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On Tue, 18 Dec 2012 04:22:58 +0000 (UTC), "Auric__"
<not.my.real@email.address> wrote:

>knuttle wrote:
>
>> I don't have Windows 8, but I am in a situation where my computers are
>> getting old and may need to be replaced.  In my investigations I have
>> been told that the that horrible new interface can be turned off and you
>> can use a XP like interface.
>>
>> I sure hope this is true because I don't want to spend a large chunk of
>> my time on the computer chasing my programs around the screen.  It is
>> bad enough having to open multiple menus and then when you find the one
>> you want, have the open menus collapse and you have to start over.
>
>I've read, and been told be people who I tend to believe, that Win 8 is 
>*very* nice on a touch screen... and absolute crap on regular, non-touch 
>workstations.


I wonder why they didn't just flip over to the other interface.

(I also wonder why this is being crossposted to hell and back.)


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