99% of development are put in web technologies, of course they are going to be better than native at some point. I think they have already taken over. Native programs often feels like clunky squared dinosaurs when compared. I have used Macs for the last five years and have no emotional attachment to the platform, web apps works here too.

As a side note, Microsoft already uses Electron and have for some time, Teams for example.

Try to put a 34" 21:9 in potrait mode then.

Agree, the wider the merrier I say. My desktop is a 21:9 3440x1440, able to have 3 good sized programs open simultaneously side by side. 16:9 gives you about two programs.

The thing is that the earth is pretty flat, I'm not used to bending the neck up and down all day. If you want more screen space, horizontal is the way to go.

Having the latest OS is not a requirement for having a secure OS. Several older OSes including Android releases are still receiving updates.

That's great because human beings produce 25,000 BTUs of body heat.

Relax! Our most valuable and most secure operating system is out there for free! How am I suppose to explain that?

I don't know... Say it was all part of the plan!

My MSI GE62 from last year have 4 core I7, 16GB, tripple m.2 SSD, 2.5" harddrive and fast nvidia graphics in less than a 3kg package.

This is not even the latest iteration of laptops. I love being able to work and game everywhere. At home I plug it into an 1440p 34" monitor, real keyboard and mouse. There is no way I'm going back to desktops again..

It's not only serverside either, it's now possible to make fullblown desktop applications using mostly javascript/HTML/CSS with Atom. Atom basicaly is chromium + node.

http://electron.atom.io/

It's picking up pace and the programs written in this feels modern, like the web. It's extremely flexible compared to any existing widget toolset out there. And the applications written are fast. I''ve used it for quite a large project and to me this is what Java promised 20 years ago regarding write once/run everywhere, pixel perfect. I will probably never use a native toolset for a larger project again, too much hassle compared to some HTML/CSS/Javascript. V8 is fast enough for most code and performance code or platform specific features can be written in a compiled language. Mutliplatform is not free but very close.

I'll be sure to tell the 1% of developers still building apps for desktop OS:es.

Newflash: It's a dead market. The web won.

The browser as a platform has definitely not failed, 90% of all computer time is probably in the browser. It has taken over almost all general computing task and more is coming. Look at the R&D invested in web technologies versus your favorite desktop OS. The desktop OS as we know it are going to die, it's already minuscule compared to the web.

I have used this computer for weeks without any problems whatsoever. I wouldn't worry one bit about data loss. Mark my wor#$Ã(+#NO CARRIER

Inner-plattform effect

If you want a TABLET you should probably check that one out or any of the other super lowend tablets, but I don't see how that has anything to do with HDMI dongle computers

You should not get bad karma because you are wrong, the post can still contribute, and the poster get the chance to be corrected. A lot of "facts" really are opinions anyway.

There are 84 companies in the OHA (Open handset alliance). If a company for whatever reason will not update their phones to 4.4.4 (which is the latest point release of version 4 of Android) someone should probably backport the patch to 4.3 version of Android. Android is open source and Google accepts patches.

Google is not the only one making Android and the Google supported phones are free of this vulnerability. I can see Googles position on this (they want the vendors to just update to latest point release), although it seems a bit silly.