On Tuesday, Microsoft demonstrated Windows 8 publicly for the first time, at the BUILD developer conference. Whilst there will be masses of coverage to come in the media, one thing to note is that Microsoft is attempting a user interface suitable for both touchscreens on mobile devices and traditional PCs.
Whilst I’m sceptical, this could move us one step closer to having a single pocket-portable device that could slot into docking stations for screens and keyboards as we move from one location to another. Whether this is superceded by cloud services is another matter. Either way, lugging laptops around may become a thing of the past.
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