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On Microsoft's homepage (e.g. for a primary consumer focus), they list Windows behind Office 365 and behind the Xbox and Surface. For corporate use, they are p
by dwaite 5y ago
On Microsoft's homepage (e.g. for a primary consumer focus), they list Windows behind Office 365 and behind the Xbox and Surface.
For corporate use, they are pushing seats for O365 and other hosted services as well as selling Azure-based hosting.
The loss of the mobile phone market and hits to the low end by Chrome OS means that pursuing a platform lock-in strategy is no longer viable.
- garaetjjte 5y ago>On Microsoft's homepage (e.g. for a primary consumer focus), they list Windows behind Office 365 and behind the Xbox and Surface. Windows consumer revenue comes from preinstalled licenses, they don't need to advertise it directly. M1 Windows port would be admitting defeat and kill Surface. For Office, they already have MacOS version of it.
- kergonath 5y agoIf they enable something like Boot Camp, those OEM licences would just be replaced by consumer ones, I am not sure it’d be much worse in terms of bottom line. Their Surface line has already tons of of competition from all the Wintel manufacturers anyway.
- philistine 5y agoWhen you say it would kill Surface, are you 100% sure that all those corporatey types would stop buying those machines? Kill is a strong word.
- zamadatix 5y agoThe platform lock-in strategy being no longer viable seems like a reason Windows wouldn't be ported, after all it IS the platform. Things like Office are already available for macOS and Apple isn't going to sell MS the M1 for Surface laptops.