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Microsoft: No Windows 8 ARM Support For x86 Apps
jcombel writes "It turns out Microsoft's app compatibility will be limited to one architecture or another. Yes, Windows 8 will run on your ARM tablet, but your x86 Office 2003 will not. In his explanation, Steven Sinofsky reasoned, 'If we allow the world of x86 application support like that, or based on what we call desktop apps in our start yesterday, then there are real challenges in some of the value propositions for system on a chip,' he said. 'You know, will battery life be as good, for example? Well, those applications aren't written to be really great in the face of limited battery constraints, which is a value proposition of the Metro style apps.'"
Oh you don't need to break out the popcorn as i saw EXACTLY what this trainwreck is gonna do last Xmas. See there was this place selling "Windows netbooks" with in tiny print "Windows Compact Edition" but since it looks like XP and consumers have no fucking clue what any of that means they sold out on a "first come first served no refunds" sale. So what happened?
They were dumped en mass on Craigslist when folks found they couldn't run Win apps and that is EXACTLY what is gonna happen with this moronic clusterfuck. When folks see the word Windows they are gonna rightly assume that it actually runs WINDOWS PROGRAMS because if it don't? Then why would they buy Windows? hell they could just run Android or buy an Apple iDevice!
The only nice thing I predict that will come from the massive trainwreck that Win 8 is shaping up to be, complete with retailers having masses of ARM Win devices they'll have to take a Touchpad sized bath on, is that FINALLY Ballmer will end up forced to "pursue other interests" and hopefully they can get Ozzie back or maybe one of the Office guys to take the helm and right the ship. Because this is just another example of Ballmer having a raging hard on for his competitors and completely ignoring his companies strengths and weaknesses trying to play "Me too! Ohhhh me too!" and it WILL come back to bite him in his sweaty monkey ass.
ACs don't waste your time replying, your posts are never seen by me.