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With recent reports revealing that Microsoft has put Windows 10X on the backburner, the question around what the future looks like for Windows is more apparent than ever. Windows 10X was supposed to lay the foundation for the next generation of Windows, but with the project no longer happening, where does that leave Windows as a whole?
It s fair to say that Windows Desktop, while versatile and incredible in its own ways, is not a modern OS. It s a platform built on a codebase spanning decades, and still relevant today to over 1.3 billion users. That said, rival platforms like iPadOS and Chrome OS are much more modern, lightweight, secure, and easier to update, positioning each as increasingly popular as PC replacements.
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Maybe it s weird to think an operating system is gorgeous, but it is what it is. Like many people with desk jobs, I look at a screen running Windows 10 all day. I also study apps and elements of Windows 10 as part of my job, so inconsistencies and weird design choices bug me. The improved quick actions menu on Windows 10X and the flyouts within it just look great.
They don t look like a combination of elements spanning across the greatest hits of Windows. They were built fresh, and it shows. When you use Windows 10, it clearly isn t as new and fresh as an OS like iPadOS. From what we ve seen from Windows 10X so far, that gap seems to have sizably shrunk.
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The new year is almost upon us, so it s time to start thinking about what the year ahead may hold for use die-hard Windows users. In 2020, Microsoft remembered that Windows is an important product in its portfolio, as the global pandemic saw people return to the PC to get their work done from home.
Microsoft has moved fast with the likes of Microsoft Teams, Edge, and Office to cater to users who are now working from home, but Windows is a different beast. Windows can t innovate as quickly as those other products, but that doesn t mean innovation isn t coming. Earlier in 2020, Microsoft put its Chief Product Officer Panos Panay in charge of the Windows client.