Microsoft looked at the enormous success of Apple's combined software and hardware businesses, specifically the App Store, and said "We want that."Īnd so was born the worst version of Windows: an OS built for both desktops and touchscreen laptops that didn't excel on either.
Everything needed to have a touch screen. The early 2010s were a time of huge and rapid change for the tech industry, mostly because the success of smartphones and tablets (specifically, iPhones and iPads) broke everyone's brains. Windows 8's obvious missteps make a lot of sense in hindsight. Best screensaver: Mystify, an old classic that let us pretend we were using a different version of WindowsĬoming off the enormously polished, successful, and beloved Windows 7, Microsoft did the inevitable: screwed it all up.How we installed it: 8GB+ USB drive or Windows Update.We all played: The same games we were playing on Windows 7, because we kept using it.
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