Windows worldwide market share is stuck at 15% and falling

[hbarcellos]

I'm curious why people as so quick to discount iOS and Android as "Not proper operating systems"... It has the feel of someone in the early 80's discounting microcomputers as not real computers...

The truth is, most people use their tablet/iPad/smart phone for almost all day to day computing tasks. The desktop is becoming as much a relic as mainframes and minicomputers have now become.

Want to know why?
Because at the 90's, with Internet, computers received a bunch of "appliance" users willing to play with it. Now, those users are moving away back to the Appliance world: Microwave, VHS Players, Blu-Ray Players, TIVO, Tablets,...

People who "work" with computers, would NOT move to a full-screen apps/touch only device.

Big Screen, Window Manager, Keyboard and Mouse are FASTER to work with.


And then, journalists who know computers just because of the Internet, keep pushing for "the death of PC" or "the post pc area"

The only bad news is that, without the proper volume, prices would sky high again, as they used to be at the beginning of the 90s.

Sooner or later, regular people will realize that...

[hbarcellos]

It will be interesting what happens with Microsoft owning Nokia. Everyone I know who has a windows phone loves it.
 
All phone OS' are fragmented right now, writing software that is compatible across all Android phones is very complex.
 
If Microsoft support phones as well as they supported PC's through the years then I think they might even gain some success.

I had a Lumia 920 before the LCD corrupted (I had to send it back to Europe for repair under warranty).
Something really annoying is that it lacks some stupid features like Bluetooth HID. What it means? I cant connect a BT keyboard for example...
Besides being really heavy, the other point I felt it a little subjective. At least for me, it feels claustrophobic! All that screen space and so little things to do...

[hbarcellos]

Desktop hardware prices won't skyrocket: look at the Raspberry Pi, the Cubie2 or the IFC6410 SBCs. That's where the desktop is going after the fall of the Dark Lord.
What a party I will make when Microsoft goes belly-up!

I think some of the 80'rs 90'rs like us blame M$ for the fall of Commodore.
Another one of those myopic debates about VHS/Betamax, and VHS should be hated because video quality on Betamax was better...

for instance, what defines a "better" humanoid? How do we know if Homo-Sapiens was the "best" one?

The one who survived, maybe?

[hbarcellos]

Ah, btw, ask ANY hw creator out there. Maybe A-EON guys to see the price difference between making 1.000 pieces and 1.000.000 pieces of something to see if your analysis on hw prices are pointing to the right direction.
Unless, of course, we would be using desktops made with tablet chips...

[hbarcellos]

Hey hbarcellos, I see you have other tastes beside MSX Nice to see you around here, too.

No, I don't blame Microsoft for the fall of Commodore: Commodore was leeching the C64 too long and they didn't invest enough on Amiga technology, being unable to update it properly for almos 10 years. I know the story of the once mighty Commodore and I don't have any love for that company.

But Microsoft has made computing boring, ugly, soul-less, inefficient, stupid and offensive. I hate their products because of the BAD feeling they have, the poor technology decisions they have always taken and their most inner stupidity. They used to call Amiga a "games machine": "huh, colors, music, mouse.. what are those for, gaming?"
They damaged the industry beyond repair with their dominance based on strong and agresive marketing and distribution chain mafia-like politics, to put their atrocious products down our throats.

I HOPE they consume, suffer, die and disapear with pain and hunger.

Gaula92, I was writing you a reply so long, but so long, that Amiga.org punished me by logging me out. I just found that out when I submitted the reply!
Took me a couple of days to recover myself from the trauma, but now I'm finally writing back to you...
L8r we talk about your anti-Microsoft anger, but for now, hey, what's your MRC user name?

Rgds,
HB.