Yes, the OS with +90% market share is done. Idiot....
Stick a fork in it: Windows is done
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Re: Stick a fork in it: Windows is done
#12"Windows is done". What a final statement. PC sales may be mostly done. A desktop that was bought 10 years ago can still run fine today - and many still are. We reached a point in computing where upgrading doesn't make that big of a difference. You can use the same machine for a decade or more without problem if you're an end user, especially given so many rich web apps that don't require high processing power.
A Pentium 4 or Athlon XP 2700+ from 10 years ago has been unusable for all but the simplest tasks for years. It would have also needed to be upgraded along the way - it came from the factory with just 256MB or 512MB RAM. You can still edit office documents and do some light web-surfing, but for todays interactive sites and content it falls far behind the experience that an iPad can provide.
Re: Stick a fork in it: Windows is done
#13Windows isn't dead or dying. Laptop and desktop form factors aren't seen as the primary or only way to interact with software anymore. Windows is the king of desktop and laptop machines (by volume). iPad is the king of tablet/touch computing. Android via cheaper tablets is taking the lower end. So, where does Windows live on touch devices? Does it go head to head with the iPad or Android? I don't think it has the apps or mindshare to do that.
Desktop and laptops are shrinking as the primary platform of computing, and with it Windows. Shrinking, not dying.
Re: Stick a fork in it: Windows is done
#14In a way journalists writing this type of article over and over puts a little fear in my heart. I don't ever intend or want to pass up my PC or laptop in favor of a phone or tablet interface; as a content developer its just not something I could ever see myself wanting to change. Sure, I own a smartphone and tablet but they're recreational at best and often used only for efficiency in my life, never a replacement for…
I sympathize with your point of view. On the other hand, it seems like you could take your comment, replace "PC" with "mainframe" and "mobile" with "PC" and it would be right at home in 1975 or so.
It's interesting because the 1975 version of the comment would be absolutely right. The PC did herald the end of the mainframe as we knew it. Sure, they're still alive, sort of, but it's not like it once was. And yet, the transition ultimately ended up being wonderful. Maybe this new transition will be great as well. Let's hope so.
Re: Stick a fork in it: Windows is done
#15Does this mean it's time to lift the anti-monopoly restrictions on Microsoft and Windows?
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#16I love how it says "but the numbers show that Windows is coming to a dead end". So where are the numbers for Windows sales in this article, I just see PC sales. Typical journalism.
Re: Stick a fork in it: Windows is done
#17Does this mean it's time to lift the anti-monopoly restrictions on Microsoft and Windows?
It might, if the article weren't so ridiculously overstated.
Re: Stick a fork in it: Windows is done
#18"Windows is done". What a final statement. PC sales may be mostly done. A desktop that was bought 10 years ago can still run fine today - and many still are. We reached a point in computing where upgrading doesn't make that big of a difference. You can use the same machine for a decade or more without problem if you're an end user, especially given so many rich web apps that don't require high processing power.
A Pentium 4 or Athlon XP 2700+ from 10 years ago has been unusable for all but the simplest tasks for years. It would have also needed to be upgraded along the way - it came from the factory with just 256MB or 512MB RAM. You can still edit office documents and do some light web-surfing, but for todays interactive sites and content it falls far behind the experience that an iPad can provide.
I'm not so sure. A Chromebook provides a significantly better experience than an iPad, at least for me and my wife.
Our iPad 2 is now almost exclusively the province of my toddler daughter.
Re: Stick a fork in it: Windows is done
#19It will be interesting to see Apple's Mac sales numbers this quarter. Last quarter they were down close to 20% year-over-year.
My personal theory for some of the loss in sales is that PCs are lasting much much longer than they used to. I just recently retired a laptop after using it for 6 years and am still rocking a quad core PC that is over 5 years old. My earlier computers were replaced earlier.
Re: Stick a fork in it: Windows is done
#20"Windows is done". What a final statement. PC sales may be mostly done. A desktop that was bought 10 years ago can still run fine today - and many still are. We reached a point in computing where upgrading doesn't make that big of a difference. You can use the same machine for a decade or more without problem if you're an end user, especially given so many rich web apps that don't require high processing power.
A decade is a bit much. I'll give you 5 years, but that's about it.