Saul Hansell, Blogger, New York Times Bits

Can Microsoft Make Windows for a Small World?

January 14, 2009 at 12:00 am PT

The biggest question facing Windows 7 is whether Microsoft can really think small. When designing Windows Vista, Microsoft (MSFT) put a lot of effort into taking advantage of sophisticated computer hardware, with fancy graphics on the surface and lots of new processing tricks inside. Microsoft says this positioned the operating system for the future, despite the complaining of many users who grumble that Vista has bogged down their computers with unneeded frills and incompatibilities.

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