Posted on 01/01/2014 3:59:47 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Fearing rapidly plummeting sales of traditional laptops and desktop computers -- which collapsed by as much as 10 percent in 2013 -- manufacturers are planning a revolution against Microsoft and the standard Windows operating system, analysts say.
At the mammoth Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in early January, multiple computer makers will unveil systems that simultaneously run two different operating systems, both Windows and the Android OS that powers many of the world’s tablets and smartphones, two different analysts said recently. The new devices will be called “PC Plus” machines, explained Tim Bajarin of Creative Strategies.
"A PC Plus machine will run Windows 8.1 but will also run Android apps as well," Bajarin wrote recently for Time. "They are doing this through software emulation. I'm not sure what kind of performance you can expect, but this is their way to try and bring more touch-based apps to the Windows ecosystem."
These machines will be able to switch nearly instantly between the two operating systems, according to Computerworld
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If I wanted my desktop monitor to have fingerprints smeared all over it by “dragging” items from one spot to another, I’d get an OS like my phone. Personally, I despise smeary prints all over my screen so I will stay with the OS designed for desktops and laptops, thank you.
An Android OS makes sense when there’s no real keyboard or the keyboard is really tiny. Otherwise, it sucks.
+1
And my mouse is much handier than reaching 2' to the wall where the monitor's mounted.
Considering the horsepower available, even a slow emulator on an ultrabook will a tablet look like a snail.
as to operating system emulations...
I'll be interested to see how the Droid OS is made to run on bare-metal Intel X86 pc's and server's ...
Always said Droid would be a game-changer if it ran on the desktop. That's the only real serious competition to Microsoft IMO. (I say that as an Ubuntu and Linux Mint fan, btw.)
I like windows 8 on a laptop, but fingerprints are the trade-off. I don’t get touch screen desktops, though.
I have a real keyboard for my iPad, but even so, I still use the screen features a whole lot more (like the software keyboard, etc.) ... :-) ...
I may go for the iPad Pro (the 13-inch iPad), though — instead of the 13-inch MacBook ... :-) ...
Well, all the ignorant news readers on network and satellite TV think huge panel TVs are cool and sexy.
Makes me want to just dump all my Win7 machines.
not!
I ain't changing for none of ya'll!
What would we do without the ANAL-lists?!
If they are wanting to run android apps on PCs as standard operating environment why don’t they just put a couple android compatible CPUs on the motherboard as slave CPUs and go with it. They have already standardized multiprocessor design, so take it to the next step and just put a couple as slave processors on the MB and rock n roll. All IO functions will be managed by the main processor core.
That would allow them to push PCs into the world of asymmetric multiprocessing which is a steep they have needed to take for a long time.
Yeah ... I’ll be looking for it! ... :-) ...
I’m with ya! I have an old desktop running XP and Office 2003, and am holding on to it like grim death.
So far,so good.
Even retina displays are overkill for most content on the internet and for media consumption. 4k tablets, or even 4k PCs, would be “way” overkill. Rendering very high-resolution photos would be about the only meaningful application right now or in the near future.
However, the iFanatics will eat it up, and Apple will be credited with “innovating” once again, and the stock price will hit new highs, and sales of the 4k devices will be in the multi-millions in the first week. And all of it for nothing more than Apple wanting to create a new sales cycle of their iCrap, which will still not be very capable, other than for media consumption.
It doesn't have to be. That's kind of the point. People are doing more on their smartphones and tablets than on their PC's. Why is that? Likely because they're finding free or very cheap apps that accomplish what they want to accomplish.
When you look at the cost of a smart phone vs a PC, a high-end smartphone costs more than a pc or laptop. It's only when you add the Microsoft operating system license and MS Office software and other software components deemed "must have" on a PC that the cost of a PC goes up dramatically.
Take that same basic PC that costs $600 or less, put the "free" Droid OS on it along with the Droid App Store and I think it'd be a hit. Buy the apps you want/need for pennies on the dollar compared to those for MS Windows and off you go.
Just my opinion of course.
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