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    Windows 8.1 update pulled for RT devices

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by TreeTops Ranch, Oct 20, 2013.

  1. TreeTops Ranch

    TreeTops Ranch Notebook Deity

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    TreeTops Ranch, Oct 20, 2013
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  2. radji

    radji Farewell, Solenya...

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    :err:

    Shocking.

    I sense Win8 being christened the illegitimate child of Windows Vista real soon here.
     
    radji, Oct 21, 2013
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    Peon Notebook Virtuoso

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    Sometimes I can't tell if Microsoft is serious about RT, or if it's just a backup plan they keep around in case Intel goes belly up.
     
    Peon, Oct 21, 2013
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    installed fine for me.



    Sent from my PI39100 using Tapatalk
     
    mattcheau, Oct 22, 2013
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    I thought it was a spur in Intel's side to get serious about tablet-friendly processors. Which Intel promptly did with Haswell and Bay Trail. But by the time that happened, Microsoft had probably already started work on the Surface 2, and being a big ship that changes direction slowly, decided not to pull the plug on it. Would Intel had been so focused in the past year or so on battery life and fanless-design-friendly CPUs if there hadn't been this threat to move a chunk of the PC world over to ARM? We'll never know for sure, but I doubt it.
     
    Mitlov, Oct 22, 2013
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