HawkMan Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 one options is as stated before, they COULD allow for a swap process of switching out the RT Os on surface RT tablets and run the full blown OS on surface RT. with the hardware of the RT tablets, I'm more than sure it could run it.It would allow my daughter to run desktop apps too. Ummm RT is the full windows. Just compiled for arm and with the desktop limited cause it's not a desktop but a tablet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatingFatMan Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 you're crazy. they sell all their back supplies of RT then kill it? what kind of crap is that? seriously.. Windows Phone 7. People have VERY short memories... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
articuno1au Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 More likely is that WP will move towards RT. thanks for informing me... my mom sold her house after my dad passed away and she sent the funds so she could get my daughter a surfaceRT.. then just to bork it right off...quite lame for them to develop an OS only to later kill it. but that's MS.. they make some RELLY,REALLY good decisons and some REALLY,REALLY bone headed decisions Get the Surface. It's a great device. I bought one for my mother, I bought two yesterday for friends. I have no qualms whatsoever in recommending them. Most people who bag them haven't had a chance to really try them. Ian W 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarrichvdv Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 It should be, though. You should be able to run full Office off your phone (if connected to an external monitor). It's almost there. It just needs a little tweaking. The result would be amazing. You really think you should be able to do that? With 10 minutes battey life, for sure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
articuno1au Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Ehh, Surface can do it and it's running a Tegra chip. It's very doable, just hard to use >.< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisj1968 Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Windows Phone 7. People have VERY short memories... well not so much short memory as this is the first I heard of it today.. :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatingFatMan Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 well not so much short memory as this is the first I heard of it today.. :yes: You'd not heard of the way MS developed Windows Phone 7, knowing FULL WELL that as soon as they had the version using the NT kernel ready (WP8) that they were going to kill it off and leave the device owners out in the cold? It was all over the tech news when WP8 was announced, and all over Neowin, too... No one should be shocked if they decide to do it again with Windows RT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfirth Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 You really think you should be able to do that? With 10 minutes battey life, for sure... Yes, you should be able to use full Office and Photoshop on your phone when it's plugged in to an external monitor, keyboard, and mouse. Why not? If you have your phone plugged in to an external monitor, it could also be plugged in to recharge simultaneously. Even completely wirelessly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarrichvdv Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Yes, you should be able to use full Office and Photoshop on your phone when it's plugged in to an external monitor, keyboard, and mouse. Why not? If you have your phone plugged in to an external monitor, it could also be plugged in to recharge simultaneously. For some reason I can't really explain, it just doesn't feel right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nilus Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Windows RT was completely pointless and confused consumers. Windows Phone OS would have made more sense on a tablet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duddit2 Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 OK its not being killed, its being merged into one with Windows Phone. This is a good strategy. Windows RT gets updates direct from MS update, and there is absolutely no hint of this being dropped, nor does it make sense to do so as the updates apply to all the other OS's to a large degree. Nothing exists in windows RT that doesn't exist in windows 8. All apps made to run on windows RT are actually made for the store, which also runs on full windows 8. Windows RT in its current form is a fantastic OS when you see it for what it is, a competitor to android and iOS tablet operating systems (i.e. stop saying its bad because you cant install full windows x86 apps, because this is true on all). Its fluid, functional and 8.1 made it more so. The only thing that sets it apart from iOS and Android is the number of apps which is obviously a moving target and continuously improving (along with not being a direct feature list of the OS). DConnell 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duddit2 Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 This is totally different, windows RT does not use a different codebase / kernel. If MERGED (not killed off) there is no reason to drop support, since all apps are store apps and the store will merge AND is also available on full windows 8, along with the codebase being the same as windows 8. The windows phone 7 example is totally different, they HAD to get something out and the windows 8 kernel was not ready, I can see why it ###### people off but I also understand the need to do this. Windows RT being merged is totally different though and there is absolutely no reason or logic behind saying support will be dropped, as this would actually take effort to drop, rather than effort to support (the updates are a subset of the updates full windows 8 gets, and the apps are made for the store which lives on). You'd not heard of the way MS developed Windows Phone 7, knowing FULL WELL that as soon as they had the version using the NT kernel ready (WP8) that they were going to kill it off and leave the device owners out in the cold? It was all over the tech news when WP8 was announced, and all over Neowin, too... No one should be shocked if they decide to do it again with Windows RT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 You'd not heard of the way MS developed Windows Phone 7, knowing FULL WELL that as soon as they had the version using the NT kernel ready (WP8) that they were going to kill it off and leave the device owners out in the cold? their plan up untill a few months before the WP8 launch was to be able to migrate WP7 devices to 8, in the end it just didn't work out with the hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 This is totally different, windows RT does not use a different codebase / kernel. If MERGED (not killed off) there is no reason to drop support, since all apps are store apps and the store will merge AND is also available on full windows 8, along with the codebase being the same as windows 8. The windows phone 7 example is totally different, they HAD to get something out and the windows 8 kernel was not ready, I can see why it ****ed people off but I also understand the need to do this. Windows RT being merged is totally different though and there is absolutely no reason or logic behind saying support will be dropped, as this would actually take effort to drop, rather than effort to support (the updates are a subset of the updates full windows 8 gets, and the apps are made for the store which lives on). As I said before, RT won't be dropped, it will just become the ARM/tablet version of Windows. which is what it is today. it's the same OS just on a different architecture and the desktop/X86 emulation locked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted December 2, 2013 Member Share Posted December 2, 2013 I would prefer than Microsoft drop RT. It's too confusing for many customers to have an RT brand and a regular Windows brand. Most people don't seem to get the difference. They could just have WP8 on tablets and be just as effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medhunter Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Great move to save the effort of R&D team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hagjohn Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Why are people so ignorant about RT? It's fine to not like it but at least be factual about why you dislike the device. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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