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Windows 8 also has a nice API for it so that apps are aware of it and can prompt for big downloads or disable automatic syncing. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-u
by recoiledsnake 14y ago
Windows 8 also has a nice API for it so that apps are aware of it and can prompt for big downloads or disable automatic syncing.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh750310.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh75031...
I think it makes sense that Apple is not very interested in making new features for OS X. They make only a tiny fraction of their profits from it and Mac sales have been down close to 20% from last year. To use Jobs' post-PC analogy, Why invest in making better trucks if you think the world is moving towards cars?
Meanwhile, Windows is Microsoft's bread and butter.
- thomasjoulin 14y agoYet, they produced the Macbook Air, when they were actively working on the iPad, and the world was moving towards mobile. Also your argument that Apple is not very interested in making features for OS X falls when they announced last year that they will move the yearly release cycles.
- nsmartt 14y agoThe Air is arguably a push in the mobile direction.
- niggler 14y agoI'd argue that Office is Microsoft's bread and butter. Check the Operating Income figures from the last quarter -- $3.565B for Office compared to $3.296B for Windows: https://www.microsoft.com/investor/EarningsAndFinancials/Earnings/PressReleaseAndWebcast/FY13/Q2/default.aspx https://www.microsoft.com/investor/EarningsAndFinancials/Ear...
- recoiledsnake 14y agoIf people switch to Chromebooks or iPads, Office revenue will also suffer along with Windows.
- niggler 14y agoThey are trying to get into the mobile game: https://office.microsoft.com/en-us/web-apps/ https://office.microsoft.com/en-us/web-apps/ However, these are strictly inferior to the desktop versions (for example, web Excel doesn't support array formulae)