Author Bio

Katherine Murray has been writing about technology since before Microsoft Windows—any Microsoft Windows—even existed. She’s worked with every consumer version of Windows that has ever been made, marveling with the masses at Windows 3.1, swearing at Windows ME, enjoying Windows XP, and threatening to throw her computer off the roof, thanks to Windows Vista. She celebrated (like many), when Windows 7 delivered a sleek, smart, reasonably lightweight operating system that did pretty much what most users need it to do, and she practically flipped over the first inspiring demos of Windows 8 Developer Preview. The general public’s reaction to Windows 8 Consumer Preview has been mixed—with some power users wondering whether the Metro interface will deliver what t....