| Puppyroach said: It's that last bit that has me the most interested. Getting W10 apps on X1 can be huge since it can mean much more games, emulators and other resources that the competition simply does not have. |
It's not what you think it is. It won't be the full desktop variant of Windows 10, it's the 'mobile' variant (even though they took away the naming differentiation in order to try to hide this).
IOW : this is what you will be able to do with the X1 basically : http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/apps#Cat=t0
Still great that they're doing this, but it's not like you will be able to run Steam/etc on the X1.
The whole reasoning for the 'app' system in the first place is for Microsoft to get revenue from the sale of anything through that medium, which they don't get with standard windows desktop applications and software. A secondary reason is that things made for Microsoft app system aren't tied to X86 (so you can run them on phones running ARM CPUs), and for UI that is touch-friendly.
