{"id":40046,"date":"2012-12-17T17:26:17","date_gmt":"2012-12-17T17:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=40046"},"modified":"2012-12-17T17:26:17","modified_gmt":"2012-12-17T17:26:17","slug":"microsofts-future-and-windows-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/microsofts-future-and-windows-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft\u2019s Future and Windows 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/billwin8.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"billwin8\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-40051\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Bill Pytlovany<\/p>\n<h3>Microsoft\u2019s Future and Windows 8<\/h3>\n<p>Now that there isn\u2019t as much discussion about Romney and Obama the passion appears to focus on the future of Microsoft and Windows 8.  I\u2019ve already published three articles but I haven\u2019t taken a stance strong enough to generate any hate mail yet.<\/p>\n<p>Some folks have posted very positive and very negative reviews of their Microsoft Surface experience.<\/p>\n<p>Dave Ward loved sharing, \u201cA month with my Surface RT\u201d<br \/>\nMeanwhile,  James Kendrick let ZDNET readers know,<br \/>\n\u201dWhy I can\u2019t recommend the Surface RT for table shoppers\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Paul Thurrott known for his research and Supersite for Windows took a much broader look at the big changes in Redmond with \u201cMicrosoft\u2019s Mobile Strategy is Correct\u201d. 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