Microsoft-bashing zingers from the article ... "The problem with the PC isn’t that the market desperately wants a new version of Windows that looks different a

Microsoft-bashing zingers from the article ... "The problem with the PC isn’t that the market desperately wants a new version of Windows that looks different and has a higher version number. The real problem is that the well has run dry, and new versions of Windows won’t fix this. And really, if they’re too different, they’ll just accelerate the shift to Post PC devices." "There is not going to be huge annual increases in PC shipments anymore. Everyone knows this. What they don’t always seem to see as clearly is that you can have a personal computer without having a box under your desk blowing hot air away from an Intel CPU." "Windows Phone is not just unpopular, it’s so toxic it lethally crippled what was not too long ago the world’s leading smartphone manufacturer." "Not to worry, the Windows Enthusiasts tell us. Microsoft doesn’t need a lack of competition, high ASPs, expanding revenues, nor even any support via Post-PC devices. The legacy pile of PCs out there will magically blow money in Microsoft’s direction once Windows 8 hits because that’s what happened in the past." "There are tremendous problems facing the Surface. The first: it’s based on a lie. It’s called “Windows 8 RT,” but consumers associate “Windows” with two things: a familiar interface and the ability to run Windows apps. Surface RT supports neither." "The non-RT, Intel x86 version of Surface not only isn’t available yet, but it’s going to be too thick, expensive and heavy to compete with iPad, just like any other Ultrabook or previous Windows Tablet." "Saying that the Surface is a combination of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 hardware savvy and its Windows Phone software savvy is like one of those jokes about a train engineered by Italians, serving English food, managed by Portugal and financed by Greece."