Xbox One Architecture Finally Explained – Runs OS ‘Virtually Indistinguishable’ from Windows 8

[Adinnieken]

Uabit said:

Adinnieken said:
The source article isn't exactly correct.

Microsoft directly described each of the OSes and their origin and purpose. If that information was incorrect, it was incorrect because Microsoft didn't provide entirely accurate information.

However, the only thing new learned is that the games OS, which was described as the Xbox OS, is in fact based on the Windows 8 kernel and not the same as the Xbox 360's OS.

The apps OS was always known to be a Windows 8-based OS.

Well some useful apps such as friends, messages and partys are available with the guide button on xbox 360, you don't even need to return to dashboard as you do on Xbox One. And remember Xbox One before the two last updates: you couldn't see your controller's battery life or manage storage from hard drive. 

Xbox 360 was great and i enjoyed it a lot, XOne is full of flaws and is not even half as good  as Xbox 360 was back on its day.

And do you remember the initial Xbox 360 dashboard?  The lack of chat, a feature that existed in the original Xbox but didn't initially make it to the Xbox 360.

Guess not.

The fact that Microsoft can so quickly and easily update the OS with new features without impacting the operation of previous games points to the flexibility of the OS.