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Ravynmagi  Title: Moderator
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Windows 8 getting an app store. |
http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/18/windows-8-app-store-officially-announced-were-all-shocked/
Windows President casually let it slips that Windows 8 will have an app store. Engadget is shocked, but considering it's including tablet support I think an app store is a given. Linux and Mac have had pretty much what we'd call app stores for a long time now.
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Sprawl-zero1eye- Title: IGN Vault Staff
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We all knew it was going to happen. Not sure why anyone was shocked...
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Tai-Daishar_MT  Title: Moderator
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A good idea always gets traction.
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Sprawl-zero1eye- Title: IGN Vault Staff
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Yeah screw buying boxes off the shelf. I'm totally sold on digital provided I can trust the retailer. Steam, Apple, Microsoft are equally as good as the Best Buys of the world.
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_Taebo_  Posts: 184
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A good idea for MS, but it might be a day late and a dollar short.
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Date Posted:
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Windows 8 getting an app store. |
This is awesome. Shocked man!  |
Tai-Daishar_MT Title: Moderator
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_Taebo_ posted:
A good idea for MS, but it might be a day late and a dollar short.
How so? Do they not still own the vast majority of the OS market? Digital distro is quickly becoming a preferred transaction so I expect to see more companies jumping on the bandwagon. With MS having such a captive audience with Windows it is hard to see this not working well for them.
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Date Posted:
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Windows 8 getting an app store. |
Tai-Daishar_MT posted:
How so? Do they not still own the vast majority of the OS market? Digital distro is quickly becoming a preferred transaction so I expect to see more companies jumping on the bandwagon. With MS having such a captive audience with Windows it is hard to see this not working well for them.
Thats hard to say as the market has evolved into something different....
Apple owns a very large share of the Tablet / Computer / SmartPhone market when combined, and that is the market that Windows8 is now for.
Windows8 is a PortableOS that will be used on HomePC aswell.
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Sprawl-zero1eye- Title: IGN Vault Staff
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Windows 8 getting an app store. |
Windows as a handheld device won't do very well. They've been struggling and they probably will continue (a la Zune).
However, Microsoft owns the desktop market hands-down. Adding an App Store to allow you to upgrade Windows, purchase Office, or download things that Microsoft has previously been kept from including with the OS like Security Essentials, Movie Maker, et cetera, makes sense.
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Ookane Title: Moderator
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Date Posted:
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Windows 8 getting an app store. |
Sprawl-zero1eye- posted:
We all knew it was going to happen.
Well I certainly knew.
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