That’s true, although in some ways it’s a good thing since it pushes hardware, which leads to faster CPUs and GPUs :)
Personally, I am very excited about the Windows Phone 8, which will support multiple cores, hi res displays, etc. Although all I care about is new version of IE and hardware encryption.
Microsoft is very secretive about it and there is a good reason
http://www.reddit.com/r/casualiama/comments/r4q5l/iama_someone_who_leaks_information_about/c4413z0