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RE: Load of BS
By Flunk on 5/19/2011 10:25:16 AM , Rating: 5
Microsoft is slowly moving towards a .NET based environment. Windows Phone 7 already only runs 3rd party applications written in .NET.

The reason I mention this is that .NET can run on any architecture that supports .NET (as every Windows does) without recompiling*. This means that one version of the code can support ARM, x86 and x64.

If you blend together the ideas that Microsoft is moving towards a .NET environment with the idea of different architectures you can see the big picture emerging. Microsoft doesn't want to be tied to x86 forever.

*Because of JIT compilation.

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By poi2 on 5/19/11, Rating: 0
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Why not try using VS 2010?

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By Da W on 5/19/2011 11:47:25 AM , Rating: 2
True. Microsoft is moving away from "close to metal" code and it wants you to write for it's operating system, the OS will be the middleman between your app and whatever CPU is under the hood.

So Intel didn't say all wrong, only them will run x86 LEGACY applications on tablets. But who wants to run a program written in 1996 anyway? But i think any new apps written for Windows 8 will be forward compatible between Intel-ARM architecture.

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By StevoLincolnite on 5/19/2011 12:15:20 PM , Rating: 5
But who wants to run a program written in 1996 anyway?

I do!
Lots of games came out in Windows 9x era that I would love to run on an ARM tablet like:
* Duke Nukem 3D
* Command and Conquer.
* Master of Orion.
* MechWarrior.
* X-Com.
* Kings Quest.
* Doom.
* Wing Commander.
* Freespace.
* Jagged Alliance.

I think people forget how x86 has the largest game library over any other platform, it spans literally decades with thousands of titles, it makes the iOS platform look deserted in comparison.

On my Windows 7 tablet, Master of Orion 2 works rather well with touch controls, they don't make games like they used to unfortunately. :(
How many games can you look at today and think: I might play that in 10-20 years time? I cant think of many, most games don't have single player/offline re-playability like they used to.

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I agree..


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Oh hell ya, Lan party!

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I'm backing you up on that 100%.

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Emulator? They won't run on XP or XP Compatibility mode?

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You have MOO2 running on a tablet?

/highly jealous

RE: Load of BS
By mindless1 on 5/22/2011 11:36:33 AM , Rating: 2
Who wants to run a program from 1996? MOST PEOPLE!

Despite what you might have been mislead to believe because you hang out on tech sites with computer enthusiasts, the average computer user (most people) aren't upgrading their hardware and apps all the time, they run the same hardware till it fails and if the app they are used to using still serves the purpose (or else why would they have used it in the first place?) there is little reason to pay money (one way or the other, everything has its costs) or relearn a new interface just to run some newer thing because someone else assumes newer is automatically better.

On the contrary, if you run the oldest app that will get the job done you tend to have a simpler interface, less bloat, fewer security holes. Yes there are downsides such as when a feature you want isn't there, limits to memory allocation, poor use of modern monitor resolution screen space, etc. Even if these things matter 2/3rd of the time it doesn't justify buying the other 1/3rd of your apps over again till you *need* to, or even spending the time to hunt down freeware, install, test, migrate files, etc.

I just wish I had consolidated more of my 1996 apps, I'd be able to do 200 things with the same amount of hard drive space it now takes to do 5 things (apps). If and when I need something newer, I can add that too and not be concerned about the old apps because it's such a small % of HDD space, memory or CPU utilization. Oh, and their smaller codebase makes them more easily/quickly ran from removable media, USB thumbdrives and such.


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