The OS made for dual-screen devices will come to single-screen traditional laptops first…
Windows 10X might have been conceived as an operating system for dual-screen devices, but it’ll be arriving on traditional single-screen laptops first, Microsoft has confirmed – raising fresh questions and concerns about exactly how the OS might pan out, and whether it could initially disappoint.
As you may be aware, this information bears out a previous rumor from the reliable Mary Jo Foley, indicating that Microsoft’s chief product officer, Panos Panay, had said that Surface Neo wouldn’t be launching this year as planned (but Surface Duo would – on Android of course), and no other third-party dual-screen devices would be shipping with Windows 10X either.
In a blog post on ‘accelerating innovation in Windows 10’, Panay observed that Windows 10X was designed around flexibility – not dual-screen devices as such, although they are obviously made to be more versatile – and that this flexibility “has enabled us to pivot our focus toward single-screen Windows 10X devices that leverage the power of the cloud to help our customers work, learn and play in new ways.”
Panay says: “These single-screen devices will be the first expression of Windows 10X that we deliver to our customers, and we will continue to look for the right moment, in conjunction with our OEM partners, to bring dual-screen devices to market.
