Windows Vista is already old news. At just over four months after the operating system hit the shelves on January 30, 2007, Microsoft's priorities have changed. The Redmond Company is now focusing on the Windows kitchen client, according to Mary Jo Foley. This is of course all speculation at this point, with unconfirmed sources and with Microsoft not breathing a single word about its plans to customize the Windows operating system in order to make it a part of the decor of every room in a household.

One example of the extensibility and the adaptability of Windows is Microsoft surface. The first commercially available surface computer from Microsoft lives and breathes Windows Vista. Under the surface of the 30-inch display in a table-sized form factor, and at the heart of the 22 inches high, 21 inches deep and 42 inches wide box, Microsoft Surface is in fact running Windows Vista. Microsoft is already planning to make the 10,000 Surface custom software platform powered by Windows Vista available in hotels, restaurants and casinos by the end of the year.

So why not the household? Customized versions of Windows Vista in products similar Microsoft Surface in your kitchen, bedroom, bathroom. According to the initial report, Microsoft also plans to integrate Windows Live services with the Windows house clients. This would allow Microsoft to serve advertising under its Live brand umbrella into every nook and cranny of your house. As long as the products will feature Internet connection, too, and they will, they are also potentially advertising platforms.

As of yet there is no official confirmation from Microsoft, but Surface is a strong clue pointing to its availability in the household in the future. The Redmond Company is just scratching the surface of surface computing, and who knows on what Windows edition you'll end up resting your kitchen utensils or your toothbrush.