So I read some filler/fluff article about Windows 8. Run of the mill, one sided article hyping the upcoming Windows8. I feel that, like every other Win8 article, this one really over looked the one edge that Windows8 MIGHT have. I have the feeling that this edge will also be overlooked by Microsoft, after all they are the ones who failed to push the Zune market to Xbox and Facebook(facebook partnered with Spotify even though MS has invested with Facebook already- who let that slip by? Eh, Balmer is not a good Tech CEO is it really all falls on him.

Here is the article Win8 article that dose little more than fulfill's someone's due date




And here is a term that will probably become more popular after it is too late for Windows:

chameleon experience/ Computing = having a small, portable computer device that offers limited functionality that may be expanded by hooking it up / tethering it to a device with addition CPU / GPU / hoarse power while to the user

------My Comment(that will probably go ignored)------

Meh, totally a fluff piece. Why is it anything that comes pro-windows at this point reads like a North Korean state-run news paper? Many good ideas that come from Richmond are, in my opinion, watered down due to their management-first, technology-second business model. The only way this Windows8 idea will do any better than Windows Phone 7 is if they really take the "chameleon experience" (a term I just coined which will probably be as important as "cloud computing" in the nearish future) the full 9 yards. I think the next big thing, and the only thing to really launch non-iPads is to have a product line where a small computer unit, probably a smart phone or iTouch-like unit will be the users computer. They they want to be productive, the just slide in in, or set it near a computer shell which will have a big monitor, additional processing unit, etc and then the user's account info, preferences will be there waiting. Set it near your gaming system and once again, your account, games, etc will be use the gaming system as a host and infact the only thing the game system is providing is the additional GPUs necessary to play a game like MW3 or something.
In conclusion, Windows8 will only be a big deal if they really perfect the idea where it is a tablet on the go, and then a computer at home. In order to do this they will need a very tight control over hardware. They will need to take the Nokia partnership to the most intimate level- infact they should treat all others like a redheaded step child after thought. They REALLY need to get in to bed with Nokia for Windows8 and have the type of software/hardware marriage that only Apple has been able to pull off.
Yeah, anything else in this articular is just fluff that the writer probably found necessary to write about as to appease the MS gods and to be kept "in the loop" for tech reporting. Happens all the time, but when you're good, I mean REALLY good, you don't need to pressure journalists to be your cheerleaders, they will do it outta love.