This is hardly the first time Microsoft has gone out bigtime for a launch... y'all remember this one, right?
Posted on 10/23/2016 8:29:45 PM PDT by dayglored
Microsoft is set to unveil a bunch of new hardware on Wednesday, with the star attraction likely to be a new Surface PC to compete with Apple's all-in-one iMac.
Microsoft is billing this event as the future of Windows 10. That's not surprising: The reason Microsoft got into the Surface business in the first place was to push Windows forward into a touchscreen future, whether PC manufacturers wanted it or not.
But we're fast approaching a moment in time where Microsoft is going to have to do more than introduce new kinds of PCs if it wants Windows, first introduced in 1985, to stay relevant for the next three decades.
The PC industry is shrinking and Windows is increasingly irrelevant in a mobile world ruled by Apple's iOS and Google's Android. Even worse, Microsoft's own attempts to break into the smartphone realm have landed with a resounding "thud," exacerbating the slow decline of the Windows business (fortunately for Microsoft, its cloud and productivity businesses are exploding, propelling the company's stock to new highs).
It's gotten to the point where some, like Infoworld Editor-in-Chief Eric Knorr, have openly wondered whether it would be best if Microsoft put Windows out to pasture now, rather than let it bleed out slowly over the next few years as the world passes it on by.
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This is hardly the first time Microsoft has gone out bigtime for a launch... y'all remember this one, right?
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I wasn’t there for XP but I was there for Win-95.
XP was the greatest OS ever.
Hope it is better than my Surface Pro 4. It is just AWFUL!!! WORSTDEVICE I HAVE EVER BOUGHT.
Hope it is better than my Surface Pro 4. It is just AWFUL!!! WORSTDEVICE I HAVE EVER BOUGHT.
I’m never t so sure the PC business is dead but perhaps Microsofts role in it given 3 of the last 4 OSes suck.
I agree 1oo%. Made IOS look like 8-bit Atari.
Not so sure, I mean.
The Surface line is outstanding. Much better than anything out there.
Love my surface pro 3
The SSDs, the combo touch-type, etc. Can’t go back to anything else. Been salivating over a Surface Book but will wait to see what the new thing is.
2000 Pro was.
:D
MS has ignored the fact that many users use PCs for productivity and not the glitz and glitter of mobile and tablet connections.
MS is ignoring a large segment of PC users — those who have significant reasons for still using XP and Win7, for example.
I actually started productivity with Windows 3.0, after using a couple of other OS’s that went by the wayside.
I did play around some with Win 1.0 and 2.0. They seemed to be just glorified menuing systems and too proprietary.
Before windows 95 windows 1, 2 and 3 were just gui shells overlaying the dos o/s.
Had a surface rt. Was really nice till ghost touching started after updates. Nokia didn’t allow Verizon to replace it under warranty and then sold to Microsoft and MS blew me off. I sent it in three times. No more surface for me.
Wrong. Slackware is.
I do not and will not "do" touch. I use my PX with the minitors 3+ feet away.
What a klutz company, now trying to boost 10 up by coercing users that do not do "touch" crap?
I was there for the Win95 launch. I had just gone from a vendor (consultant) badge to a blue badge. Found myself on a company hired bus with a box lunch in my lap and on the way to Tacoma Dome for the big whoop de do.
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