My Xbox One Impressions

                     

The Xbox one is very interesting. The Xbox one runs on windows kernel what’s a modified version of windows 8 metro screen. The interface is annoying and customizable at the same time. It hard to figure out where you are after you have opened a couple of applications. It also a note that almost everything is application now. Even my achievements it’s sort of stupid but does have benefits like an overall percentage on each game. Then on side note you cannot check Xbox one achievements on Xbox.com or smart glass, even though your support to be able to at least on smart glass,.

          So after that rant let’s talk about everyone favorite part is the installs. The Xbox one and PS4 require you to install games. This takes forever me guestimate about 3 to 4 hours. Now this might’ve helped battlefield 4 wow me. I finally got in game and played the campaign and it was easily the best looking game I have ever seen. The cinematic and gameplay are awesome in every aspect. It didn’t matter how many video you watch you will never comprehend it until you see it on a 1080p TV. It really shows how games are getting to the point where realism and gameplay are starting to merge together.

The Xbox one is a mixed bag at current moment. The games themselves look awesome but the insane downloads of the disk and odd interface decisions are holding it back. I think you can buy Xbox but just remember the Xbox will evolve over time.

Microsoft and Apple , Will They Be Relevant in 20 years

With apple losing there visionary Steve jobs in 2011. I’m interested in seeing their future innovations without the guidance of Steve Jobs. I feel there just going to keep repeating same products over and over  until people start getting tired with their ideas such as the iPod or IPad, now don’t get me wrong there is nothing really wrong with these devices (except using a IPad as a office device when its clearly not for that). Heck I going to invest in a iPod , I wanted apps and songs ( don’t worry I not going to buy them ,YouTube to mp3) . I’m not worried for apple at the instant but apple in 10 years because the  PC market is going down ( It’s because a windows 7 computer can last probably last 7-10 years  without you needing a new PC, causing the pc market not crash, but  to go down and then plateau) and then the fact that android owns the market with 80% of the phone market and Microsoft owning 90% of PC operating systems (aka Windows) .   Let’s talk about my boys  Microsoft, other than their impenetrable  windows operating system and office. Their surface and windows phone is considered  a work in progress their fairly new into market but the surface tablet does look like it has potential to be next big  thing with the surface 2  with it being 20% faster and 60% longer battery life  but with that said its still hemorrhaging a billion dollars but with Excel , PowerPoint and Word I think its next  up incoming tablet in the market. Then there windows 8 which is called the  “new vista”. Then there is the  Xbox my  pride and joy of the Microsoft but with terrible reveal of Xbox one I’m still little worried especially with PS4 capitalizing on their mistakes.

I’m really interested to see how these tech giants will do in the future with changing markets and jerk off skeptics.

William Townsend