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Windows 11 seems to be a targeted competitor of iPad OS and just pretending desktops don't exist anymore. Hard to see the thinking in Microsoft's strategy here.
by mike_d 5y ago
Windows 11 seems to be a targeted competitor of iPad OS and just pretending desktops don't exist anymore. Hard to see the thinking in Microsoft's strategy here.
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- hulitu 5y agoBut they are working hard on it. So hard that they ignore all the bugs in Office 365 and just built the latest and (not so) greatest windows.
- hughrr 5y agoThey ignore all the bugs in everything. Feels like there’s a skeleton crew at MSFT just applying new turd polish and that’s it.
- pjmlp 5y agoWorse, it seems to be full of new hires (good for the people in question, nothing against them), that management just gets them lose with fresh blood ideas without any background on Windows development.
- nicbou 5y agoEspecially when there are no mobile replacements available for Windows.
- hnbad 5y agoMeanwhile here I am on Windows 11 (via the dev channel) living the best life with my touch laptop that I use both for work and leisure. Can you explain what makes you think Windows 11 "pretends desktops don't exist anymore"? If it's the product line-up revealed at this Surface event: the Surface line is explicitly a line of touch devices, so the focus on mobility seems on par.
- mike_d 5y agoYou actually hit the nail on the head. Touch devices do not make up the majority of existing Windows devices. My 43" monitor is never going to be touch. It is like if Apple decided that a third of all interactions on the next iPad OS would require you to plug in a mouse.
- hnbad 5y agoFWIW I very rarely use touch and certainly not for interacting with the OS on a daily basis. Most of the time I use the touch support for sketching or highlighting with the pen. My pairs of external monitors at home and in the office are also non-touch.