There are four computers in the house with Windows XP SP3. Updates for them will stop on April 8, 2014, when Microsoft ends life support for XP. By that time Windows 8 should be out. I have a system at work running Windows Server 8 Beta, and it took a while for me to warm up to the new Metro user interface. Fortunately, Microsoft included a trick, where if you place the cursor in the lower left corner of the screen, there’s an option to launch a more familiar Desktop-style interface.
With Apple’s phenomenal success in touch screen products, the introduction of a new version of Windows for consumers seems as irrelevant as it is inevitable. One area where Microsoft is enjoying success is with the Kinect and its gesture interface. The Kinect’s lead developer was Johnny Chung Lee, who I featured four years ago, when he was at Carnegie Mellon University. Microsoft has released a software development kit for the Kinect, with hospital operating rooms being one of the best possible uses for touch-free display control.
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