By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close

Forums - Microsoft - Xbox Empire - New thread up soon!

It's not as if the new numbering system meant anything anyway. Windows 8.1 was actually Windows NT 6.3, its just branding. If its higher than 8, people will know its newer.



Around the Network

Just made a club in Forza Horizon 2

Club Name: Xbox Empire
Tag: XEE
All are welcome, anything goes.

For those who don't have the game yet, feel free to join. You get access to clubs later on though. :)



https://www.trueachievements.com/gamercards/SliferCynDelta.png%5B/IMG%5D">https://www.trueachievements.com/gamer/SliferCynDelta"><img src="https://www.trueachievements.com/gamercards/SliferCynDelta.png

Im hoping ALien turns our good. IM actually interested in it.

@Slade lol I dont have Forza Horizon 2 yet but when i pick it up ill make sure to join your club......with my Jigglypuff car xD




       

Pretty easy win 7 never existed it was 6.1 if I recall win vista was 6...
People saying every other win version sucks just talk out of their ass and have ne clue what they are talking about... Since the kernel doesn't change with each version
Win 9 was never suppose to exist it always was supposed to be win8.2 rebranded win 9 which is win 6.4 anyway...
And to my knowledge win9 (8.2) is still coming it will just be a transitional distribution before win threshold which is windows 10 as expected.... Any Tec guy who doesn't. Know or at least understand that has been living under a rock or was never a techy in the first place...
And honestly non techy just buy what we feed them or what is trending among hipster wannabe geek or what they say suck even If they never actually try it or know how to benchmark it...

Bottom line win 10 makes perfect sense and is what it was supposed to be, windows threshold... The real question now is are we gonna see win8.2 (win9) or not...



JayWood2010 said:
Im hoping ALien turns our good. IM actually interested in it.

@Slade lol I dont have Forza Horizon 2 yet but when i pick it up ill make sure to join your club......with my Jigglypuff car xD

lol, I changed my club to Angelus' xD 

"Arch Gaming" is his club name :) 



https://www.trueachievements.com/gamercards/SliferCynDelta.png%5B/IMG%5D">https://www.trueachievements.com/gamer/SliferCynDelta"><img src="https://www.trueachievements.com/gamercards/SliferCynDelta.png

Around the Network
Slade6alpha said:
JayWood2010 said:

lol, I changed my club to Angelus' xD 

"Arch Gaming" is his club name :) 


:'(
 '
 '
 '
 '
O




       

Windows 10 Coming to Xbox One

Microsoft Corp. is promising "One Windows" with its latest OS, meaning the core of Windows 10 is coming to the Xbox One, and hopefully a few more apps. Microsoft Corporation

 

Microsoft Corp. could finally unleash Windows apps on the Xbox One. The company is bringing the core of Windows 10 to the Xbox One, allowing developers to bring apps and games from Windows Phone and PCs to Microsoft's latest console.

The update for the Xbox One will arrive sometime in 2015, the company said Tuesday. Microsoft said "Windows 10 will run across an incredibly broad set of devices,” some with 4-inch screens, others with 80-inch screens, as well as those without a screen that "primarily use [a] controller/gesture" interface.

Windows 10 on Xbox One could finally make good on Microsoft's promise to bring Windows apps to the console. Dell originally boasted that "every" Windows app would come to the console before its release, but Microsoft clarified that only "some" would make it. In reality, practically no Windows apps have made it to the console, so far, but Microsoft says that will change next year.

 

Windows apps with the multi-screen symbol, seen above next to the original price, are "universal" apps that Microsoft plans to soon enable to run on the Xbox One, according to Gartner's Steve Kleinhans.  Microsoft.com

 

 

Not every Windows or Windows Phone app will be available for the Xbox One, developers will now be able to make apps that can work -- with a few caveats -- on any Microsoft device. Microsoft said it was “delivering one application platform for our developers. Whether you’re building a game or a line of business application, there will be one way to write a universal app that targets the entire family" with more details on Windows 10 coming “early in 2015.”

The way the apps will be able to work on different devices with several different hardware configurations is that Microsoft structured Windows 10 with a common core of services capable of running underneath any device, from Xbox One, Windows phones, tablets to PCs. On top of those services is a user-interface that will vary on the device’s form factor.

The apps that will be able to run on Xbox are made to run on multiple devices, said Steve Kleynhans, vice president and research analyst at Gartner. Those so-called "universal Windows" apps are the ones Microsoft previously called "metro," and while PCs will still be able to run "legacy," or traditional Windows programs like Adobe Photoshop and Excel, which won't come to the Xbox.

A number of new apps in the Windows Store are “universal” apps -- ones with a small icon indicating their cross-device support, that will eventually run on the Xbox One. Developers will still have to deal with the user interface issues that would come from porting an app made for a 5-inch touchscreen smartphone to the Xbox One, but the concept is that Microsoft will allow users to play any game on any platform: the company’s long-term goal. Microsoft is also reportedly working on allowing people to play full resolution Xbox One games on lower-powered PCs and tablets through Internet Explorer.

“Strategically, Windows 10 is the right move for Microsoft. It plays on their strengths. They’ve got a lot of talent when it comes to building operating systems, and this move allows them to focus that talent and build one product instead of several,” Kleynhans said. “This allows them to build an excellent operating system all the way through, that runs on any kind of device.”

On PCs and tablets, the new operating system will largely do what many had expected from the Redmond, Washington-based software company: The best features of Windows 8 are coming to a desktop more like Windows 7.

 

http://www.ibtimes.com/xbox-one-getting-windows-10-cross-platform-games-apps-1697381

  




       

Microsoft Readying Xbox One Games For The Web?


http://s1.ibtimes.com/sites/www.ibtimes.com/themes/us_ibtimes/images/dottedline.gif) 0% 100% repeat-x;">Microsoft is running Xbox One games in the cloud, enabling their playback on web browsers like Internet Explorer and Google Chrome. The move could also open up the playback of Xbox 360 games on the company's latest console. Reuters
 

Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) is using the power of the cloud to run Xbox One games inside of standard Web browsers, including its own Internet Explorer as well as Chrome, Neowin reported. The move would shift focus away from the company's console hardware, but also opens up questions of whether the Xbox One will soon offer backwards compatibility with Xbox 360 games.

Sources inside Microsoft told Neowin that the Redmond, Washington, company has enabled browser-based playback on both the Xbox One, which was released last year, and the Xbox 360, which originally came out in 2005. Microsoft is "close" to releasing a consumer version of a cloud-based game service, the site said, according to more than one source inside Microsoft. The company refused to comment.

One source told Neowin that the Xbox One streaming service would enable playback in full 1080p HD resolution at 60 frames-per-second, or FPS, a measure of how smooth a game looks. Microsoft's console was previously unable to display many cross-platform games at full HD at 60 FPS.

Developers released some titles in full HD on Sony Corp.'s (NYSE:SNE) PlayStation 4 while opting for lower resolutions on the Xbox One. Microsoft had said it planned on utilizing its Azure cloud services to boost resolutions and offer next-generation features, however, the company has so far used the cloud only for smaller, less hardware-intensive services like multiplayer matchmaking.

The Xbox's dashboard, which offers access to games as well as streaming services and other functions, can be streamed over the cloud as well, the report said. A timeframe for releasing the new service to the public was not clear. Last year, Microsoft demonstrated "Halo 4," an Xbox title, running on a series of phones, tablets and other devices at an annual employee meeting.

Sony already has announced a subscription service called PlayStation Now, which utilizes cloud technology to run PlayStation games on Sony TV's and other devices that would not traditionally be capable of doing so. Sony says it will offer beta testing of the service in January, and will offer it more widely this summer.




       

JayWood2010 said:
Slade6alpha said:
JayWood2010 said:

lol, I changed my club to Angelus' xD 

"Arch Gaming" is his club name :) 


:'(
 '
 '
 '
 '
O


lol anyone here who wants in just message me on Live. You're all welcome



Do you all have a Forza Horzion 2 Car Club?