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And it will be very interesting to look how that fans out. While W10 is built completely on DX12 (as I heard), still all DX is just a group of graphics routines and access to cards. It *is* completely possible to release a version for W7. It was just decided not be done, both to save workload and for that twisting hands.
But if the wind happens to change, it can still be done. If some smart people measure that new games start to migrate to other APIs with LESS ties to windows and W7 is stuck with 11, they may force a directive change to save the market share rather than face.
Or go the simpler alternative of improving W10 listening to what users answer on 'why don't you switch when you technically could'. It might not even be a big list and whatever agenda they have might be done in a different way.
Consumerist sheeple mentality. People really don't by things unless someone is dropping a sales pitch. The only Weakness of Linux is that since it is open source and free. No one makes money from people switching to it. So no one advertises, promotes or sets up marketing and PR campaigns.
There a lot of musticism about Linux and people basically are afraid that if they switch, all their windows documents won't work (false), or their hardware won't work (mostly false), or their fave apps won't work (partially true)
This is propeganda from Sweeney's side.
Microsoft should be rolling in money from the payments from the NSA for account users' data.
"Breaching your privacy ?" No - you signed that away with the licence agreement for Windows 10.
Along with possibly your soul and any duplicated organs.
S.x.
In my view, the weaknesses of Linux are that it's far too fragmented, far too inconsistent, far too user-unfriendly in the sense that it's too open. The vast majority of users don't want complicated, they don't want to learn their OS. They want to use it in the same fashion they use a toaster. It's fine, too. (They certainly don't want to mess around with dependencies, different window managers and GUI frameworks that makes the user experience like a patchwork carpet...)
The other weakness is the lack of commercial software support. If you need to use Wine for a lot of stuff, which often means fiddling around, researching solutions, and then still getting worse performance,
Windows is a good OS. 10 is certainly better than Vista was, and a step up from 8 as well. The problem is really with Microsoft and its policies, not with the actual product.
The very things that make Linux a great success for those of us who like to tinker and fully control their experience and computer are the things that also make it a mainstream failure.
A read a contradiction here. The last bullets show fair reasoning. Only geeks want to "use linux" or "use windows". I want to do useful stuff. The OS shall just make it possible and otherwise be outta way.
The driver issues alone are enough to alienate most people -- for the best reasons. Can you sell any piece of PC hardware without a windoze driver? Good luck. For linux you need luck at start and more luck moving on. Or restrict to a subset of hardware.
Office docs was a critical issue at the time. By now it should not be a problem. But I did hear enough people complaining about open office and other apps. (OTOH here windows folks shoot one leg for sure as the ribboned office is IMO even worse. Fortunately I can keep using of97 that is as fine as ever ;) And very likely it runs fins under wine too. So right, that should not be a hindrance on switch, however...
in general if you're used to something you need some real incentive to set your mind to something else. And what is the carrot? The lack of price appears falling short to cover the gap. Especially as it is spread over many years of use.
Currently it seems a matter of defaults. And around here all the MS palette is free for every university student. It is as free for them as any alternative. And after they leave, obviously will keep using that at home and if able at work. Such things change the picture will stay the same, or as I said a much better carrot is needed.
And therein lies the rub. Evebn for me,. picking the right one for me was a matter of trial and error. The thing is though... I was able to ffind the right versions for me. For 70% of windows users, Ubuntu with open office will more opr less cover all their needs.
It depends. You may not have microsoft word on linux, but open office manages everything microsoft office does and requires very little relearning. Most software from Adobe and Corel have their dedicated linux versions as well. as do many audio and video editing suites.
Do you need to sign away anytihng? I thought the Patriot Act suspended any civil rights you imagined to have officially. Long time ago. And people approved it. And then approved the lack of change too. Repeatedly.
If nothing else, the snowden-released dox show evidence that nsa could just ask the big companies for whatever data it wanted anytime.
And if you want change you need to reform not MS but the relation of state with the citizens. First. Against all the wind blowing from the government AND the citizens.
Really? I worked in linux-based shops between 2006 and 11 surrounded by 100-ish geeks. And talks about what piece of hardware works or not was all too common. Also the product had a pretty strict HW compatibility list. Guess for a good reason.
(If you meant it as joke/sarcasm then sorry for jumping on a shadow. :)
Well let me put it thi way. I've yet to encounter in, my work, a scanner, printer, camera, UPS, Mouse, Keyboard, Sound chip or Gfx card that I couldn't get linix drivers for from the products page if not the cd.
And Linux is great. I just spent 6 months trying out Ubuntu and Linux only games. You may fiddle with it a little, but it's not that "strict" or hard to use. If I did, anyone could. Try it before talking out your asses.
Cheers
Never have I seen such a horrible thing done to consumers in my lifetime. Im not very old but still...
To tell your consumers and or advertise to get rid of your old games because they wont play on the xbox one and then make it to where they do was the lowest thing I have seen microsoft do.
I swore off MS console games and consoles after that.
I didnt trade in my old stuff. I thought it was dumb the xbox one "couldnt" play my old 360 games when they said that
I don't know what the situation is like now, but just a few years ago, wireless support for laptops was a huge problem. You often had to rely on propriety drivers, if you were lucky, or you had to fiddle with wrapping Windows drivers, if you were not, with rather mediocre results. So when I bought a new laptop, the majority of models were out of question. Perhaps this got better, I don't know.
It's not showstopper for geeks and computer savvy folk, but it's a dealbreaker for people like my 69-year old mother.