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Windows RT vs. Windows 8 Could Burn Consumers

Posted by Soulskill on from the grandma-wants-the-one-with-internets-in-it dept.

Nerval's Lobster writes "The Surface currently available for pre-order runs Windows RT, a version of the operating system designed to run on ARM architecture. Windows RT looks virtually identical to Windows 8, which, like previous versions of Windows, runs on the x86 architecture that dominates the laptop and desktop market. Microsoft's early marketing materials aren't exactly highlighting that differences between Windows RT and Windows 8 — and as a result, there's a high potential for unsuspecting consumers to end up burned when they buy a Windows RT tablet expecting the complete Windows experience. But Windows RT won't support legacy Windows applications — instead, users will need to hope and pray that developers port those applications to the Windows Store, the only venue for RT-supported apps. Over at The Verge, the intrepid Sean Hollister asked eight Microsoft Store representatives about the differences between Windows 8 and Windows RT, and received several confusing responses. 'To their credit, half of the representatives admitted that Windows RT wasn't as capable as Windows 8,' he wrote. 'The other half not so much. Moreover, those reps who did admit issues seemed dismissive of Windows RT as a whole.'"

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  1. Who cares? by RocketRabbit · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Consumers that are still dumb enough to buy a Windows device deserve to get burned. Microsoft has been playing the whole world as fools for many years and yet very few people actually seem to mind.

    Just look at the idiotic Iranian government, running their nuclear program on Windows. What the fuckin' fuck? I wonder when they will figure out the source of their technical issues?

    DUMMMMMMMMMMMB. Just like the rest of you Windows users.

    Microsoft is like a scabby hooker who hangs out on the corner, and you idiots are the johns who can't figure out why, even though you've gone to the doctor and had your cock-itch cured 1500 times already, you somehow keep getting a fuckin' STD. In order to feel better, you go pay the scabby hooker another $50 and you don't use a condom, and then you wonder how the heck your cock could be itchy again in the morning.

    At this point, if you buy Windows, you deserve to get burned as punishment for being stupid and for failure to learn from your mistakes.