
My theory is that Threshold is the release that will put Microsoft on the threshold, if you will, of a truly consolidated OS. According to Mary Jo Foley, Threshold is a wave of updates that will bring Windows 8.x, Windows Phone and Xbox One closer together from a user experience perspective.

I first discussed Windows "Threshold" last week in Microsoft to Take Windows to the "Threshold". And if you were worried that Windows 8.1 didn't go far enough in appeasing desktop users on traditional PCs, I think I have some good news for you.

After previous revelations about Windows "Threshold," a release we might think of as Windows 8.2, some more information has emerged about Microsoft's plans for the future.
