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Just a hot headline. Nothing will happen. Whether, Android on Surface or Winodws / Ubuntu on Nexus or something else on some other device. There is more world

by petrel 14y ago

Just a hot headline. Nothing will happen. Whether, Android on Surface or Winodws / Ubuntu on Nexus or something else on some other device. There is more world than just what Geeks do. Just a catchy headline and author have no any justified reason for it.

digitalengineer 14y ago
But there is something to it: Linux could use some Google attention and to make Android/Linux run on laptops would be something Microsoft fears if it catches on. The Samsung ChromeBook is the best selling laptop for Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Computers-Accessories-Laptop/zgbs/pc/565108 http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Computers-Accessories-Lap... Why make Chrome OS and Android? Put the effort in Android for desktop...
- kenjackson 14y ago
  At one point WP7 devices dominated the Amazon cell phone list in terms of sales. Due to the way people purchase and buy certain items (like desktops, laptops, and cellphones) -- Amazon is not a good sample. It tends to reflect niche groups that find a good deal on Amazon -- so everyone from ChromeLovers.com goes to Amazon to buy the Chromebook, but it's not really popular beyond that. "Linux could use some Google attention" -- I'm not sure if you noticed, but Google has been giving Linux its attention for the past 14 years.
  - digitalengineer 14y ago
    You've got me. I ment to say Linux/Android for regular desktopusers could use some attention. MS has released their own version of Mobile/Desktop. What if Google went the other way around and released an Android desktop version? Powerful stuff me thinks.
    - zanny 14y ago
      Why would they try to force an entire application stack that has nothing to do with windowing or full opengl and try to put it on x86? The people who don't need desktops or laptops are already using ipads and Android tablets as computing replacements. They get their web apps and that is all they want. To write emails, they might get a bluetooth keyboard. To write a document, they might use google docs. They have no use case for a full sized x86 desktop or laptop anymore. Meanwhile, productivity software like Photoshop or Sony Vegas is completely off the table for Android. Both depend on directX, and unless Google outright bought Adobe or Sony they wouldn't persuade them to rewrite the whole thing to port it. That stuff won't show up on Windows RT either, even though porting with DirectX intact would still be easier than porting to openGL. Same thing with old games. If Android x86 or just desktop ARM were put in stores tomorrow, no one would buy it. Gamers would get Windows for games, artists would get Windows for photoshop, grandparents would still buy tablets because they don't need a desktop, and businesses would still get Windows because all their shoddy business applications were written on Windows.
martinced 14y ago
"Just a hot headline. Nothing will happen." By that logic wouldn't we all still be using series S40 Nokia phones and Windows laptop?

by petrel 14y ago

digitalengineer 14y ago

But there is something to it: Linux could use some Google attention and to make Android/Linux run on laptops would be something Microsoft fears if it catches on. The Samsung ChromeBook is the best selling laptop for Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Computers-Accessories-Laptop/zgbs/pc/565108 http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Computers-Accessories-Lap... Why make Chrome OS and Android? Put the effort in Android for desktop...

kenjackson 14y ago
At one point WP7 devices dominated the Amazon cell phone list in terms of sales. Due to the way people purchase and buy certain items (like desktops, laptops, and cellphones) -- Amazon is not a good sample. It tends to reflect niche groups that find a good deal on Amazon -- so everyone from ChromeLovers.com goes to Amazon to buy the Chromebook, but it's not really popular beyond that. "Linux could use some Google attention" -- I'm not sure if you noticed, but Google has been giving Linux its attention for the past 14 years.
- digitalengineer 14y ago
  You've got me. I ment to say Linux/Android for regular desktopusers could use some attention. MS has released their own version of Mobile/Desktop. What if Google went the other way around and released an Android desktop version? Powerful stuff me thinks.
  - zanny 14y ago
    Why would they try to force an entire application stack that has nothing to do with windowing or full opengl and try to put it on x86? The people who don't need desktops or laptops are already using ipads and Android tablets as computing replacements. They get their web apps and that is all they want. To write emails, they might get a bluetooth keyboard. To write a document, they might use google docs. They have no use case for a full sized x86 desktop or laptop anymore. Meanwhile, productivity software like Photoshop or Sony Vegas is completely off the table for Android. Both depend on directX, and unless Google outright bought Adobe or Sony they wouldn't persuade them to rewrite the whole thing to port it. That stuff won't show up on Windows RT either, even though porting with DirectX intact would still be easier than porting to openGL. Same thing with old games. If Android x86 or just desktop ARM were put in stores tomorrow, no one would buy it. Gamers would get Windows for games, artists would get Windows for photoshop, grandparents would still buy tablets because they don't need a desktop, and businesses would still get Windows because all their shoddy business applications were written on Windows.

martinced 14y ago

"Just a hot headline. Nothing will happen." By that logic wouldn't we all still be using series S40 Nokia phones and Windows laptop?