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on Thursday March 14 2019, @12:00AM
from the how-many-programmers-does-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb? dept.
from the how-many-programmers-does-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb? dept.
A report from Business Insider claims that Google has axed "dozens" of employees from its laptop and tablet division. BI's sources describe the move as causing "roadmap cutbacks" and that Google will likely "pare down the portfolio" in the future.
[...] Google's Hardware division is run by Rick Osterloh and is expected to launch a game streaming console later this month. The division is responsible for the Pixel phones, Google Home speakers, the Chromecast, Google Wi-Fi, and lately, the Nest smart home division.
Why is Google having a hard time cracking the hardware market?
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Hacking's just another word for nothing left to kludge.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday March 14 2019, @02:57PM (1 child)
I guess the question here is: Which OS(es) will have the best compatibility with Windows x86 applications?
Microsoft has kneecapped itself with lame attempts like Windows RT. Windows Lite [soylentnews.org] will probably have some similarly absurd limitations.
If a decently-speced Chromebook or Ubuntu laptop with WINE can run certain Windows applications better than Windows can, Microsoft might have a big problem.
On the other side, you have Windows Subsystem for Linux. It has some problems but they could be worked out.
Finally, you have the possibility of dual-booting Windows 10 on Chromebooks [soylentnews.org], which may or may not be a boon for Microsoft.
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(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday March 14 2019, @03:17PM
I have not personally tried this, but . . .
RIGHT NOW on a Pixelbook (eg a Chromebook with Android) there is an Android app for Crossover Wine. That is a commercial version of Wine as an Android app. They make it easy to install and run Windows applications. Especially a fairly long list of recognized ones.
You can run Windows apps (in theory) on your (Android) smartphone -- but this would be much more suited to a Chromebook running old Windows apps better than modern Windows does.
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