It would also light a fire under Apple to bring out a touchscreen Mac. Touchscreen computers are, for now, a differentiator for Windows versus Mac OS and touchscreen laptops are close to $300, so it's not a price issue any more. It's gotten to the point that at Best Buy they have to label laptops that do not have touchscreens so users will stop putting their fingers all over the screens. I also want to see Microsoft be brave with their PC vendors, and make touchscreens mandatory.

Having to switch back and forth is inefficient and confusing and unnecessary. The old Windows desktop is clunky in the modern era. Honestly, I really want to see Microsoft be brave, and move everything to the new modern interface. But the split personality operating system is still there. It's faster, thinner, bigger, more ergonomic, etc. Yesterday, Microsoft introduced the Surface Pro 3. There are Settings which are different from the old Control Panel. There are two browsers, one with the address bar on top and the other on the bottom. What I don't like are the vestiges of the older Windows desktop. I am a fan of the colorful, content-rich Live Tiles. I bought a Windows 8.1 touchscreen PC, and they sent me an original Surface and Windows Phone as well, to try to get me to port my apps to Windows.

I said before that I like what Microsoft is trying to do.

Remember the phrase 'Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM' back in the 1980s? Microsoft is asking people to be brave and take a chance on Windows 8. And now that Microsoft Office is available for iOS, iPads are even safer. For schools, adopting iPads is the safe choice. Microsoft is acknowledging, whether they realize it or not, that Windows is no longer the safe choice, but it's the choice of the brave. They rely on Sara Bareilles' 'Brave' anthem for each commercial.

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