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Ft. Lauderdale computer repair technicians and programmers alike have noticed a pattern emerging more and more clearly in recent months.

According to the experiences of both Fort Lauderdale and Boca Raton computer repair experts, the center of gravity is shifting away from traditional operating systems of the past.

In this case, traditional means the bulkier, larger systems.

Even the major OSes are slimming their footprint these days, according to reports, to make their code bases easier to manage and more secure.

Moreover, in addition to trimming the fat, they're making adjustments to increase the variety of devices on which they can run, programmers say.

Microsoft, for one, is cutting down the number of services that run at boot to ensure Windows 7 will run across a spectrum of hardware.

Linux distros such as Ubuntu are stripping out functionality.

That means including MySQL, CUPS, and LDAP, to cut footprints in half if not more in some cases, a dramatic shift from the systems of the past.

Apple, too, appears headed for a slimmed-down OS X that will enable its future iPhones or tablet devices to run the same OS as the Mac.

Although these developments don't necessarily mean that the browser will supplant the OS, they do show that OS vendors realize they must adapt.

After all, conventional wisdom is that we have merely scratched the OS surface, so to speak, and that virtualization, cloud computing, netbooks, and power concerns will continue drive business users toward smaller, less costly, and more efficient operating environments.