Posted on 03/31/2015 11:07:48 AM PDT by Citizen Zed
Is RT like ME?
Man, I wanted to find the developers of THAT abortion and do bad things to their pets!
This is why you don’t buy the “latest and greatest” technology right out of the gate.
Part of the problem with Windows RT is that the machines deployed with it were required to be locked down with SecureBoot. This requirement prevented alternative operating systems from being loaded, should the user wish to use something other than RT.
RT allowed apps to run, but not full programs. It left consumers very confused.
Wait, so Windows NT for other CPU architectures is dead AGAIN? (cf. Windows 2000)
This situation reminds me of the old joke about IBM’s PC jr, which was a similar disaster.
Ronald Reagan (supposedly) was asked what he thought of the PC jr. He replied, “I don’t believe in abortions.”
Who didn't see that coming?
No, it’s Windows NT, for Advanced RISC Machines—somewhat similar to Windows NT 3.x/4.0—there were several versions available: MIPS, AlphaAXP (one of the earliest 64-bit architectures), PowerPC.
A month ago I got a Winbook TW700. It runs 8.1 and will upgrade to 10 for free.
I got it to do one thing, run Cumulus software for my personal weather station and report it to several places including WeatherUnderground/weather.com
The reason? No fan and small enough to mount in a frame along with my weather station console. And at $60 a great, low cost solution.
But it worked so well I thought I could just mount the Winbook and PWS console next to each other on a side table in my living room.
It’s way too good even for that. I keep it with me everywhere. In fact I’m going to get another, maybe 2 more because mrs p6 likes it so much.
FWIW as far as I know there is NO similar software for Android and the Apple software isn’t as flexible for my use.
As well as Intel, of course.
When Windows 2000 rolled around, MS got rid of the other builds.
Obviously, there was no restriction on creating Windows NT for other CPUs—they were already working on the IA64 version (which would become Windows .NET Server 2003)
For your Windows ping list.
For your tech ping list.
Given Apple’s obsession with gay matters lately, I’m actually considering returning to the “dark side”.
Will give it a look.
Remember Windows Bob? The cartoon like operating system. That didn’t last long either.
And the stupid paper clip. I HATED that guy banging on the “inside” of my screen.
“It appears you are writing a suicide note...”
>>Given Apple’s obsession with gay matters lately, I’m actually considering returning to the “dark side”.
Will give it a look.<<
Ping to SM, just to be fair.
Wintel, Apple, they all suck.
I wish “B” would have caught on... (lol)
Or NeXT... (more lol)
Microsoft ping?
RT was pretty much dead when Surface 2 released, it never really took off. I had a Surface 1 and went to Surface 2. They both were specifically ordered with Win 8 so that I could run full programs such as Visual Studio on it. The RT build never was going to take off with the real Surface buying public; it just was too restricted.
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