vezycash
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my x535 had make me cry many times .
Bought one for my mum last year, it made me regret doing so. I never knew of phantom touch issues until I bought it. It's a pity the 640 is only sold for cheap in US, maybe canada.
my x535 had make me cry many times .
too simple.The masses usually don't question something they have read on multiple websites, and so the hivemind grows.
Bought one for my mum last year, it made me regret doing so. I never knew of phantom touch issues until I bought it. It's a pity the 640 is only sold for cheap in US, maybe canada.
I can't speak to usage data, only my perspective.
Since moving to Windows 10 on a touchscreen laptop, my App usage on desktop is on the rise. It may be partially fueled by tablet usage habits, but that isn't the whole story. Convenience and ease definitely play a part as well. Don't get me wrong, Mobile has definitely spurred App-centric behaviors, but I also think it has grown beyond Mobile. I believe Windows 10 is leveraging it well.
Apps I use very often on Desktop:
Two years ago my App usage on computer was practically nonexistent. Fast forward to today and it is now my habit to reach for Apps. The intelligent cloud is really making the App model worthwhile on PC.
- Weather (Searching for a more robust app, most UWP weather Apps let me down in the Live Tile department. I want moar, not less)
- NOAA High-Def Radar (You'll have to pry this one out of my cold, dead hands.)
- News (Fast feed.)
- ISeeVM (Brilliant, get your VVM on desktop.)
- Cortana (Yes, she's indispensable to me now. I never could be bothered with Google Now, it never engaged me and if it was on my desktop it would probably gather dust... Some might argue Cortana on desktop is not an app, I would argue it is.)
- Store (Duh, it's where the apps live.)
- Slack (Prefer it to browser by far.)
- Snip (Powerful capture and annotate tool.)
- Polarr Pro and Fotor (Photography editors.)
- Calculator (The conversions are great too. Handier than a browser tab by far as you lay the app right on top of the work you are doing.)
- Maps (I do a lot of location research at times and it is great to have the app and sync across devices.)
- Health Vault (Easier to review on desktop than mobile.)
- Games (As a casual gamer I'd rather have Apps I can use across different devices than install PC games.)
Interesting.
To me, and this is purely my personal take, the biggest mistake MS made was going back to a desktop look with Windows 10. If you want people use and view apps on a PC the interface has to be different. Having a desktop isn't an app friendly environment to me. Bringing back the Start menu was a huge mistake in my opinion.
Even though I agree, considering the gigantic backlash Windows 8 got from consumers I understand why they went back to the oldskool start menu and desktop. Windows 8 was too complex for it's time (I know that sounds weird, but people don't like change).
IMHO, once the 32 bit programs die out or get turned into store apps, only then will people realize the benefit of UWP. It's easier to update, probably a lot harder to crack and hopefully beter to manage. It reminds me a bit of MacOS, where entire programs are just sitting in their own container (DMG I believe?). Ofcourse I could be wrong since my last experience with Apple was 6 years ago.
^ As I already pointed out, those who are 'all in' it works for them because they transfer between them but how many people who use a PC own a WP or Surface device? That was my main point. Most who use Windows for 'when they need to' don't care about desktop apps.
As for Continuum, again, an 'all in' person benefits the most.
It's like an 'all in' on Apple or and 'all in' on Google. Each is a bit different but similar.
So don't use them, but the world is changing and sitting in a Windows 7 world whilst the rest move to mobile and tablet (And I still think the desktop has many uses, that's why I have one) is a dead end and that is what MS cannot afford to do.
Maybe I am more "Wired" for the way MS is going, in 1997 I started a "FirstClass" server in a small community, at the start it was email and conferencing and online single or group live chatting, my users downloaded the "Client" software, but all the emails and conferencing were held on the server (It wasn't called the cloud then), you could of course sync stuff to your PC for offline. It became much more, users could use a "Document" and type in it and it rendered as a web page, store stuff from their PC to the server, their PC died, no problem, just download the client to another PC and off you go, can't do that, just sign in on the web from anywhere in the world (And yes you could use mobiles but way before smart phones).
I shut it down several years ago for many reasons.
Here we are in 2016 and MS (And especially Skype) are only just catching up (Still nowhere compared to FC when it comes to ease of producing web pages and sharing them without having to send links etc) but finally I am beginning to feel like I have proper interconnected services again.
Even for the folks who aren't "All in" I think you are very wrong to dismiss the cloud and UWP's, people who walk into PC World (UK electrical supplier) for a new PC, laptop, tablet, and in time a pocket PC (Phone) don't want complicated, they want apps, easy download, run across devices and the web, click and go (Anywhere), PC dies, no worry you haven't lost anything as it's all there on the servers (How many people did a full backup before their last major update, be honest).
Even my wife who only has to touch a PC for it to die, can file in a filing cabinet but hasn't got a clue when it comes to a computer (Files spread everywhere, never a chance of finding anything) can see the simplicity of her 830, Surface Pro and Xbox One working with the cloud and UWP's.
Yes there are going to be some people who only want proper "Programs" and data only stored on their PC, but again it comes back to choice, and as far as I can see, you can still work that way if you want.
Windows phones are not dead. People just post comments: Windows phones are dead becouse they never owned them. True is: Windows phones are going to be popular. For me is Windows phone Masterpiece but developers, not all dont want to make apps and games for them. But still for me is best in developing phones Microsoft, on second place are Smartphones and on the last place is IOS
Yes, windows phone are not dead and it never will, these fool android and ios people pretend there OS is superior to us.
We just need our store filled by apps . We never left behind because of OS problem we are only underestimated by apps availability, once this gap is over Microsoft will be top of the smartphone industries holding a big share in market.
Then people will see the glory of windows phone.
Yes, windows phone are not dead and it never will, these fool android and ios people pretend there OS is superior to us.
We just need our store filled by apps . We never left behind because of OS problem we are only underestimated by apps availability, once this gap is over Microsoft will be top of the smartphone industries holding a big share in market.
Then people will see the glory of windows phone.
That's rather prophetic and almost biblical sounding...
There's nothing wrong with being platform agnostic and liking technology from all points of view.
All OS have their positive and negative aspects.