December 22nd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »
If rumors are right, Microsoft is nearly ready with a special version of Windows 7 that is able to run on ARM-based processors. This would improve Windows 7’s scalability toward tablet based devices.
While competitors like Apple are scaling up their mobile OS for tablet use, Microsoft seems to have chosen the opposite path by converting their much heavier desktop OS. The benefit of such a move would be the amount of possibilities consumers will have with the established OS but the downside would be the amount of processing power needed as well as the lack of a good app distribution model. If this is true, it is likely Steve Ballmer will be presenting it during the CES.
