44 TECH ADVISOR • JANUARY 2020MICROSOFT SURFACE EVENT
But those are hardware. While the PC space has
wrestled with form factor, Microsoft has quietly evolved
Windows beyond a mouse-and-keyboard-driven
interface into one that can be interacted with via voice,
touch, ink, holograms, a game controller, and even your
eyes. Microsoft designed some of these – eye tracking,
for example – as ‘assistive’ technologies for the
disabled. But we all benefit. These different Windows
modalities are Microsoft’s stock in trade.
Why? Because people work in different ways.
Microsoft provides a command line not just for coders,
but for users who appreciate fine-grained control over
their operating system. Why do people become so
irritated with new Windows feature updates? Well, there
are the inopportune update times, but once an updateUse the Surface Neo
however you want44 TECH ADVISOR • JANUARY 2020MICROSOFT SURFACE EVENT
But those are hardware. While the PC space has
wrestled with form factor, Microsoft has quietly evolved
Windows beyond a mouse-and-keyboard-driven
interface into one that can be interacted with via voice,
touch, ink, holograms, a game controller, and even your
eyes. Microsoft designed some of these – eye tracking,
for example – as ‘assistive’ technologies for the
disabled. But we all benefit. These different Windows
modalities are Microsoft’s stock in trade.
Why? Because people work in different ways.
Microsoft provides a command line not just for coders,
but for users who appreciate fine-grained control over
their operating system. Why do people become so
irritated with new Windows feature updates?Well,there
are the inopportune update times, but onceanupdateUse the Surface Neo
however you want