08-27-2017, 12:26 PM
(08-27-2017, 09:07 AM)MarkHaysHarris777 Wrote:microsoft also seems to be holding off on implementing the windows as a service model mostly i would guess because of as you mention windows becoming a continuously less popular choice. providing windows as a service, which would require a subscription, causes an acceleration of the trend. i think both windows & linux/unix/bsd all miss the mark as relates to maintenance costs though. as in, which software is less expensive to maintain? leaving hardware costs aside, which o/s choice is the less expensive? considering many large scale corporations still run windows xp a significant group of u.s. business sees little benefit in upgrading(08-27-2017, 08:51 AM)z4v4l Wrote: Desktops will never disappear, large screens with keyboards or whatever input devices - this is all dictated by humans' "form-factor". Arm couldn't suggest an alternative for x86 here, since there was no Windows on it yet (despite MS has arm NT for long time). If MS lets Windows on arm the same way as it is for long time on x86, ARM laptopts, desktops will happen. for real. they will become common. Without Windows it's just impossible.
These tiny arm boards are PCs too. And the most thing arm PCs lack is Windows.This truth doesn't depend on someone's preferences.
Did you even look at the link I showed you? There are currently 100 billion Arm processors in the wild today; and none of them depend on Windows.
Microsoft Windows is going to go the way of the IBM 360, and the Remington typewriter; completely irrelevant today; holding on by only momentum -- but definitely in the death throws.