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"Windows RT will not run any desktop Windows applications beyond the applications that are bundled with the operating system. Bundled applications include virtu
by Aardwolf 14y ago
"Windows RT will not run any desktop Windows applications beyond the applications that are bundled with the operating system. Bundled applications include virtually every single desktop application found in Windows 8—Paint, WordPad, etc.—except for Windows Media Player."
Ok, this I really, really, do not understand.
Playing media is a large use case of mobile devices. Why the heck would they sell a mobile device that cannot play movies?
- moron 14y agoIndeed, it would be crazy to sell a mobile device that can't play video. But what you quoted doesn't say that -- it says that Windows Media Player does not run in the "desktop mode" of this device.
- joenathan 14y agoThere is a Metro media player via Xbox Music and Xbox Video, of which there is no desktop counterpart in RT just Metro versions.