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Convergence Or Confusion: Comparing Apple’s And Microsoft’s Approaches To Post-PC

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http://techcrunch.com – Last week saw Microsoft launch its latest major operating system update, Windows 8. We’ve had a good long time to get used to what Windows 8 was bringing; Microsoft released public betas and consumer previews long before it hit shelves, in part to refine the product, and in part to acclimatize the public to what’s definitely a big paradigm shift in Windows computing. In a lot of ways, with Windows 8, Microsoft got the jump on what Apple seems intent on doing with OS X and iOS: a convergence of desktop and mobile computing. But the approaches both companies are taking to changing co (IT news)

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