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I'm referring to operating systems as a whole. People are spending less time using Windows devices and more time using smartphones and tablets. I'd love to use
by pwthornton 14y ago
I'm referring to operating systems as a whole. People are spending less time using Windows devices and more time using smartphones and tablets. I'd love to use Office with syncing on my iPad, but that's not an option, so I have to find other ways to do these tasks. OS X market share is growing, but that's not what I'm referring to.
Ten years ago, almost everyone's computing time was spent on Windows. Now even people who use Windows desktops/laptops have iPads, Android phones, etc.
- dhaivatpandya 14y agoThat makes sense.
- shurcooL 14y agoIf you're in US, you could use OnLive Desktop for Office on tablets.
- josteink 14y agoThat's a workaround, and a US-only one so, for those who are very, very eager to run Office. It's not a natural first option for writing documents if you're on a device which already has Google Docs, Polaris Office, Kingsoft Office or anything like that. In fact, most people will probably never even consider it an option. At least not until Microsoft provides a native version of Office for their preferred procrastination platform. And kids growing up these days spend more (most?) of their time on mobile devices, running iOS or Android, or when on a laptop, 99% of the time in a browser. The time when people grew up and learnt Microsoft by default is definitely over. These days you can actually grow up, learn computers and internet without ever once using Microsoft software. It's not that far fetched. This is Microsoft's problem. They can no longer claim to be the one default everyone knows, uses and are familiar with (and hence prefer).