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What exactly do you mean by "Surface-like" devices? You mean more touch-oriented devices? In that case, I'm pretty sure Android will be the one dominating: htt
by devx 13y ago
What exactly do you mean by "Surface-like" devices? You mean more touch-oriented devices? In that case, I'm pretty sure Android will be the one dominating:
http://www.businessinsider.com/microsofts-biggest-problem-in-one-chart-2013-9 http://www.businessinsider.com/microsofts-biggest-problem-in...
If you're talking about "also having desktop mode", Microsoft is only going to push that into the background with each new version of Windows, until desktop mode becomes like DOS - dead and buried.
- MLR 13y agoI was thinking more of running a full desktop OS on a tablet device yeah, I think MS will be smart enough to keep it around, it's a very good feature.
- EpicEng 13y agoA "full desktop OS" on hardware which lacks the horsepower, input mechanisms, and screen real estate required to compete with desktop gaming systems.
- MLR 13y agoThe very first version of the Surface Pro can run most Source engine games fairly well at the moment, and that's a situation which will improve rapidly if they keep iterating. As to input mechanisms and screen real estate, it's still a Windows PC, that means it comes with all the advantages of one.
- EpicEng 13y agoThe important bit is that it's not a system any serious gamer would ver consider using, even if t could handle modern games.