Microsoft has reputedly closed the book on Windows 10X and, by extension, the Surface Neo. According to a report, Microsoft no longer plans to ship Windows 10X and has redeployed resources to other projects.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Windows-10X-may-be-dead-dealing-a-hammer-blow-to-any-hopes-of-Microsoft-releasing-the-Surface-Neo.537907.0.html
As long as Nutella is on charge, any attempt at having Windows on any other form factor will be killed by him.
Windows RT, Windows Phone, Windows 10 Mobile, Windows 10X, and soon, Windows 10Arm as things are going right now.
oh my I'm so shocked, SHOCKED I tell you.
Sad-guy Nutella; oh man that's great.
What can I say. The fella just hates innovation. More globo*omo flat design here, reduced team size there, - as long as the Nut's on the case, you're not getting your money worth, folks!
Quote from: kek on May 09, 2021, 04:31:10
As long as Nutella is on charge, any attempt at having Windows on any other form factor will be killed by him.
To be fair, the Surface X just didn't strike me as a sensible platform. It's too small to be a laptop/productivity tool and the extra screen estate didn't really offer any compelling use cases, which you couldn't get from a small (and therefore already suboptimal) tablet anyway.
It's another design that looks interesting and innovative, but doesn't have the utility to back it up.
To be honest I don't think we'll see a novel form factor take off until rollable screens become mainstream, or tactile displays are properly implemented.
I think it was dead in the water because OEM's simply passed on making products that would use it. They know when people use Windows they want a full Windows. How many times is Microsoft gonna try a half baked Windows and try and sell it to business and enterprise? We had RT, Windows 10S then 10S mode. Ok maybe some would embrace a 10X without 32 bit support or possible in a virtual environment. Basically that will be Azure or something similar for the next Windows. Basically we will go back to dumb terminals and boot into Azure network.