LordFish said:
It's no secret that the reason for forcing Metro on everyone was to acclimate us to the UI so that they should shift more phones. (Talk about abusing a monopoly in one area in an attempt to gain a dominant position in another!) I grok this. I can even respect it to a limited extent.
The above is from The Register, however it got me thinking, It's a massive dick move from
Micro$oft...
Could have just stopped reading there. That "joke" is older than you are, and shows a complete lack of attempt to be fair.
Whatever, though. It's your thread.
...however I can't really blame them since... The PC may be dying.
*looks at Smartphone and Tablet* - Say wuhh? Ooh, no, what you
meant was that the tower PC may be dying. See, Smartphones and Tablets are still personal computers (my phone is more powerful than my second computer, actually) - but you mean desktops.
Yes, I'd say desktops have hit the other side of the hump at this point. Because the components have kind of stagnated (I have a 5 or 6 year old computer and play current games, something I could not have done between 1995 and 200) there's little reason for people to upgrade.
From where I stand, 80% of PCs aren't power houses of gaming and terraflops, they are casual laptops used for Facebook and Skype... As the average user gets more adapt to more powerful tablets and other mobile devices, all that will be left is us 'power users' *sniff*
Captcha: Goody Dumdrop.
You missed where you explain why Microsoft (oops, sorry... "Micro$oft") is scared. You open with a criticism of Windows 8 and "Metro UI" - which is MS's first earnest foray into touch-based interfaces that Smartphones and Tablets are based on - and then say they're scared that desktops aren't selling well.
Well no fuck, that's why they made W8. Frankly, the initial criticism (omg I have to adapt to new UI! WTF!) is just born of laziness. Anyone who's used several versions of any program (Photoshop, Android, etc.) has had to deal with learning to adapt. Hell, for a while I didn't know how to Print in Office 2010 because before that I was using Office 2001 and they switched stuff around. Then I found out and remembered how to do it.
Frankly, it's about time. Windows' UI hasn't really changed since Windows 98 - that was fourteen years ago, and computers have become FAR more capable.
Call me disgruntled, but those who refuse to adapt have already sealed their fate.