Windows 10 and Windows Phone

[dogman]

I recently read that some upcoming Windows phones will be able to run a full version of Windows 10. If that is true would a Windows phone be able to run a full Interface Viewer in the future without it being a RIVA Client?

[brathnach]

I certainly can't see why it wouldn't seen as from what I've read about windows 10 indicates that it would be a fully fledged OS albeit that it can morph for different devices (based on screen size IIRC). I think this morph will have more to do with tiles vs desktop depending on screen size etc.

Just got a cheapie chinese Windows 8.1 Tablet last week and am well impressed with how quickly it loads the OS. With the current hardware capability of phones etc. there doesn't seem to be any reason to chop it down significantly for the phone sphere.

Jim

[Dean Roddey]

They may only run the new type of 'universal app' or something like that, in which case it wouldn't work.

[ellisr63]

I also heard that Windows 10 will not support Windows Media Center or Internet Explorer... Don't know what is going to replace them from Microsoft. Maybe Microsoft is going with something built right into the OS?

[Dean Roddey]

On the browser front they already announced a replacement for IE. It'll still be there for backwards compatibility, I'd think. But won't be the primary browser anymore. I guess after all those years they needed to give it a reboot.

[wuench]

That's easy you just replace IE with Chrome

[DaveB]

I also heard that Windows 10 will not support Windows Media Center or Internet Explorer... Don't know what is going to replace them from Microsoft. Maybe Microsoft is going with something built right into the OS?

Media Center is Toast for now (although it may come back in the final release according to some chatter). Spartan is the new IE and will replace IE. It actually is a pure HTML 5 browser and operates very cleanly in tests. It is still beta, but again, it is pure HTML 5 complaint.

[ellisr63]

Media Center is Toast for now (although it may come back in the final release according to some chatter). Spartan is the new IE and will replace IE. It actually is a pure HTML 5 browser and operates very cleanly in tests. It is still beta, but again, it is pure HTML 5 complaint.

SiliconeDust is working on a DVR that uses their HDHomerun tuners. The service will be $30 a year. If this does happen we won't have to deal with Microsofts Media Center anymore. I will run it directly off of my NAS.

[Dean Roddey]

Looks like they've changed the name from Spartan to Edge, though I guess Spartan was probably a working name anyway. And of course Edge is, well, an edgier name.