Windows 8 Update: Microsoft wants Windows 8 to get small to run on more devices

[anuseems]

Microsoft is aiming to slim down Windows 8 so it fits on smaller devices, the company's top marketing executive says.

From Network World:

A high priority of our Windows development effort is to make sure Windows is, let me describe it as right-sized for those devices," says Tami Reller, executive vice president of marketing, at the Goldman Sachs Technology Internet Conference, according to an article on citeworld.com.

The company already has an operating system for ARM devices (Windows RT), phones (Windows Phone) and laptops including its own Surface PRO (Windows 8.1) which just about nails all the current form factors. Phablets between phones and tablets and watches are other possibilities.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2014/021314-windows-8-278770.html?fsrc=netflash-rss

Edited February 14, 2014 by anuseems

[Matt]

nice :)

[eurobyn]

_{if they respect the desktop users non touch (fine with me)}

[mjall]

let them do whatever they want but keep the desktop as is

[Arachnoid]

Yea remove metro

[geeteam]

MS should understand that there's a vast different between a Touch user and a non-touch user. I think Windows 8.1 or 8.2 or 9 or whatever should be in different editions, Metro and Non-Metro.