I guess I’ll come right out and say it: I’m a millennial, and Windows(s msft) confuses me.

Not from a technology standpoint — after a few minutes on a modern computer running Windows 8, I can navigate around and work with it happily — but from a strategic standpoint. It’s clear that Microsoft wants to embrace the future with Windows 8 and 8.1, I’m just not exactly sure what that future is supposed to look like. And that’s not a particularly encouraging thing to say, especially because — with all apologies to those who have come before us, but you had your day too — young people are in the driver’s seat when influencing buying habits in the 21st century.

2014 is a new year, and it could be a big one for Microsoft: According to a tip-off from noted Microsoft watcher Paul Thurrott, the company will release a new OS with…