Now we can all be 10 X developers!
Came here to make this joke, glad someone beat me to it :)
Microsoft introduces Windows 10 X for dual-screen devices
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Re: Microsoft introduces Windows 10 X for dual-screen devices
#62It reminds me how the first Surface Pro looked like. It was incomplete and useless device so it didn't go well. However, Microsoft didn't give up. After three iterations Microsoft finally made Surface Pro 3, which was the first useful Windows tablet with a cleverly designed keyboard and a great 3:2 ratio screen. The surface line finally took off and third-parties began to make "surface-like" products since then. Micr…
Actually, it reminds me of that pre-iPad Microsoft project that they killed off to focus on Windows 8. It was almost production ready too; had dual screens and there was a neat video of how the stylus interacted with it. I can't remember what it was called though and can't seem to find it searching DDG/Google.
Cancelled Microsoft Courier might be what you have in mind. See:
https://www.google.com/search?q=microsoft+courrier+tablet
Re: Microsoft introduces Windows 10 X for dual-screen devices
#63Now how about Windows 10 for my Raspberry Pi?
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#64Re: Microsoft introduces Windows 10 X for dual-screen devices
#65Would this let them emulate the switch?
Re: Microsoft introduces Windows 10 X for dual-screen devices
#66It reminds me how the first Surface Pro looked like. It was incomplete and useless device so it didn't go well. However, Microsoft didn't give up. After three iterations Microsoft finally made Surface Pro 3, which was the first useful Windows tablet with a cleverly designed keyboard and a great 3:2 ratio screen. The surface line finally took off and third-parties began to make "surface-like" products since then. Micr…
> They don't make perfect products at the beginning, but they eventually nailed it after some iterations
This is not limited to hardware: early versions of SQL Server were far from perfect, but they kept improving on it. Makes some kind of sense if you have deep pockets and your product targets a very lucrative market.
Re: Microsoft introduces Windows 10 X for dual-screen devices
#67It reminds me how the first Surface Pro looked like. It was incomplete and useless device so it didn't go well. However, Microsoft didn't give up. After three iterations Microsoft finally made Surface Pro 3, which was the first useful Windows tablet with a cleverly designed keyboard and a great 3:2 ratio screen. The surface line finally took off and third-parties began to make "surface-like" products since then. Micr…
There is a potential difference though: with the Surface, Microsoft only needed to iterate on the hardware, which it could do by itself. My concern with Windows 10X is that it requires buy-in from developers to reach its full potential, and that has been lacking. To be blunt, UWP attracted basically no developer attention (which is a shame, it was a pretty good development environment). Unless they figure out how to…
Minor correction:
The Duo is the Android phone.
The Windows X tablet is called the Neo.
Re: Microsoft introduces Windows 10 X for dual-screen devices
#68Earlier quoted context omitted.
They have already tried this one. It didn't end well.
Exactly; they got that out of their system with Windows RT. (And apparently the upcoming Windows 10 for ARM will ship with Win32 support via emulation.)
Win32 is an OS API, which doesn't necessarily relate to the CPU or other chipset members. Do you mean it will Win10 for ARM will support code targetted at ia32/amd64 CPUs via emulation?
Re: Microsoft introduces Windows 10 X for dual-screen devices
#69So Windows X X?