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They're still pretty hamstrung by Windows- they can never innovate or differentiate in software, Microsoft won't let them.
by krakensden 15y ago
They're still pretty hamstrung by Windows- they can never innovate or differentiate in software, Microsoft won't let them.
- mahyarm 15y agoThere are 30 apps that are installed in almost every laptop by OEMs, what is preventing them?
- krakensden 15y agoThey can write plugins and applets, but if you can't modify the operating system it's really easy to wind up with "you can't get there from here in Jersey" moments. Like all of those horrible network control applet replacements that were endemic a few years back.
- r0s 15y agoMaybe OEMs could present a more designy shell experience, the possibilities on windows are vast: http://windows7themes.net/windows-7-mac-theme.html http://windows7themes.net/windows-7-mac-theme.html Or maybe you mean some other way OSX is innovative, besides aesthetic?
- IanDrake 15y agoI don't understand your comment. I'm typing on a MBA running Windows 7 like a champ...what is it about Windows that's causing the problem?
- krakensden 15y agoI mean if you're HP, your Windows 7 is always going to be just the same as Dell's Windows 7. If Apple decides that they can use a new scheduling algorithm to better exploit current hardware, they can do that. Acer and Asus have to wait for Microsoft to release a patch or roll out the next version of Windows (in... N years). I'm not taking the position that Windows 7 is so intrinsically terrible that it can't support the 'ultrabook' category, just like you're not supporting the position that it couldn't be improved upon.