Chrome OS has been running Android apps for a while now. On 13 Dec 2016 21:18, "Robert Martin" <[email protected]> wrote:
> The Ironic thing is that at Schools all around NZ Chromebooks are > selling like hot cakes. They run only a web browser so their app > support is worse than the Surface RT ! Schools choose them for price and > battery life. Unfortunately for MS, Google go the market they could > have so easily won. > > The stunning thing really is that Google could make Chromebooks a killer > device just by changing them to run Andriod. Imagine a Chromebook with > a vast software library. > > Cheers > Rob > > > > On 14/12/2016 7:59 AM, Jolyon Direnko-Smith wrote: > > Completely off topic but... > > > > I got a 1st Gen Surface RT when Microsoft sold off their tax write off > > stock. I picked up a 64GB model with touch typing cover for $273 (NZ) > > delivered! I got it just to play with/as a devtest rig, but quickly > > came to love it. > > > > They were a huge missed opportunity ... for the market. Microsoft had > > a great product but the market (or rather the market commentators) > > didn't "get" it. Sure, you couldn't run all Windows desktop apps on > > them, but you can't run all Windows desktop apps on an Android tablet > > or iPad either. You can't even run OS X apps on an iPad. Not even an > > iPad Pro. So that argument clearly has nothing to do with the > > success/failure of these things. At least not for the users/consumers > > of those massively successful devices. > > > > The apps that it did have were as good - and in some cases FAR better > > - than the same apps on the other platforms. And it did run Office. > > Worth pointing out is that those RT devices ran Windows 8 and latterly > > 8.1, not 10. > > > > As good as the Surface Pro range may be (debatable), the one thing > > that the RT had over ANY of the competition was truly amazing battery > > life which none of the Pro's come even close to. That might sound > > like a non-feature, but it meant not being tethered to a charger or at > > least not having to panic if you couldn't see a charging opportunity > > at some point on the very near horizon. > > > > Sure you can run all Windows desktop apps on those things, but all > > Windows desktop apps are not designed to run on a tablet so being able > > to do so is mostly an exercise in frustrated stabbing at the screen > > with a finger you are desperately trying to pinch to form an accurate > > pointing tip. > > > > But it was mostly the tech press that saw the lack of Win32 support as > > a "problem" and using "number of app" in the store as a key metric > > rather than the quality or relevance of the apps that were available. > > And in writing the devices off on those points put people off from > > even giving them a fair crack. > > > > They failed to SELL - they didn't sell but then get returned by masses > > of disappointed customers. > > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: [email protected] > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with > Subject: unsubscribe >
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