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[TsarNikky]

It should have had the functionality to run legacy software from day one! How short-sighted of Microsoft, or is it arrogance? If MS really wants the business/enterprise market to even give tablets a second look, this functionality should have been included. Now, why should businesses seriously look at Windows-8 tablets?

[Greaseman]

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It should have had the functionality to run legacy software from day one! How short-sighted of Microsoft, or is it arrogance? If MS really wants the business/enterprise market to even give tablets a second look, this functionality should have been included. Now, why should businesses seriously look at Windows-8 tablets?

*sigh* This is Wondows RT, not Windows 8. Windows 8 runs all legacy programs because it is based on x86 architecture. Windows RT is based on ARM architecture and therefore not compatible with programs built for x86. Microsoft IS making a Surface tablet that is running Windows 8.
There is a reason Microsoft made the Surface RT and the Surface Pro. The RT is for the home consumer, while the Pro is mainly for the business consumer.

[berock212]

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It should have had the functionality to run legacy software from day one! How short-sighted of Microsoft, or is it arrogance? If MS really wants the business/enterprise market to even give tablets a second look, this functionality should have been included. Now, why should businesses seriously look at Windows-8 tablets?

Ok do you know about how that works. This guy wrote code where you can emulate legacy apps. Im sure if it was feasible to emulate legacy apps then Microsoft would have done it. There is a reason why they say that you can try this at your own risk. It isn't very feasible. Sure your can hack your way to run legacy apps that are tested to work on surface rt. Whenever you emulate something like this you will experience a lot of lag and a lot of bugs. If Microsoft was to release a fix like this then more people would be complaining about how only 1/5 of the apps word and how it is a lot less secure. Anyways Microsoft did make a Windows 8 tablet for business. It's called the surface. So no Microsoft isn't screwing the business market.

[RenzoLazarte]

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It should have had the functionality to run legacy software from day one! How short-sighted of Microsoft, or is it arrogance? If MS really wants the business/enterprise market to even give tablets a second look, this functionality should have been included. Now, why should businesses seriously look at Windows-8 tablets?

yeah also it should run mac and linux programs as well as play xbox and ps3 games...

[RobertShowalter]

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It should have had the functionality to run legacy software from day one! How short-sighted of Microsoft, or is it arrogance? If MS really wants the business/enterprise market to even give tablets a second look, this functionality should have been included. Now, why should businesses seriously look at Windows-8 tablets?

The Surface Pro is deisgned for businesses and has full backwards compatibility. (After all, it's basically just a PC.) But honestly, the regular Surface is a very usable piece of hardware. Microsoft could not have feasibly provided backwards compatibility to everything ever written for Windows, but they should have left the Desktop unlocked for ported apps. A coworker of mine believes that marketing forced them into the lock-down state, most likely to encourage purchases from the app store instead of ported applications. One can only hope that Microsoft one day backs down from this position and unlocks the desktop, because Windows has never been this locked down before.

I applaud the hackers who came up with the one-click hack, but sure wish they could find something more permanent and unbeatable, because I'm just waiting for the next update that breaks this nice little addition...

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If Microsoft was to release a fix like this then more people would be complaining about how only 1/5 of the apps word and how it is a lot less secure.

There's some truth to this. However, I was playing with this exploit, and any new executable Windows didn't know about threw up a "SmartScreen" warning that required a couple taps to even let it start. That's one layer of protection that exists. The other is that by default the tablet probably ought to operate locked down for more "secure" use, but provide an option somewhere to unlock it, with all the banners and big red letters that tell you that you're putting yourself at some risk. No reason for the OS to be permanently locked down the way it is.

[LiveBrianD]

If I'm understanding it correctly, some guys ported some desktop programs from x86 over to ARM, and then disabled the OS's checking to ensure desktop apps that run are made by Microsoft. I have no idea why Microsoft crippled it in the first place, because that's contributing to Windows RT's failure to gain much market share.