how rude!
I've been paying more attention than a lot of folk.
and I think you missed the point of my post. But hey, never mind.
And I think you didn't read my full post, else you would have known what point that Microsoft has been doing that you have missed. But hey, never mind.
Just "no".
Windows 8 and upwards have this user perception problem. It all goes away with one simple sentence - Desktop is an app.
Bang. The rest all falls into place.
Anyone unable to understand that Desktop is an app will have problems with Windows 8 upwards.
It may be best for consumers to think of the Windows desktop in that way (or maybe not). Either way, it's still technically incorrect.
The Desktop is not technically an app, though it may help some users to think of it that way. On the Windows 8 Start screen, it sure looks like it.
However, what we have here is the following:
The Desktop was an "interface" by means of which people would launch their x86 or x64 code.
The Windows 8 Start Screen was an "interface" by means of which people would launch their Windows Apps.
There are actually 2 separate Windows APIs at work here. One API is used for Desktop programs which are compiled explicitly for x86 based processors. Because they are compiled to a binary format to work on x86 processors, they cannot work on ARM or other processors.
The other API is the universal API where apps can be made for many devices using the same basic API. This is the Windows that is the same on both the phone and the Desktop in Windows 10. The Desktop programs are currently "separate", and you have to exit to the desktop in order to properly run desktop programs.
This is very much history repeating itself. Let's go back a few years, and let me explain if I may.
Windows 3.1 and DOS... Windows 3.1 was an "interface" that ran on top of DOS, much like the "apps" run on an interface that runs on the Desktop Mode on a PC. Eventually, we came to Windows 95/98, where though DOS was still loaded, and Windows ran on top of it still, it launched directly into Windows and people began to use DOS less and less. Then Windows XP came out, and DOS was no more. Now, DOS was "emulated" in a console window for those that still needed it. Windows is no longer run on DOS, but the DOS emulation is still provided, though not as compatible as it once was.
In the future, it could be possible that an x86 emulation app will actually be made available, and Windows 10 may ditch the "desktop" part of the code within Windows (in the far future, several years at least), and instead provide an "emulation app" so that those programs can still be run. As a universal emulation app, it will make it possible to run all desktop programs on tablets. It may not be feasible on phones due to the display size, etc., but may actually one day be possible.
Is that what Microsoft has planned? How should I know? I'm not Microsoft, I'm just saying what is possible within the realm of possibility by looking at history as an indicator. It is certainly possible. Would it be worthwhile? How should I know? What do I look like, Elijah?