Tim Bajarin: "Windows 8 is 'welcome to the past' instead of 'welcome to the future.'

“Due to scheduling conflicts I could not be in NYC yesterday for the Windows 8 launch but watched it intently as it was streamed around the world from Microsoft’s Web site. But what I saw was both impressive as well as confounding for many reasons,” Tim Bajarin writes for TechPinions.

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“Let me start with the confounding issue first. Once Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took the stage with his bubbly personality, he expressed ‘excitement’ about Windows 8 and he was right to do that. Windows 8 will always be known as the version of Windows that ushered in the age of the touch UI to the Windows world,” Bajarin writes. “And just as Windows 95 solidified the GUI in PC users mind, Windows 8 will burn into people’s conscience the fact that touch should be a key addition to the Windows User Interface. And before he spoke, other Microsoft executives showed off a plethora of laptops, all-in-one touch PCs as well as tablets that are already touch enabled so they can take full advantage of Windows 8 touch features.”

Bajarin writes, “But as I listened to Steve Ballmer speak, I could not help but think that his message was one of ‘welcome to the past’ instead of ‘welcome to the future.’”

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