Windows 8.1 with Bing challenges Android: one gig of RAM is again enough
The story went through another round: until now, the requirements of Windows operating systems for hardware were mostly growing, but the rapid development of the mobile segment led to the fact that they again fell to the level of times “somewhere to Vista” for the sake of expansion to mobile devices.
If you remember, the Windows 8.1 update released in April was distinguished by the promise of supporting devices with characteristics from 1 GB of RAM and 16 GB of shared memory. And for partner manufacturers of gadgets with a screen diagonal of less than 9 ", it was also promised free of charge. Which means that Windows got into the niche of cheap gadgets, where Android has so far reigned supreme.
And today, Microsoft announced that this version of Windows 8 for budget devices was called Windows 8.1 with Bing , and in the next two weeks on the eve and at the Computex exhibition in Taipei, the coverlet from several devices with this OS on board will be torn off.
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The name, of course, is not so hot, but it confirms once again, in whose garden is a stone: we also have a search! - as if it screams. Indeed, Bing will be the default search engine in Internet Explorer on these devices. However, as stipulated in the announcement, you can change the search system without problems - just like the browser, I suppose. A bonus for those who are still afraid of the combination of the words Windows, Internet Explorer and 1 gigabyte of RAM will be a free annual subscription to the Office 365 package on some devices.
The advantage of Android is still its openness - any Chinese can put an iPhone on his clone without any permission from Google. However, it is clear that the outcome of this battle will be decided not by the rice farmers from rice fields, but by agreements with the main vendors of budget smartphones. Will W8.1B be free (sorry, I can’t recruit it all the time) sufficiently to migrate to this platform without Microsoft buying the whole company? I would not make big bets on MS, but we'll see. The competition here is only for the better.
If you remember, the Windows 8.1 update released in April was distinguished by the promise of supporting devices with characteristics from 1 GB of RAM and 16 GB of shared memory. And for partner manufacturers of gadgets with a screen diagonal of less than 9 ", it was also promised free of charge. Which means that Windows got into the niche of cheap gadgets, where Android has so far reigned supreme.
And today, Microsoft announced that this version of Windows 8 for budget devices was called Windows 8.1 with Bing , and in the next two weeks on the eve and at the Computex exhibition in Taipei, the coverlet from several devices with this OS on board will be torn off.
')
The name, of course, is not so hot, but it confirms once again, in whose garden is a stone: we also have a search! - as if it screams. Indeed, Bing will be the default search engine in Internet Explorer on these devices. However, as stipulated in the announcement, you can change the search system without problems - just like the browser, I suppose. A bonus for those who are still afraid of the combination of the words Windows, Internet Explorer and 1 gigabyte of RAM will be a free annual subscription to the Office 365 package on some devices.
The advantage of Android is still its openness - any Chinese can put an iPhone on his clone without any permission from Google. However, it is clear that the outcome of this battle will be decided not by the rice farmers from rice fields, but by agreements with the main vendors of budget smartphones. Will W8.1B be free (sorry, I can’t recruit it all the time) sufficiently to migrate to this platform without Microsoft buying the whole company? I would not make big bets on MS, but we'll see. The competition here is only for the better.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/223965/
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