PC gaming is one of the few places left that Windows has any relevance, without that there very few reasons to continue running Windows.
Sales volumes for general purpose PCs (used by people other than gaming and developers) have been declining for years.
If you don't need Windows to game... and you don't need Windows to run office anymore (office 365).. then the only real reason to run windows would be to run VisualStudio and other legacy dev tools?
Linux is looking more and more attractive to the power user base.
I'm a power user that games... so Windows it is. For now. The moment I don't need Windows to game, and Wine can run all my legacy apps, then I'm jumping ship to Linux.
Consumers have moved on and all that's left in terms of volume are businesses that need a stock general purpose desktop -- legacy lives on for a while but not forever.
This might be the beginning of the end for Windows -- I'm speaking in terms of product lifecycle.
Sales volumes for general purpose PCs (used by people other than gaming and developers) have been declining for years.
If you don't need Windows to game... and you don't need Windows to run office anymore (office 365).. then the only real reason to run windows would be to run VisualStudio and other legacy dev tools?
Linux is looking more and more attractive to the power user base.
I'm a power user that games... so Windows it is. For now. The moment I don't need Windows to game, and Wine can run all my legacy apps, then I'm jumping ship to Linux.
Consumers have moved on and all that's left in terms of volume are businesses that need a stock general purpose desktop -- legacy lives on for a while but not forever.
This might be the beginning of the end for Windows -- I'm speaking in terms of product lifecycle.