a revised interface that works great on both desktops/laptops and tablets
That's just it though - does it work great on desktops/laptops? Modern UI's not bad, but I don't see how it's better than the standard desktop/Start Menu combo.
True, WP7 was a major change (i.e. completely different), but then again, expecting zero changes from major OS release to major OS release is maybe expecting a bit much. It'd be interesting to compare the rate of change in MS APIs to those in GNU/Linux and OSX over similar time periods. My bet is they're not all that different when it comes to subtle changes.
From TFA, the SurfCast design looks more like Windows 1.0 than WP7. Plus, the existence of '403 is mentioned on page 2 of '632. Therefore '403 must have been considered (don't laugh) when '632 was being assessed.
Without reading the full patents (I have only one life on Earth), I'm not going to say if SurfCast is a troll. However, their website doesn't inspire confidence.
Of course they are. Their immense popularity in mobile phones and tablets, and their presence in both the DS and 3DS is such a sign of failure. Attracting enough attention fro Microsoft to port Windows to ARM is also a sign of massive failure.
Not a fair comparison - not even close. You're comparing language specs with APIs.
You'd be much better off asking about the number of versions of GTK+ (28 significant releases to date) compared to.NET (at most 8).
And I'll head off anyone mentioning.NET Compact - that's separate, and has had 4 major versions. I'll also head off.NET Micro (at most 3), Silverlight (5) and WinRT.NET (1).
but the Samsung products are very thin, almost insubstantial members of that family with unusual details on the back. They do not have the same understated and extreme simplicity which is possessed by the Apple design. They are not as cool.
As far as I can tell, the Win32 API hasn't changed all that much from the days of Windows 3.1..NET is also a stable API, as the entire 2.0 API exists all the way through to 4.5. Similarly, COM has remaned fundamentally unchanged over the years. And the Silverlight API tells a similar story.
OK, so now we have WinRT. It uses XAML and C#/VB (like WPF and Silverlight), or it can use C++. It sits on top of both.NET and Win32 (.NET also sits on Win32). What's more, the latest Visual Studio supports all these APIs equally.
Besides, Windows on ARM can work - WinCE's been doing well enough over the years.
I won't;) I've seen WinCE, even written some (very very basic demo) apps for it. If you want a good looking app, it's horrible to develop. If you want easy to develop, the result looks so bad you'll wish to have your eyes removed.
nor are developers flocking to i since Microsoft is now screwing over developers
What, by designing WinRT to use the same languages and devtools as WPF and Silverlight? By providing one of the best IDEs on the market today? By providing whole SDKs for free?
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You do know the XBox works without having to connect to Live, yes? And the only thing you have to agree to is your energy supplier's contract?
Asus Transformer.
Then don't use WinRT, use the full Win8.
a revised interface that works great on both desktops/laptops and tablets
That's just it though - does it work great on desktops/laptops? Modern UI's not bad, but I don't see how it's better than the standard desktop/Start Menu combo.
True, WP7 was a major change (i.e. completely different), but then again, expecting zero changes from major OS release to major OS release is maybe expecting a bit much. It'd be interesting to compare the rate of change in MS APIs to those in GNU/Linux and OSX over similar time periods. My bet is they're not all that different when it comes to subtle changes.
WP7 was released Feb 2010, and probably previewed in the months leading to that point.
From TFA, the SurfCast design looks more like Windows 1.0 than WP7. Plus, the existence of '403 is mentioned on page 2 of '632. Therefore '403 must have been considered (don't laugh) when '632 was being assessed.
Without reading the full patents (I have only one life on Earth), I'm not going to say if SurfCast is a troll. However, their website doesn't inspire confidence.
Mods, do your thing.
Didn't seem that way; maybe it was too subtle for me right now (distracted by more important things at the time of posting).
Says someone whose obviously never worked with MS APIs.
ARM is fucked
Of course they are. Their immense popularity in mobile phones and tablets, and their presence in both the DS and 3DS is such a sign of failure. Attracting enough attention fro Microsoft to port Windows to ARM is also a sign of massive failure.
Have I broken your sarcasm detector yet?
You mean that whole debacle caused by a faked research paper? Doesn't sound like some BigPharma conspiracy to me.
These idiots
Didn't stop the TB/MMR jabs.
You do the same you do with Win7 - you don't pin them.
Apple didn't have to quote the judge. They could have just said Samsung didn't infringe and leave it at that.
Not a fair comparison - not even close. You're comparing language specs with APIs.
You'd be much better off asking about the number of versions of GTK+ (28 significant releases to date) compared to .NET (at most 8).
And I'll head off anyone mentioning .NET Compact - that's separate, and has had 4 major versions. I'll also head off .NET Micro (at most 3), Silverlight (5) and WinRT.NET (1).
Nah, we'd never be able to deport him, even after all the small-time torrenters we handed to the US even though they broke no laws there.
but the Samsung products are very thin, almost insubstantial members of that family with unusual details on the back. They do not have the same understated and extreme simplicity which is possessed by the Apple design. They are not as cool.
Wikipedia writes the final article describing Wikipedia itself
Hurry - that final article already exists... Though you really need the Scooty Puff Snr if you want to succeed.
As far as I can tell, the Win32 API hasn't changed all that much from the days of Windows 3.1. .NET is also a stable API, as the entire 2.0 API exists all the way through to 4.5. Similarly, COM has remaned fundamentally unchanged over the years. And the Silverlight API tells a similar story.
OK, so now we have WinRT. It uses XAML and C#/VB (like WPF and Silverlight), or it can use C++. It sits on top of both .NET and Win32 (.NET also sits on Win32). What's more, the latest Visual Studio supports all these APIs equally.
Besides, Windows on ARM can work - WinCE's been doing well enough over the years.
I won't ;) I've seen WinCE, even written some (very very basic demo) apps for it. If you want a good looking app, it's horrible to develop. If you want easy to develop, the result looks so bad you'll wish to have your eyes removed.
windows 8 (and forward) on intel CAN be that replacement.
For a lot of users, that may be the case. However, there will always be a market for high-power desktops.
Personally, I see Win8 tablets as laptop replacements much more than desktop replacements.
nor are developers flocking to i since Microsoft is now screwing over developers
What, by designing WinRT to use the same languages and devtools as WPF and Silverlight? By providing one of the best IDEs on the market today? By providing whole SDKs for free?
How is it different in the book? I've not read it for a while.