It’s time to wind back the Wambooli clock and review my ill-fated (or not) high tech predictions for this current year. As the curtain closes on 2015, how well did I do?

Prediction: Large Format Tablets

This one is a winner! Samsung introduced a larger format tablet, as did Apple with the iPad Pro. I’d like to believe this trend continues, but I have my doubts, which I’ll express in my predictions for 2016 post on Friday.

Prediction: Windows 10 Proves Popular

Given that Windows 8 is the most despised version of Windows ever, it was easy to predict that Windows 10 would be popular. I would like to say that Win10 is popular, but not by much.

Windows 10 does some things that annoy people. For example, the operating system’s insistence that additional user accounts must have an email address — even a kid’s account. That’s just silly. Also, the invasive snooping done by Cortana is obnoxious. You can shut off all those features, but Windows 10 is still far from perfect.

Prediction: Online Subscription Software Also Proves Popular

This prediction is only half-true. I believe subscription software is more common, but not popular. It’s difficult to convince individual users to adopt the subscription model. I believe you won’t see full acceptance of the model for several years to come.

Prediction: More Cyber Attacks

The massive attacks and cyber warfare just didn’t happen as I predicted. It would have been fun, but my guess is that the military as well IT professionals everywhere are being successful at shutting out the attacks. So they could be happening, but we’re just pleasantly unaware.

Speaking of which, where are the viruses? Anyone hear of any major virus threats or attacks? How are Norton and MacAfee still in business? Beyond stupid people opening unknown attachments or visiting naughty websites, are viruses still a thing?

Prediction: The Final Year of the “Old Internet”

Ha-ha. I wish.

I’m sure the Big Media Corporations are salivating at chance to control the Internet, but the damage done from piracy isn’t great enough to shift them into the ultimate action. For now, and for the future, the Internet remains what it is. In fact, the only threat is that traffic is increasing and, well, the Internet is starting to get slow.

On Friday, New Year’s Day, I offer my dismal forecast and predictions for 2016.