I really disagree with quite a lot in this article.
I mean, for starters, if he (or anyone else) thinks that the plains of support are somehow greener on the other side, I got some bad news for you.
Hardware compatibility is a game of give and take. If you have an ultra-closed platform like OSX, you get to develop for a small set of hardware, and with that small set of hardware, you generally have a more reliable product, at least at that layer, but...
If something breaks on an ultra-open platform like Windows, replacements are plentiful, and you have a lot of options, driving prices way down and availability way up.
The PC gaming scene is actually growing while the console marketspace is shrinking, and while things like patching Dark Souls with DSFix and other such hacks are something you never need to do with consoles, if you think it's 'hassle free', that'd be inexperience talking.
Finally, I don't think tablets will be replacing PCs any time soon in the office. There are serious disadvantages a touch interface vs a mouse interface that would kill productivity; the mouse isn't going away. The desktop, maybe, but at the very best, you'll see Surface or Surface-esq computers replace desktops...with mice attached.
That said, there are a lot of things I can totally agree with. I despise Windows 8 with every fiber of my being for all the reasons listed. TechNet shutting down was a really bad call. Microsoft's rationale for change makes no goddamn sense ever.
Some of this stuff seems almost fabricated, or totally inaccurate though.
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 9.7 ms ] threadI mean, for starters, if he (or anyone else) thinks that the plains of support are somehow greener on the other side, I got some bad news for you.
Hardware compatibility is a game of give and take. If you have an ultra-closed platform like OSX, you get to develop for a small set of hardware, and with that small set of hardware, you generally have a more reliable product, at least at that layer, but...
If something breaks on an ultra-open platform like Windows, replacements are plentiful, and you have a lot of options, driving prices way down and availability way up.
The PC gaming scene is actually growing while the console marketspace is shrinking, and while things like patching Dark Souls with DSFix and other such hacks are something you never need to do with consoles, if you think it's 'hassle free', that'd be inexperience talking.
Finally, I don't think tablets will be replacing PCs any time soon in the office. There are serious disadvantages a touch interface vs a mouse interface that would kill productivity; the mouse isn't going away. The desktop, maybe, but at the very best, you'll see Surface or Surface-esq computers replace desktops...with mice attached.
That said, there are a lot of things I can totally agree with. I despise Windows 8 with every fiber of my being for all the reasons listed. TechNet shutting down was a really bad call. Microsoft's rationale for change makes no goddamn sense ever.
Some of this stuff seems almost fabricated, or totally inaccurate though.