?
- rhodysurf 9y ago
  Your point makes no sense. If I didnt recharge my iPad it would be just as dead. Not to mention, the surface takes weeks to die while hibernating
2muchcoffeeman 9y ago
I don't know why you need to reconcile them. Should MS reconcile the XBox with the PC? I think because the overlap between the usage of a tablet and a PC is so great, people think there should be some sort of convergence. So long as everything uses the same methods of communication, file formats, protocols etc everything will be ok. For most people, software is also solved. Everything is a web app. So what's really missing?
- mynameisvlad 9y ago
  > Should MS reconcile the XBox with the PC? Uhh. We have. A while ago. The Xbox One ran Windows 8 until IIRC last year when it got upgraded to Windows 10. UWP apps are just that, universal across PCs, phones, Xbox One and HoloLens.
  - 2muchcoffeeman 9y ago
    That's not really what I meant. You don't buy an Xbox and then write essays or do your taxes on it do you? You play games and maybe watch some movies. Doesn't matter that Excel will launch.

dkonofalski 9y ago

I might be in the minority here, but Microsoft hasn't "reconciled" a damn thing with the different versions of Windows. Instead of getting a great, consistent experience on multiple devices, they've gotten a half-baked, schizophrenic experience on them.

eltoozero 9y ago

Tablet "mode" does not make a seamless tablet experience. Case in point: I'm an IT guy meeting another vendor in the field mid-day. He pulls a dead surface from his bag and is now looking for an outlet, I pull my iPad, which hasn't been charged in a week, and it's at %20 but still good for the rest of the day. What good is a mobile computer with a dead battery?

rhodysurf 9y ago
Your point makes no sense. If I didnt recharge my iPad it would be just as dead. Not to mention, the surface takes weeks to die while hibernating

2muchcoffeeman 9y ago

I don't know why you need to reconcile them. Should MS reconcile the XBox with the PC? I think because the overlap between the usage of a tablet and a PC is so great, people think there should be some sort of convergence. So long as everything uses the same methods of communication, file formats, protocols etc everything will be ok. For most people, software is also solved. Everything is a web app. So what's really missing?

mynameisvlad 9y ago
> Should MS reconcile the XBox with the PC? Uhh. We have. A while ago. The Xbox One ran Windows 8 until IIRC last year when it got upgraded to Windows 10. UWP apps are just that, universal across PCs, phones, Xbox One and HoloLens.
- 2muchcoffeeman 9y ago
  That's not really what I meant. You don't buy an Xbox and then write essays or do your taxes on it do you? You play games and maybe watch some movies. Doesn't matter that Excel will launch.