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Ask HN: What, do you think, Operating Systems will look like in 10 years?

• viraptor 7y ago
  Pretty much the same. We plateaued with new features some time ago. OSes 10 years ago were almost the same as now. We got more indexing / relying on content rather than paths. We moved more apps to the browser. But fundamentally, you can't do anything on W10 that wasn't possible on XP. There implementation will change - more "as a service" on both OS and app level. Disk will be more of a cache layer. (Than it already is)
  • ent101 7y ago
    "Disk will be more of a cache layer." Do you mean storage will be primarily in the cloud?
    • viraptor 7y ago
      Yes. This is already pushed heavily on mobile (Google photos ask you to upload everything so you can delete local copies and save space). It's pretty much the case for games (steam and other launchers will happily download games - larger ones already allow you to play while the rest is still being installed). Multiple platforms started offering streaming where you don't even have to install most of the game.