It sure does sound like they’re trying to create a product that can directly compete with the user friendly versions of MacOS available to Apple users.

One thing’s for sure though, Windows 8 sounds awesome on paper but will it be as smooth and as advanced as promised? Well that is something we will have to wait and see for ourselves.

Another problem Microsoft is going to run into is maintaining the complexities of things like “facial login”. These seem like features that are not as simple fixes as the dreaded “blue screens” that have become so synonymous with windows products. I hope Microsoft is training their IT department well because as this new tech develops, the problems that come along with it develop as well.

We as a society have become accustom to quick fixes, I just hope that they can maintain that status quo with all of these new advancements.

In terms of desktops, they wont be around forever as some have stated. As technology advances, we are going to crave more of it in a more portable form (i.e. laptop, tablet, all-in-one etc.). The hardware of a desktop is easier to upgrade now, yes, but with technology also reducing in size, whos to say that wont swing in the way of laptops and portable machines in the future?

Regardless of whether or not desktops will continue to exist or not, there are still going to need to be people who can fix this type of software. Microsoft is going to need more and more educated individuals to man a project such as this one seeing as all of this new tech seems leaps and bounds harder to control than that of its predecessors.