Mary Jo Foley reports that Microsoft may drop the traditional Windows desktop element of Windows 8 for ARM tablets. What’s odd is that this idea of having it both ways (Windows desktop and the new Metro touch experience) was key to an argument Windows chief Steven Sinofsky made back in August about Windows 8.
Of course, that argument for “no compromise” read exactly like the definition of a compromise. So if true, I think this is the right move.
But what’s not yet clear is if this is only the case for ARM tablets (that’s how it sounds). x86-powered tablets may still run the dual-action Windows 8. Also not clear: what about ARM-powered notebooks/netbooks?
It’s starting to sound a lot like your typical 14-option approach from Microsoft. Windows 8 Tablet Touch Live Professional Edition ‘12 for ARM Tablets with Bing anyone?
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2nd December 2011
Reblogged From parislemon
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Liam’s experience at the gja👍
THIS CANT BE!!
The First Paragraph of Liam Dryden’s Bio: “I’m Liam! I’m a Ravenclaw Time Lord from Gondor, once recruited into the Blue Lantern Corps to help Malcolm Reynolds defeat Princess Zelda’s seven evil exes, in order to claim the Autobot Matrix of Leadership from the Elite Four. If you can counter that with a similar description of yourself then we can get married.*” My sudden love of this boy is directly proportional to the number of references in this first paragraph.
