Hope for Change in Microsoft

Apparently MS is getting tired of getting kicked around by IOS and Android... Can they catch up at this point? 

CES: Microsoft Hacks Up Next OS as SOC


With the Pre-CES Keynote made by [Steve Ballmer], the announcement came that the next iteration of their operating system being available in SOC specific form.  This will lead to windows being able to run a very diverse hardware set in a much more efficient manner than it does right now.  Microsoft displayed 4 different versions of what the next generation prototypes are from 4 different manufacturers but there has been no work done yet on the GUI for SOC as [Ballmer] was very clear to mention that more than a couple of times. 

The picture below is Intel's iteration of System on a Chip.

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