Decline of the Windows OS?

[LongBlade]

An interesting development is expected - PC manufacturers are moving toward dual boot and emulative software to run apps for both Windows and the Android OS.

At the mammoth Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in early January, multiple computer makers will unveil systems that simultaneously run two different operating systems, both Windows and the Android OS that powers many of the world's tablets and smartphones, two different analysts said recently. The new devices will be called "PC Plus" machines, explained Tim Bajarin of Creative Strategies.

"A PC Plus machine will run Windows 8.1 but will also run Android apps as well," Bajarin wrote recently for Time. "They are doing this through software emulation. I'm not sure what kind of performance you can expect, but this is their way to try and bring more touch-based apps to the Windows ecosystem."

    'This should scare the heck out of Microsoft.'

- Patrick Moorhead, principal analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy

These machines will be able to switch nearly instantly between the two operating systems, according to Computerworld, either booting both interfaces at the same time or running tablet apps meant for Android within a window, explained Patrick Moorhead, principal analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy.

source: http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/12/27/pc-makers-plan-rebellion-against-windows-at-ces-analysts-say/

[junk2drive]

From your clip posted it is not dual boot but rather running android apps in an emulator.

I have 8.1 and tried Genymotion through VMware and bluestacks. I was able to download Tiller's PZ app but couldn't get units to move. Guess I needed a touch screen.

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[Staggerwing]

Conversely, the app makers will just write for both chips, much like they do now when also writing for iOS and the A# chips. Added hassle? probably, but the market will be there.

[renobe]

I belive the future for PC's is Linux os. IBM recently has  thrown two billion dollars for the further development of the os and software.  Businesses is very much turned off with the direction MS is going. Unless MS does some serious rethinking of Windows, I protect Windows will be a minor OS an five years.

[BanzaiCat]

Every other Microsoft OS sucks RAM balls. At least, from my perspective. 7 was okay, 8 is a tiled tablet mess of an OS that has no business being on a 'normal' non-touch-screen PC. I guess I'm old fashioned but I still like my Vista 64-bit system.

At my last job I had a Macbook that had to run Parallels on it and I hated having to switch back and forth; doing that would often cut my connection to the company's networked drives so it was a huge pain in the ass. I'm sure it works better for someone, somewhere, in a different environment, but there it was turrrrible.

[MIGMaster]

I like Windows 8 for the quick ass boot times. I've also found it works well as a stable gaming platform. The tablet interface stuff is wasted on me, but working from the desktop hasn't been that bad. I've had trouble with Vista in a variety of different scenarios, but to be fair I've never used it on my current hardware.

[GDS_Starfury]

get a solid state hard drive and 32 gigs of low latency RAM and anything has a quick boot time.  ;D

[skeptical.platypus]

Do we really see corporate CIOs adopting android for core IS? Even with byod, I sure don't. Cloud will have an impact, but as long as windows is entrenched in the business world, talking about it's decline is comparable to talking about a population decline in china because of the one child rule. Yes, it's happening. Still incredibly huge numbers.

[mirth]

At the enterprise level, it's not just the OS to consider as far as the continued use of MS products goes. Active Directory is incredibly powerful and tightly integrated with so many MS products and services. I don't see sys admins trained in AD moving away from it anytime soon.

[junk2drive]

Speaking of China, China OS

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2089020/new-chinadeveloped-os-takes-aim-at-android-windows.html

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

I like Windows 8 for the quick ass boot times. I've also found it works well as a stable gaming platform. The tablet interface stuff is wasted on me, but working from the desktop hasn't been that bad. I've had trouble with Vista in a variety of different scenarios, but to be fair I've never used it on my current hardware.

Every version of windows when new has a fast boot time. Then after 102 updates they all suck balls.

[MIGMaster]

Even after a ton of installs and useage I suspect Win will still be faster as it saves the system state and memory contents to a file on the HDD. It then reloads it on reboot, rather than initiating everything all over again. I suspect Win 9 will build even further on this approach - it is refreshing to turn on the PC and have it boot in 30 seconds or so.

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

The siren call of the fast boot. I distinctly remember being in the office of an IT supervisor when he got a fresh install of the new latest and greatest windows. Vista or earlier. Before we got to business he wanted to show me how fast the new windows was. He did a reboot which got him to the desktop in remarkably little time. He told me about how much overhead this would save everyone so their PC could focus on their immediate computing needs. Within a year all our computers were slow as suck. This is in a place where the same software keeps being used, no churn of installs/uninstalls.

Isn't it amazing that our PCs take about the same amount of time to finish booting as they always have from Win 95? Even though processor and memory speed have followed a doubling in speed about every 18 months?

It is a mirage. An expensive one.

Unix business apps are needed.

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