The latest from the world of Mighty Microsoft is their tablet, dubbed 'Surface', and loaded with Windows 8.
There's still the problem of convincing developers to make enough really useful Apps for Windows 8 to make it into a 'gotta-have-it' for consumers who would like to do some actual useful work on one of these things, instead of just playing silly video games.
The other problem with tablets and all-in-ones of course is that once you get one, you're stuck with whatever's inside that can't be changed, because there just isn't room for anything that wasn't designed to fit into it in the beginning.
So, for example, you can't increase its RAM with extra slabs of it, and you can't swap out the puny graphics card for one with more horsepower or better built-in memory capacity. You're stuck with whatever it had when it came out of its box.
Desktops, by contrast, can be improved with better hardware components, and you might be wondering how many of us do that. Not that many, actually - only about five percent, according to my favorite computer repair technician. That was a surprise to me, because I assumed there'd be more of that, due to the costs of replacing complete systems, especially in the business world, but evidently not. It does work, though, because I've had mine improved with better graphics cards and more RAM, and it makes quite a difference.
Anyway - Mighty Microsoft has more work to do before they can call Windows 8 and its new hardware a finished system and a professional product. They should start by showing us how useful it all will be in the everyday working world where the bulk of its customers earn the money to buy it. And as one self-styled expert put it recently, "I want something that doesn't get in the way while I'm getting something done. If it gets in my way, it isn't right for the job." I agree.
Here's what The Washington Post has to say about it.
And here's the search engine usage numbers.
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