Not only that, but Microsoft is now basically ahead of everybody as to where computing is heading. We are heading towards a time, for good and bad, where you can move from one device to another continuing doing whatever you are doing, without missing a beat.
Apple isn’t there and neither is Android.
Thanks for that laugh. It's been a long day, and that made me LOL. Did you forget your /sarc tag?
Microsoft was once a major innovator. That was 20 years ago. They haven't been AHEAD of one single curve -- and made a success of their work -- since Ballmer took over. Windows and Office in business use -- where they specifically DO NOT innovate much because businesses don't tolerate change easily -- have allowed the company to survive despite the fact that 90% of their other endeavors have been weak, "me-too" copies of other ideas, offered late and then dropped. XBox is the only notable exception.
I think Windows 8 will do GREAT on handhelds. It's got a lot of attractive characteristics for handhelds.
On business and home PCs it's gonna die the gooey death, even though MS will try to force it down everybody's throat like Vista.
You're welcome to your opinion, of course, as am I, but what do you say we revisit this exchange in 3 or 4 years?
Apple has and does.
I have a BS, MS in CS and 30 years in Computing, and that statement is about as far from the truth as the IRAQI Minister's during the IRAQ war.
Let me ask you a single question that stops all the MSoft fan-boys cold.
After your experience running Windows (forced reboots, blue screens) would you get on an airplane where the airplane control was Windows based?
Windows only matter for stuff that doesn't matter. You can't build ANYTHING highly reliable (enterprise, embedded or appliance) with it. The dedicated desktop is dying.....and so will Windows.
That being said W8 is better, it's just too late. Microsoft is "leading from behind". Maybe they should spend less time copying Apple, and playing in Media (MSNBC they just ditched) and more time ENGINEERING.