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Of course it is, just like Windows 8 and 8.1 were, but this wasn't the PRIMARY market for these releases. In fact, Microsoft barely put any effort into enterprise support and in 10 it's not that much different. And the reason is obvious, the WinRT api is still not fully mature enough to support enterprise development.
When the WinRT api is at a feature parity with Win32, you will see things change pretty radically. Both in terms of how MS markets the OS to enterprise, as well as how the OS functions... Even today, WinRT is still a second class citizen to Win32, but one day that will flip. WinRT will be the primary API and Win32 will become secondary. You won't log into Win32, you will log into WinRT.
When will that be? I don't know.. 3 years? 5 years? I don't know what MS's roadmap is on this.
However, laptop sales are declining as well. But in general, laptops are considered desktops and not mobile devices. Mobile devices are tablets and phones. And I was quite clear that desktops (including laptops) won't go away, but most people will own 2-3 mobile devices for every desktop device (desktop or laptop). I know I own 5 desktops and 15 mobile devices in my family. On top of that, there are IoT devices on the horizon... set top boxes, connected appliances, car computers, wearable devices (smart bands, etc..). This market is huge. And its time has finally come.
The mobile market is still waiting for a few things to make it truly the dominant market.. and that mostly revolves around human input devices... Once they can conquer keyboard quality input in mobile devices from anywhere... there's no telling how that will skyrocket and where desktops will plummet to.
Today, through remote access technologies, I can run any desktop application on my phone or tablet using Remote App or VMWare View or XenApp technologies. Other than a keyboard and mouse, why do I need a desktop? And again, once they conquer the input challenges... desktops are doomed.
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