Microsoft is looking to slow down the progress of Apple and iPAD on Tuesday of this week with the introduction of software to turn touchscreen computing into something more familiar with PC users.
The software will be shown off at a Microsoft conference for software developers in California.
The beta version of the forthcoming Windows 8 operating system represents a bet that iPad does not represent the final shape of tablet computing.
A trial version of Windows 8, is expected to be released to developers this week.
Windows 8 will have two interfaces: the traditional “desktop” familiar to PC users, and a touch-based interface using the same large “tiles” used on Windows software for smartphones.
The software will also be designed to bridge the gap between the “apps” found on tablets and smartphones and the full-featured applications of PCs.
Microsoft will have to make its operating system function for the first time on different chips, while also creating a way for developers to write software that works with different interfaces.
We are pretty confident that Microsoft will enter this marketplace with a very compelling proposition that will demonstrate their desire to succeed against the dominant apple.
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