The polarized reaction to Windows 8 showed why Microsoft is finding itself in a tight spot: How can it move Windows into the touch-centric world of smartphones and tablets without alienating its core desktop users who still interact with their computers primarily with a mouse and keyboard? The answer, as reported by ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley, is to redesign the OS to make Windows more context aware and make it behave differently depending on the form factor it’s being used on. So for instance, when the upcoming Windows 9 gets loaded onto a desktop or laptop, the primary user interface will be the standard desktop mode that longtime Windows users are familiar with. When it’s loaded onto a smartphone, meanwhile, the
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